INAnurse1

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1. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   The vendor situation here in Illinois is totally different. Here the vendors hire who ever they can for physicians. At one facility that I worked we had both state nurses and vendor nurses and other vendor staff (doctor, dentist, psych, ect). The ...

2. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   I think that a lot of the time it's not the vendor that makes or breaks an experience but rather the people that you work with. I was a vendor many years ago at the prison at Reidsville and the people there were great! Had my family situation turne...

3. New RN to corrections

   INAnurse1 replied to barbara's topic in Correctional

   I'm curious as to how long you have been out of school and what in the heck got you into corrections? I have been in corrections as a state nurse for 13+ years and as a vendor nurse for another 1 1/2. My reasons for going into corrections was burno...

4. Wondering if Corrections is for me

   INAnurse1 replied to rachelgp's topic in Correctional

   During my 13+ years in corrections as a state nurse I have worked in male facilities, female facility, and the biggest joke.....a co-ed facility (and they couldn't figure out why the pregnancy rate was high?) I think the female facility was by far t...

5. MALE Nurse, Female Police Officer, Female Dr.

   INAnurse1 replied to likemike's topic in Male Students

   I hear the phrase "male nurse" far less than I did when I first got into the health care business. I've been a nurse for almost 31 years and have seen the area of males in nursing flurish! When I first got into nursing it was not unusual to be the ...

6. Wondering if Corrections is for me

   INAnurse1 replied to rachelgp's topic in Correctional

   Being a new grad I would not suggest going into corrections! Working corrections definitely gives you a different outlook on nursing and patient care. Once you work any time at all in corrections you could never go to work as a greeter at Walmart.....

7. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   I am a state-employed nurse with IDOC and have worked with vendor nurses; the bad thing about working for a vendor is when the contract is up the vendor may or may not be the high bidder again and if not you are out of a job if the new one doesn't wa...