Sheri257

Sheri257

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  1. PLEASE don't do it!

    Sheri257 replied to jamangel's topic in Correctional

    When a female CO fell for an inmate and picked him up after he was paroled, he ended up stealing her car ... not only did she lose her job but she lost her car too. These guys are so not worth it but...

  2. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    It is true that we have a lot of older nurses who are in the process of retiring. However ... 30 percent of the non-working RN's in this country (about 150,000 RN's) also have young children so,...

  3. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be a lot of myths about corrections nursing ... in my experience, California inmates don't get better healthcare. They only get what they need, not what they want. The reason the...

  4. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the turnover wouldn't be as insane if people were making more money. Let's face it ... people are more inclined to quit if they're not making much money to begin with. But I agree that hospitals...

  5. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    That's a very good point. You have to wonder: if RN's were paid better so they could afford child care and then some, how many RN's would return to work for that reason alone?

  6. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Actually ... in my neck of the woods ... better pay has made a BIG difference. While I was waiting to get hired by corrections, I also interviewed with the criminal psych facility in my area. They...

  7. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses aren't expected to take up guns ... at least where I work. For one thing, you have to be a peace officer to carry a gun ... and RN's aren't peace officers. We're not expected to do anything...

  8. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    Sheri257 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    I'm sorry ... I should have been more sensitive to your particular situation. I don't think it's wrong to live SF ... it's a great town. If I won the lottery tomorrow I'd move back in a heart beat....

  9. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's driven by market factors but, I'm 46 and I haven't found age to be much of an issue, at least where I live. I missed out on a couple of new grad programs that started before I could...

  10. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    And you know this how? For the last 20 years nursing wages, for the most part nationwide, have barely kept up with inflation ... We've never really had a situation where most nurses were paid really...

  11. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    But with half a million RN's not working in this country, is there really not enough nurses to go around? Or, is it possible that there's simply not enough nurses who want to work for mediocre wages...

  12. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Besides ... if somebody else offered that same money and benefits ... And with 3,000 RN's waiting for jobs ... Seems like that would fill a lot of vacancies since obviously those 3,000 RN's would...

  13. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    It could be but ... when you consider the fact that 500,000 licensed RN's choose NOT to work in this country ... Better pay and benefits would probably be enough of an incentive to get a lot them back...

  14. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of how people may feel about corrections nursing, the point is ... They dramatically raised the pay and now 3,000 RN's are waiting for jobs! No nursing shortage!

  15. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    There's no article per se. A lot of this is based on my own personal experience and research on the issue. However, this CDC press release talks about the staff vacancy rates, how the pay raises...

  16. Proof There's No Nursing Shortage: Show RN's the MONEY

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    When the state was figuring out how they were going to pay for all of this, they did a cost analysis and found they were paying a whopping $67 an hour for registry nurses for a total of $90 million a...

  17. Wondering why I didn't get hired...

    Sheri257 replied to omni123's topic in General Nursing

    It could be a number of things that have nothing to do with you personally ... for example: One girl in my class got hired over another because she knew a lot of people who worked at the hospital....

  18. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    Sheri257 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    Oops, double

  19. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    Sheri257 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    I realize as a San Fran native that you probably wouldn't want to move. I was also commenting on the fact that we always get these threads that say the same thing: people want to move to California,...

  20. Kaplan's credibility

    Sheri257 replied to Nuieve's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The reason Kaplan tells you not to get an doctor's order in most cases is because the NCLEX wants to see what you will do, not how you will pass the buck to somebody else. And, of course physical...

  21. Writing Up Inmates

    Sheri257 posted a topic in Correctional

    Just wondering how many times you've had to do this and what you do in these situations ... Yesterday I was swamped ... isolation was full with 15 inmates that needed assessment and meds, there was...

  22. Writing Up Inmates

    Sheri257 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    i don't feel guilty ... not at all. btw ... they transferred this inmate back to a higher security facility. i'm not sure if it was because of my write up, other disciplinary problems or the fact that...

  23. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    Sheri257 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    Just my opinion but ... before people move out here, they need to realize that the real opportunities in California don't lie in the coastal areas anymore. The demographics are changing. The real...

  24. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    Sheri257 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    Well ... it's a little confusing because you originally said the Houston hospital was offering $27 days with a $3 night differential. Keep in mind that night shift differentials at a lot of SoCal...

  25. California Corrections

    Sheri257 replied to jassyj's topic in Correctional

    Oral. A panel asks you questions.