[tirzo13]

yeah, should not be alone with a patient.
should have a CO with you.
that is the way it should be, but often you can't find one, or they are chilling someplace.
They know they are supposed to escort you, but you have to really get after some of them to do the job.
I don't want to knock CO's, because they will save your butt sometime, but still, getting them to do part of their job is bothersome sometimes.

as far as giving respect, and getting it back.
that is more or less somewhat true.
but they have a different idea of respect.
their idea of respect is giving them meds when they want it.
their idea of respect is sending them to an outside hospital when you triage and assess that it is not warranted.

you can treat them with respect, but they will still yell at you and call you names and threaten to 602 you.
so giving respect SOMETIMES gets you respect back.
it depends what level they are.

level 3's are usually respectful, they don't want to lose what they got.
they just want to do the time and get out.
level 4's or adseg guys don't give a damn what happens to them, they often have nothing to lose.

i doubt they respected the person that they harmed to get into prison.
i'm sure the person that they harmed on the outside did nothing to them, gave them all the respect in the world.
they have a different idea of respect, so you can treat them with respect, but you may not get it back.
alot of these guys, even though they are convicts, have a sense of entitlement and act like they are superior.

[jamangel]

I have never been left alone with an inmate -EVER. I'm sure it happens but I don't allow it. I notice that the jails are a bit stricter here than the prisons. Maybe you should try your county jail

[casurfer]

I am a new LVN Grad and I am trying to get into Donovan or Norco corrections. Is it easy to get a job with them? Do they even take new grads? Than you for any comments.