jailhousegranny

jailhousegranny has 16 years experience and specializes in Corrections and Long term care mostly.

Latest Activity

1. How are Correctional Medical Services Inc work for?

   jailhousegranny replied to dwhite_07017's topic in Correctional

   I work for CMS and I like it. We have been nominated for jail of the year. CMS like most companies you work for are only as good as your local or immidiate supervisors and administration. I don't agree with everything they say and do but I have had t...

2. Questions

   jailhousegranny replied to RNCoastiewife's topic in Correctional

   Hi J, I am a county jail nurse . I have been here 5 years and I like it. We house around 1600 inmates (all Male) at any given time. We have had as many as 1900 at a time. The county is currently doubling the size of this jail. And medical will be get...

3. malpractice ins

   jailhousegranny replied to jailhousegranny's topic in Correctional

   Thanks to all of you for your replies.and Yes Proliability has good coverage at a very good price so I will change. NSO was not very helpful, I too had carried their ins for a long while and found out accidently that I was not covered. Not a good thi...

4. malpractice ins

   jailhousegranny posted a topic in Correctional

   I work at a county jail and just found out my malpractice ins throgh NSO does not cover correctional nurses. Does anyone out there carry MP Ins. if so do you have a website or carrier name ? Thanks

5. CMS and others

   jailhousegranny replied to Katnip's topic in Correctional

   I too work for CMS in a county jail. I have been here 4 years and I love it. You can find lousy nursing any where you go, I think it just depends on the Nsg. admin. If they let people slide at their work you end up with work not getting done and the ...

6. County level nursing...

   jailhousegranny replied to RN Randy's topic in Correctional

   NO not a norm..I work at the county level also contracted out and it is NOTHING like that...

7. Considering corrections nursing position

   jailhousegranny replied to everthesame's topic in Correctional

   I have been in corrections about 4 years now. I think my biggest change was learning not to believe anything an IM says. When some one first told me that I thought .. Well maybe you don't believe anything but I will try to keep some perspective!... 4...

8. Difficult IM

   jailhousegranny replied to jailhousegranny's topic in Correctional

   Thank you for your suggestions. I have been keeping the pressure on about the refusals and him getting to medical with everyone eles with mixed success. He comes and takes his meds and signs refusals for insulin and accuchecks. He is not brittle, he ...

9. Difficult IM

   jailhousegranny posted a topic in Correctional

   I am so frustrated. We have an IM here who has been given way too many special treatments.. He is diabetic and takes N insulin Bid. He gets an accucheck and sliding scale coverage at the same time as his N insulin befor breakfast and befor supper. An...

10. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    jailhousegranny replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    YES! I do but I do not post alot and I wouldn't put something in a post that I wouldn't want read.

11. Called for an intrview for county jail position, now I am panicking

    jailhousegranny replied to iwanna's topic in Correctional

    Hey iwanna, DON'T panick. Correctional nursing is great. I do love it and we make less money here than we would at a nursing home on a baylor program. Correctional nursing is not demanding physically ie.. No lifting, no pt transferring, no bending ...