NURSEPATTY

I travel 61 miles each way to the County Jail in Pittsburgh, PA. One hour and a half each way, in good weather.Give a half hour or so more when snow starts flying. Been here since Nov.'08, and love my job!

ABX= antibiotics

Please don't think this is a common occurence in Correctional facilities; just my . I know of the facility spoken of by the OP; The CO's there have your back in any situation, and the nursing staff in general I know personally or by working with them...

I can vouch for nursejudy15209; I work there occasionally thru my agency. The med pass is heavy, and you need to be organized and quick to get all the meds passed before lock down. Some pods have lock down later, and that helps if ya get behind a bit...

Welcome to the ranks! Congratulations! Good luck with your job search....:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

Just wondering how to get the list; havent seen anything for a few days...

Please add me to the list; I wasn't aware of a Christmas card exchange, and I have been with the group for several years.......

I think I may have responded to this post a few years back, but will do so again to say hello to all the other PA nurses . Im still working agency nursing (Nursestaffing aka KForce) in the Pittsburgh area, most recently at the Allegheny County Jail.....

Hello all! I'm Patty,living in Southwestern Pa., been an LPN since Dec. 2000, Having graduated from local Practical Nursing Program at the local county Vo-Tech school in Sept. 2000. In spite of my age at that time, I graduated 4th in my class. My fir...

Just want to thank you for your response, it just validates my reason for not hiring on with them, they had gotten my resume online and had given me a call, and emailed me the paperwork needed for signing on.Glad now that I chucked it into "File 13",...

This is for all of you Pittsburgh/S.W. Pa. nurses(LPN or Rn), Have any of you ever heard of Cynamed? Its located in Moon, somewhere near the International airport, I was contacted by them regarding possible employment. Would like to know anything yo...

Punch in unlimited nurse search into search block of your browser, should be able to bring you up with the web site of that name. Most large agencies have their own websites, and allow for applying on line. Hope that this enough to get you started......

Your quite welcome, Agnus.:)

As an agency nurse myself, I was given the opportunity of going to a local facility in order to staff during their strike,. I vehemently refused;as being from a union family, would not even consider crossing the picket line, not matter how much they...

Excellent assessment tool...was wracking my brain on how to devise one for med-surg unit. Both of yours covers all the bases...Thank you Zambezi and Nightengale!

My spouse went through this surgery back in 1986, after being seen by EENT and stating that he had nearly total hearing loss in right ear. He had had years of chronic ear infections all the way from childhood up to and including adulthood. Dr stated...

Best of luck on your boards!

Domestic vs Import?

Just want to give you and your mum a big thumbs up...and wish you success in quitting the habit. All the best to you and her.:balloons: ....... ...and good luck. .................................................................................Patty

My response was just to state that I had been a former smoker...was not on a high horse about it. Sorry if it was taken out of context. I feel sorry for my smoking co-workers...But I've noted that some do take more than their alloted share of breaks....

With the help of a popular nicotine patch I was able to kick the habit nearly 9 years ago. The first thing I realized after quitting in the first 2 weeks was the lessening of the "smokers cough", which plagued me constantly. I had been a smoker for 1...

:balloons: CONGRATULATIONS! :balloons: to all those who have taken your boards and passed them....to all those still waiting...i am rooting for you! .........

Since your last post how has things been working for Kforce? I just applied and was interviewed yesterday in their Pittsburgh office.How has the experience been working for that agency? I'm an LPN from the S.W. Pa area.....namely Fayette County...wo...