Originally Posted by suecnm2b
Hi everyone. I am a DON at a county facility in FL. We have been approved to hire for a nurse educator position and I need to come up with a job description. What information would you like to see? We envision this position to also educate the officers about correctional health as well. This person would do all of our training and develop an orientation program. What else???
Thanks for your help
Sue
Well, for starters, I would make sure all officers are educated as far as infectious diseases go. The most recent info on Hepatitis A B C and the risks and so forth, also diabetic education for officers, also the latest info on TB and not to freak out every time an inmate has a positive PPD, so many have come from other countries where they have gotten the vaccine.
For your nurses, if you have good protocols in place, then they will be able to refer to those for most situations. A good orientation to the facility, hopefully involving the officers to orient the nurse to what is contraband and how it can be used to fashion weapons, etc... emergency response for unusual situations, what is the chain of command, what situations might the nurse encounter where securing the area would take precedence over medical care.
Hopefully something he/she won't ever have to use, but should know. Things like, does medical remove piercings on the inmate? Does medical do cavity searches? Does medical remove Tasers? All those things that come up when there is no one there except the nurse.
Good for you for getting the position authorized and hope you can use it to promote education of all the staff. :hatparty:
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