MsSpindu2008

Correctional nursing is one of the easiest nursing jobs you would ever have. I have been working in corrections for 18 months. Its ok. I used to love it at first but I found out how bad it looks when you try to go get another job. It took me a year to get a second job. During interviews, potential employers were really interested in hiring me and then when they seen that I worked in corrections they would turn their nose up and tell that I didnt have any experience or they just did not care to hire a "jail nurse". It got really frustrating to where I was practically pleading for someone to give me a chance. Well finally a nursing home gave me a chance and Im catching a hard time because at the jail You loose all of your skills. I went to the jail straight out of nursing school so its been really hard for me to catch on to LTC. My advice is if you need a job right now go on ahead and take but if you can wait awhile try to go somewhere else because its gonna be real hard to get a job in anything else but corrections after.