Monica RN,BSN

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i have picked up on some terms as i have been working my way threw each and every thread and response in all 19 pages of this forum. i am very new to corrections, in fact i never even gave it consideration in all of my 20 yrs as a nurse. i have inter...

hi cowgirl: I am working on hubby four! LOL

good question.. throwing this back out to see if anyone has an answer to the question. Have beautiful day monica

I found two websites for continuing education and specialty certification of Correctional nurses. Thought it to be interesting.. any taken these eams? http://www.statepen.org and http://www.ncchc.org/cchp http://www.canyoncollege.edu or maybe it is w...

Thank u for your response for your point of view on this topic. We do have a problem in our jail in which the officers usually are the reason the IM does not show up on time, due to inability for officer to transport for a number of reaoms. Goos post...

Just a curious question.. as there seems to be a lot of that going on in my jail...Love to hear your comments or stories..

This is a very good thread. Personally, I give the med.. even if he is an hour late, we pre -set up our med cups, so it is no big problem what-so-ever to hand the I/M his pill cup and a cup of water. Don't make mountains out of mole hills. I do not t...

there is one on tonight on the discovery channel about overcrowding in cali prisons

cool... the more the merrier :welcome::monkeydance:

i think that is the most i have seen, as i am on this forum at least 2 times a day. good morning to all of you. i am an 11-7 rn and generally up till noon or 1 before i take my snooze. i work in a county jail with 2,100 inmates. min to max in our ...

throwing this back out there because it is a fun thread :balloons:

yes... come on over to the corrections forum.. there is much to learn there.. welcome:welcome:

To the original poster: any updates for us? did you call, explain and reschedule your interview???

Nasty.. we had a very sicko man in our county jail who was obcessed with shoving things up his penis. GROSS he was.. he is outof jail now and among our society.. SICK!! I had 4 signals in the pods 2 nights ago.. all nonsense 1) someone was pepper sp...

I am thinking more like staying single for awhile... more peaceful and a hell of a lot of more fun :monkeydance:

First I want to welcome u to the boards.:welcome: secondly, read all you can and you will learn so much here. I live in Florida, so I do not know much of California prisons/jails.. but I do know that jobs are much more harder for nurses in correction...

gainesville is indeed better pay than Marion county. I worked shands ER for years and did not mind the drive because the pay was that much better, even though it was almost an hour drive.

LOL I know about ex's.. I have 3 of them:uhoh3:,, and have inherited very bad credit as well...have a nice day

It is the marion county jail. Contracted with PHS

In our facility it is standard practice, that in the diabetic line the nurse hands one alcohol prep, one guauze square, one lancet to each I/M and they do their own finger stick and we watch that they dispose of the lancet in the sharps box. the nurs...

we had a yahoo who would shove anything he could get his hands on up his penis. he even swallowed a toothbrush, a pen and various other items. he has been hospitalized for surgical retrevement of foreigh objects, then he returned he was in 4 point re...

could i suggest that you call back and ask for a repeat interview/ explain how enthusiastic you are about working there, and inform them you were very nervous with the unexpected and feel confident that if given a chance for a repeat interview, you w...

I am well aware of the games inmates play in regards to "fake" chest pain and "fake " seizures. These being the most common. I am relatively new to corrections, and am setteling in very well, very quickly... now, when a signal is called in a pod..wha...

that is pretty funny