Correctional RN

Oct 05, 2009 02:18 PM

by alderose

Do you think it will be good for the safety of nurses working in corrections to take self-defense? Will it really prepare you for any inmate attacks?

*calliou* · Oct 06, 2009, 05:36 AM

Re: Correctional RN

It helped a friend of mine break free from an offender that pushed her onto a room and held her arms cause he "Just wanted a kiss..."

*Eirene* · Oct 07, 2009, 06:43 AM

Re: Correctional RN

The mandated self-defense course was provided. It was pretty intense- a lot more intense than the self-defense I was taught on the street. The nurses take the same self-defense course that the officers do.

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