LilRedRN1973

LilRedRN1973

ICU, psych, corrections

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  1. Night shift and family time?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to hmn2643's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to work 11p to 7a! I have three kids and a husband who works at the same facility as a Sergeant (I am nursing supervisor in the prison infirmary). He leaves for work around 6am and...

  2. for those who work 12 hour shifts, how long is your lunch break?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hour nights shifts in a prison infirmary. We pretty much take what we want for lunch as that is our "slow" time. When I worked in the ICU at a local hospital, I was lucky to get 15-20...

  3. Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I am a community puker. If I see or hear someone vomiting, I gag and heave. Which is bad enough in itself but after having my son....let's just say I could use a good pair of Depends during those...

  4. New RN Grad going to CA Prisons

    LilRedRN1973 replied to misspinkmeow's topic in Correctional

    I work in Nevada and currently, the rate of pay for our LPN's is $51,000 for an LPN I and $56,000 for an LPN II (I think you have to be at the prison for a year before becoming an LPN II). It's a...

  5. Contract completion question

    LilRedRN1973 replied to 10yearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I met with the PEG and had my final evaluation then their decision went to the board meeting which was the following month. After the board stamped their approval on it, my license was completely in...

  6. Department of corrections- Nevada

    LilRedRN1973 replied to haybaby7540's topic in Correctional

    I will give you an example. My last check grossed $4000 for two weeks (there was holiday pay on there). Federal income tax took out $700 and PERS took out $609 (that is our mandatory retirement we...

  7. Department of corrections- Nevada

    LilRedRN1973 replied to haybaby7540's topic in Correctional

    I am currently working in a northern NV prison. I just started here about 5 months ago but my husband has been with the Nevada Department for 14 years. When I went from the state psych clinic to the...

  8. Needing some advice or encouragement

    LilRedRN1973 replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    One of the most beneficial things that ever happened between my husband and I was to attend open AA meetings together. Particularly our local Friday night speaker meeting. It was our "date night"....

  9. for everyone to answer

    LilRedRN1973 replied to yoginurse29's topic in General Nursing

    Corrections. Ended up here inadvertently after a 5 year stint in psych nursing and a 3 year stint in critical care. Very interesting job and I love the autonomy as well as the population I work...

  10. Pursue corrections right out of college or acute care first?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to taylor.sponsler's topic in Correctional

    Here is what I answered in your other post under General Discussion: I am a nursing supervisor in the prison infirmary in my state. The RN I supervise is a new grad (well, she just celebrated her...

  11. Differentials make a difference

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for posting this! My differential is only 5% which amounts to $2.13/hour. But when I add it up over a year, it comes to $4089/year. And since our holiday pay is double time, I make about...

  12. How did you decide on your specialty?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to CassaundraSN's topic in General Nursing

    I started out with my heart set on critical care as I wanted to eventually go back to school to obtain my CRNA. I worked in the ICU from my second semester of nursing school until about 3 years after...

  13. Correctional nursing - first job or acute care first?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to taylor.sponsler's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing supervisor in the prison infirmary in my state. The RN I supervise is a new grad (well, she just celebrated her first year but she was here upon graduating school as was another RN on...

  14. Contract completion question

    LilRedRN1973 replied to 10yearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I dealt with our BON. We have something called the Professional Evaluation Group that is connected to our board and members of the board sit on it. We don't have a nurse assistance program in our...

  15. Contract completion question

    LilRedRN1973 replied to 10yearnurse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mine was wiped clean. If you check me out on Nursys, there is no evidence of my ever having been disciplined or being on contract for 5 years. That was part of my contract. I had to complete the 5...

  16. Demanding patient wanting me to page MD about insignificant issue.

    LilRedRN1973 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    haha....this sounds like EVERY night in the prison. Seriously. And I'm grateful that I can tell the inmates to kite the doc for whatever they want and will be seen accordingly but I'm NOT calling...

  17. Do you look foward to go to work and if so what position and why?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a Correctional Nursing supervisor and while I don't love my job nor do I feel it's a calling, I enjoy going to work. I like my coworkers and the officers, the environment suits me and the...

  18. Home Health or Corrections

    LilRedRN1973 replied to IndecisiveNurse's topic in Correctional

    This.

  19. non hospital nursing

    LilRedRN1973 replied to luvly189's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy my current job. I am a nursing supervisor in the prison infirmary. I make very good money and the job is not difficult. Am I changing the world with my nursing care? No. I gave up that...

  20. Length of your monitoring program?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If it gives any hope, I am one of those in a fairly strict state as far as contracts go. I signed my contract in July 2008 and by the first of the year in 2009, I had fulfilled all my requirements...

  21. Home Health or Corrections

    LilRedRN1973 replied to IndecisiveNurse's topic in Correctional

    Corrections, hands down. I KNOW what Home health nurses walk into every day and at least in prison, I have a very good idea of what my day to day interactions are going to be with the population....

  22. Drug-seeking in prison? Rx narcotics?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to maddison1002's topic in Correctional

    I work in the NDOC system (Nevada) and am in the infirmary. We have quite a few inmates on oxycodone, T3's and a few on fentanyl patches. All our narcotics are floated in water and we also float...

  23. Correctional nursing career

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Correctional

    We have CNA's in our prison but only 4 of them. They all work in the infirmary where I am a supervisor. The duties they perform are very similiar to the ones they would be doing in a nursing home....

  24. Need opinion from non-Corrections nurses

    LilRedRN1973 replied to livinnew's topic in General Nursing

    I know you asked for non-corrections opinions but since I just started here about 4 months ago and have worked in ICU and psychiatic nursing the majority of my nursing career, I thought I would chime...

  25. NightShifter Problems

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MsMoni2014's topic in General Nursing

    I work Thur/Fri/Sat night from 6pm to 6am. Then I work every other Wednesday night from 10pm to 6am. I have a 15 year old and a 7 year old. Sun, Mon, Tues and every other Wed are obviously easy to...