**nurse**

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1. Staffing

   **nurse** replied to momRNof3's topic in Urology

   17 chairs, 4 techs, 1 or 2 nurses. Getting to be 1 nurse more and more often. I told them I'd leave if this became the norm, I was told on hire that 6-8 patients would be the usual. 12 is ok. 17 is not good. So I'm starting a new job on wednesda...

2. when the IM says "I want to see nurse so and so"

   **nurse** replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Correctional

   99% behind you. I have to hold off for that 1% because I know that there have been times when it is appropriate for a nurse to be asked for by name, although I don't think that's what you are talking about. If one nurse orders all of the keep on pe...

3. does prison nursing affect your home life?

   **nurse** replied to sidney82's topic in Correctional

   The times it most affected my home life was when I was in dysfunctional relationships (2). Controlling men do not like "thier" women working in an environment that is mostly men. Getting rid of them solved that problem. My kids loved it....one son ...

4. Correctional nursing role..nurse or police?

   **nurse** replied to Kashia's topic in Correctional

   I will never forget my first day doing sick call at prison, where I sat next to a nurse who repeatedly told inmates, there's nothing wrong with you, find God, get out. No assessment. Scared the hell out of me!!! In report, they all sat at the tabl...

5. ANY other PRISON Director of Nursing?

   **nurse** replied to tammyRN64's topic in Correctional

   Damn, where'd that beautiful reply I was writing just go to?????? I hate it when a mishit key makes it go poof!!!! Huge job, taking over a mess. I'm working prn corrections now, but I've been a DON and been in corrections for 10 years. Who's in ch...

6. Moving to Delaware

   **nurse** replied to PreggersRN's topic in Delaware

   I don't think you would really want to commute from Dover to Beebe in the summer. Beach traffic can be hellish. Still, Lewis and Beebe are at the START of the resort strip and you could pull it off....commute would be probably 30 minutes to an hour...

7. What are common inmate malingering tips?

   **nurse** replied to 360joules's topic in Correctional

   Sounds to me like you have an excellent background for dealing with inmates. Do what you've done, with fine tuning as you learn your new environment. It's all about assessment, and documenting that assessment. You've seen most of it in the ER and ...

8. questions about sodium

   **nurse** replied to sandrakclev's topic in Urology

   We hold sodium (be it a hypertonic flush or sodium profile) the last hour of tx. The reasoning I have been told is that the extra sodium that last hour will send a patient out thirsty, they tend to drink and gain more if you do. I don't know that h...

9. Where to find Correctional Nursing CEU classes

   **nurse** replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Correctional

   :smilecoffeecup: I believe this is one I took free a few years back....now nursing spectrum charges for it but it would be worth it.....really, really good stuff. Like why correctional nursing is the only specialty specifically governed by an ammend...

10. Correctional Nursing - Module 3

    **nurse** replied to Jerseygirl52's topic in Correctional

    The infirmary load can vary greatly. We only have 6 beds, but have been known to put a another mattress on the floor, or have 2 in the one bed suicide room. If you only have one nurse with additional duties of sickcall/treatments and have someone n...

11. question for correctional nurses about TB

    **nurse** replied to romiia's topic in Correctional

    We test on intake and then annually. One active case in an HIV co-infected inmate got into population for a couple months, it was a bit of a nightmare contacting every inmate or employee that had contact with him to test, no one else was positive. ...

12. The positives in correctional nursing...

    **nurse** replied to bighousenurse's topic in Correctional

    I can't believe no one said, all those disfunctional men you CAN'T TAKE HOME!!!! OK, quit booing at me, it's a joke (kinda). I love the variety, the pace differs from day to day, wide wide array of disease, injury, and disorders, coworkers from such...

13. Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    **nurse** replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    Darn! knew I was hitting a nerve, but what I'm really asking is, does anyone know where I could go for statistics, some facts, on how many other industrialized nations require a second language to graduate from a college or university?

14. Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    **nurse** posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had an arguement with one of my nurse practicioners yesterday. Irregardless of how any of us feel about immigrants, legal or illegal, it's very frustrating to have to treat a patient when you or no one around speaks thier language. I've encounter...

15. Can you believe this?

    **nurse** replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    Ugly. Working anywhere it's nice to have the feeling that good care happens. Sounds like this place will be worse when you leave. Sometimes the care comes back up. Good luck to you.