nancykday

nancykday

DIALYSIS, ICU/CCU, ONCOLOGY, CORRECTIONS

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nancykday specializes in DIALYSIS, ICU/CCU, ONCOLOGY, CORRECTIONS.


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  1. Changing specialties to corrections

    If you accept the job in corrections, learn and follow established P&P for the facility, they are written for a reason. Do not deviate from the policy, that is your biggest lifeline in corrections. The DOC will back you up, only if you follow t...
  2. Thinking about working in a women's prison?

    i have worked i a female prison for 11 years and love it. yes the females are more demanding, but you remain fair, firm and consistant. no is still no, they may complain, but they get over it, it is really not much different then dealing with chil...
  3. Wexford??

    I have not personally worked for Wexford, but they once had our state DOC contract. IMO, from that time, Wexford offer poor healthcare to the inmates, had multiple medical malpractice siuts filed against them, and frequently did no pay their bills. ...
  4. Prison Nursing

    I have worked in corrections for 11 years, I feel more safe and secure than when I worked in the hospital enviroment. In prison you know who the " bad guys/girls are". You are very security-minded in prison and as long as you don't check your comm...
  5. Retiring, what is that?

    I am looking forward to retirement at age 62, with a great pension and healthcare benefits, and then traveling the country with my husband and doing everthing I was unable to do b/c of the job and mandatory OT. I will be glad that I have this freedom...
  6. Sharps Control

    We also wrap our syringes in groups of 10, but we also sign out for each needle and/or sharp. All sharps are held in the med room and each is signed out for accounted for individually ona sign out sheet, much like the narc count and all sharps are c...
  7. Where do you work?

    Female max security DCC state correctional institution. Iam an employee of the state. We have 2 male RNs and an equal split 12 RNs 12 LPNs. We are currently a 1300 bed facility with 2 new HU under construction. We are slated to have a LTC unit con...
  8. WHY SHOULD THEY GET MEDICAL CARE/ free

    Originally Posted by Truegem And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery This happens all the time some of our parole violators have had 3 children since I've worked in corrections. Pregnancy = job security :monkeydance:
  9. Corrections on TV

    What program were they filming?
  10. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    I was pregnant with my 1st child in 1977, I was 23 y/o and developed pre-eclampsia at 7months. Was admitted to hospital with BP 140/92 foe 2 days of observation. Long story short, stayed in hospital for total of 2 weeks, BP topped out at 270/196, l...
  11. Female Inmates?

    I work in a female prison, we have a few male nurses. I would recommend that you are never alone with a female, always have an officer or have the inmate in public.
  12. Call out one time to evaluate an i/m who was under a bed, walked in took a look under the bed, talked very briefly with the i/m, left and went out to the CO and told them, "Yup, your right, she's under the bed." and returned to the infirmary. Anothe...
  13. choosing a specialty and personality type?

    your type is [color=#d000a0]entj[color=#d000a0]extraverted[color=#d000a0]intuitive[color=#d000a0]thinking[color=#d000a0]judgingstrength of the preferences % [color=#d000a0]11[color=#d000a0]38[color=#d000a0]25[color=#d000a0]56 correctional nurse
  14. no, kite can mean a request to staff or a sick call request but i think this is a ny doc term maybe, what you call kite in ca, it is called "fishing" in Pa. I think different areas have different terms. I found this online AD SEGADMINISTRATIVE SEG...
  15. No Code status on inmates

    The i/m are evaluated by the psychiatrist to determine if they are mentally competent before they draw up their advanced directives. They have the opportunity to change them at anytime duriing if they choose. If the i/m becomes terminally ill and do...