organic_matter

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1. Are you paranoid yet?

   organic_matter replied to GlowBear500's topic in Correctional

   I have had more scary incidents with staff. One in particular: An officer who was supposed to be watching my back stormed out of the lab room when I was drawing blood on a psychotic inmate. My guess is that the officer was upset because we gave th...

2. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

   organic_matter replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

   In the 3.5 years I've worked as a correctional nurse at Pelican Bay State Prison, which has some of the most violent and psychotic offenders in CA, I've never been attacked. I do know one nurse who I work with who has been similarly assaulted and an...

3. Sink or Swim/Eat Their Own

   organic_matter posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recall your first year(s) of nursing. Did you feel as if you went through a hazing or cruel initiation? Or--was it a supportive and caring experience with veteran nurses providing encouragement and mentoring?