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Sep 25, 2009 11:14 PM

Calif. corrections-how is staff/care structured in CA prisons?

by katkonk

Specifically, I am interested in state correctional institutions.
I work in Texas corrections, and I have come to realize that other states have varying ways of caring for the inmates. In California, do the RN's and LVN's share in doing rounds in the seg units, cell side? Are most of the seg inmates escorted to a main clinic, or do you just routinely do cell side care? Is there one main medical clinic or several for one facility? (I have the impression, from reading other posts, there may be more than one clinic in one facility.) How many RN's vs LVN's on a shift? What shift triages sick call requests, or is it done on a particular shift? Does the clinic(s) contain the ER, and are the services 24 hours? If not 24 hours, what do they do after hours? Does each facility have long-term care/more lengthy acute care patients, and if so, approx. how many?
That is enough questions for now. Just trying to see how a typical day in TDCJ corrections might compare to the structure and flow of a CA facility. Many thanks in advance for any replies from current CA correctional nurses.


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from katkonk
Old Sep 26, 2009, 03:21 PM

Default Re: Calif. corrections-how is staff/care structured in CA prisons?
Oh, and how is emergency response call handled. Who goes on the response...are there assigned people or is it just whoever is available?
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from katkonk
Old Oct 15, 2009, 11:02 PM

Default Re: Calif. corrections-how is staff/care structured in CA prisons?
Originally Posted by katkonk View Post
Specifically, I am interested in state correctional institutions.
I work in Texas corrections, and I have come to realize that other states have varying ways of caring for the inmates. In California, do the RN's and LVN's share in doing rounds in the seg units, cell side? Are most of the seg inmates escorted to a main clinic, or do you just routinely do cell side care? Is there one main medical clinic or several for one facility? (I have the impression, from reading other posts, there may be more than one clinic in one facility.) How many RN's vs LVN's on a shift? What shift triages sick call requests, or is it done on a particular shift? Does the clinic(s) contain the ER, and are the services 24 hours? If not 24 hours, what do they do after hours? Does each facility have long-term care/more lengthy acute care patients, and if so, approx. how many?
That is enough questions for now. Just trying to see how a typical day in TDCJ corrections might compare to the structure and flow of a CA facility. Many thanks in advance for any replies from current CA correctional nurses.
Okay....I am still curious. I never got any replies from any Calif. nurses, and I am very curious about how it all works out there. Many thanks, in advance, to whoever answers.....ANY of the questions...
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