BloodRN

I do not get the flu shot. My company offers a free voucher. It is not mandatory but you must sign a form of refusal. My concerns are not about becoming ill with the flu. My concerns are with what is actually in the vaccine besides the "dead" virus such as antibiotics, Mercury and Polysorbate 80. There is no real evidence it works and there is growing evidence that it causes Alzheimer's due to the combo of aluminum, Mercury and formaldehyde. It is not worth the risk to my future body and brain. I have yet to get the flu and I am middle aged. I have not yet heard of someone getting fired for refusal.

Hi! I am in the application process for a nursing position at a state pen which houses the worst criminals in the state. I have been a RN since 2009 and worked only 9 months on a Med/Surg floor before becoming a Charge Nurse for a blood center. I love my job which I deal with healthy people who donate blood and I supervise Phlebotomists but the hours are crazy. I have many years to work yet and feel this could be my career position. Since I have been out of the clinical setting for the past four years, I feel like I am at disadvantage. Am I wasting my time? Is there somewhere I can brush up on skills while in the application phase? Once I am back in a clinical setting, I know that I can do the skilled nursing with some direction. I wonder if the nurses inside are like older hospital nurses who practically eat their young and forget what it is like to be a new nurse. Also, I was trying to research my prison to see how big their unit or clinic was and I came across an article from the end of May which said that a nurse at this prison was assaulted by a prisoner who is being charged with attempted murder. Hence, the opening..... Advice from any State Pen Nurses would be appreciated!!