CCHP-RN

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About CCHP-RN

Correctional RN X 7 yrs

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  1. Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

    As "corporate management" (and RN) for the company I work for, I want all of you to know, some of us do care GREATLY. We are at a loss at how to operate units with no staff. We have tried everything in my specialty to recruit and retain nurses...
  2. I know all of you are feeling the staffing shortage as much as I am. I was just wondering what other correctional facilities are doing when medical staff are not staying and staffing is at critical levels. COVID has wreaked havoc on facilities...
  3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    I haven't worked as an employee for ICE. However, the company I work for provides healthcare in 5 private facilities solely housing ICE detainees. It's somewhat different in the way ICE provides services. However, it comes down to providing ...
  4. Making schedules and tools

    I'm sure there are programs such as that. Of course, as with everything else, it cost's money. Typically, if my nurses are working 12 hour shifts, I work them 36 hrs one week, 48 hrs the next, with every other weekend 3 day weekend. Work Mon...
  5. When Will the Nursing Shortage Be Over?

    While the last 2 years have definitely added to the "regular nursing shortage", I've been told since 1988, at 18 years old starting nursing school, there was a major nursing shortage. At that time, the BSN program I entered only accepted 40 new...
  6. I Think I'm Done With Nursing

    I would quit the hospital again in a heart beat. I work as a director now in correctional healthcare. Lots of room for advancement, locations everywhere if you know where to look, many different types... Jails, State Jails, State Prisons, State Par...
  7. Considering quitting nursing

    I did the same. NA to NT while in nursing school, then 5 years as a RN, a total of 8 years at the same hospital. At age 27, they would not promote me beyond charge nurse due to not having admin experience. You can only imagine how I felt about tha...
  8. Inmate, Detainee, Patient???

    I'm working on rewriting all of the policies and procedures for my employer and need suggestions how to reference inmates throughout the policy. I was going to go with "patient" but that doesn't sound right in many of the regular policies. I don't ...
  9. Pay rate and working conditions in Laredo, tx

    Any updates to pay in Laredo? Someone told me that starting pay for RNs at Doctors Hospital is $35-39/hr... That just blows me away! (December 2012)
  10. Medications and cost

    I think all of the medical departments are looking to save money on meds among other things. The best thing you can do is create and LIVE BY a good formulary and only go off formulary in extinuating circumstances. I went to the NCCHC conference in N...
  11. No OT 12 hour shifts?

    I am trying to find a 12 hour shift template that will allow me to schedule my staff 24/7/365, with no built in overtime. I had seen an awesome schedule at some point which had no overtime and allowed the staff 7 days off in a row each month. Howev...
  12. Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

    I have worked in federal, state, jail, etc... I have to agree that the attitude you get from the federal BOP inmates is a lot worse than general inmates. Many feel they are entitled to EVERYTHING and unfortunately the US govt gives them tons more th...
  13. I took a minimal self defense class when I started corrections 12 years ago. I enjoyed the pressure points, not sure if it would actually work if I had to use it though. In these 12 years, I have only gotten into it with 2 inmates. Both times, othe...
  14. Apple seeds

    I had an inmate drink bleach/water that he was cleaning with ... to prove to the officers that it was too diluted. Evidently he was right. It did absolutely nothing to him. Regardless any sane person would not prove it with that method!
  15. Question about Sick call on the range

    I have never done school nursing, but I have always thought Correctional nursing would be similar to it as well as military nursing. Believe it or not, our inmates are just like kids a lot of the time... always trying to get out of class or have an ...