correctional nurse?????

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What do you do in this field? What does this envolve? Are you working with dangerous offenders?

Thanks for answering

spirit11

I live in Maryland. CMS is the company that has the contract with the state to provide the medical providers. I work for an agency which supplies CMS with acute staffing needs, but it is pretty regular work. I plan on becoming a full time staff member with CMS after my contract is fulfilled.

I work day and evening shift which usually 7:30A-4P or 3:30-12A.

We have the 3 prisons, each with a dispensary and one which has the infirmary (hospital ward for all 3 prisons).

As for my personality.....Honestly, I'm outgoing, up beat and say what is on my mind, usually without thinking first. I have never mastered the art of being the "career RN", I don't have that finished/polished flare that some nurses do. But I've been doing it for 12 years and my patients have loved me, managers.....not so much. I don't play "corporate kiss _ss" and it has gotten me into some trouble. Basically my mouth gets me in trouble. But that is something I'm working on.

The greatest thing about nursing is the diversity it provides. The options are endless and you never know where you niche will be. I know mine isn't in LDRP, ER, OR or Peds. I can say that I loved correctional nursing from the start.

I recently purchased an article from amazon.com about correctional nursing. I'll send it to you if you are interested. (don't pay the $10 to download it from amazon, it wasn't worth $10 but none the less it was insightfull.

Take care-

This is what makes a good correctional nurse, IMHO! Inmates are

humans and will respect the nurse that is honest and firm with them, yet

does not treat them like Lepers!

Some nurses like, excuse me, LOVE THE DRAMA and make correctional nursing LARGER THAN LIFE in regards to safety. Definitely, you have to take many precautions and rely on your security staff. A good security staff can make or break the facility and it's working environment!

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I work in a facility that houses both minimum and maximum security inmates.We have about 1300 men and women.

I just treat them like people.

You cannot recognize who is a murderer etc just looking at them.

Those who you would think are aren't

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Specializes in Psych, Correctional, LTC and Rehab.

I agree...I am not getting paid to judge...but to do my job.

I also worked at a Reception Center...in Florida.

Presently, I am in a prison outside Philadelphia.

We have minimum-max. security inmates coming through, incl. child molesters...

You sort of "get used to it"

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