Correctional Nursing Moral, Attitude

[Schweetnsazzy]

What's the nursing moral, attitudes like in your correctional facility?

What do you think is the most challenging aspect of your job, staff or inmates?

[nursemomruns]

What's the nursing moral, attitudes like in your correctional facility?

What do you think is the most challenging aspect of your job, staff or inmates?

The morale is OK, the attitudes range from very negative to very positive. The staff are much more challenging than the prisoners!

[HOOSIERNW]

The morale is OK, the attitudes range from very negative to very positive. The staff are much more challenging than the prisoners!

Boy, isn't that the truth!!

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

I find that in many cases, the inmates are more polite. Some staff have the idea that since they are dealing with inmates, they can be as abrupt and nasty as they like. I treat inmates with courtesy, just as I have done with my hopsital patients in the past.

[nurseT]

What's the nursing moral, attitudes like in your correctional facility?

What do you think is the most challenging aspect of your job, staff or inmates?

The staff. The inmates are all the same, liers, crooks. The staff, all different kinds, all different expectations, some do everything by the book, some can never learn anything new, others must question every policy, some step out on their own and break the rules and always have an excuse to justify it. Others are smart, independent, confident, great easy going sense of humor and tough when needed.

[HOOSIERNW]

The staff. The inmates are all the same, liers, crooks. The staff, all different kinds, all different expectations, some do everything by the book, some can never learn anything new, others must question every policy, some step out on their own and break the rules and always have an excuse to justify it. Others are smart, independent, confident, great easy going sense of humor and tough when needed.

What state do you work in?

[jjrn76]

Keepig perspective on who is actually locked up. To look at the gaurd towers at some of Michigans oldst prisons they are light houses, a port in a storm. I find that with to much attitude and condescention it is easy to loose focus n takongcare of the pt. It becomes a peyton place that the cons pick up onand eventually yourin the bosses ofice . I enjoy the challenge of rising above that and attempt to go against the grain, creating ahospitable place to practice my art of Nursing. It seems like a short time ago I started and yet 22 years have lapsed since entry.

In new employees school 20 pusyrs ago, we were asked as a class,with both custody staff and non-custody,do tou want to do the big eight or the litle 8. Obviously its easier said tan done. Sorry bout the typing skills We are stil doing a lot of long hand in the great Lake State

[coolchik4sure]

The morale is OK, the attitudes range from very negative to very positive. The staff are much more challenging than the prisoners!

I second that!

I always tell people my job would be so much easier if

I could relate to the security staff. The whole "power trip"

mentality usually kicks in and you have a security staff that is

impossible to deal with. They definitely do not understand

what it means to be a nurse and how to treat patients with

respect and dignity.

They are inmates but if that was the bottom line, why

have medical facilities in prisons? If security

does not care about them getting proper tx,

then take medical out of prisons.

YOU CAN'T! Inmates are entitled to fair, compassionate

tx just as we give the general public.

**There are good security staff but they are few!

[ddc101]

What's the nursing moral, attitudes like in your correctional facility?

What do you think is the most challenging aspect of your job, staff or inmates?

Its pretty negative but I keep myself on a positive thought process and treat each person with dignity.I don't like being put in risky situations though they sometimes arrise.

[juvynurse]

The morale is OK, the attitudes range from very negative to very positive. The staff are much more challenging than the prisoners!

Ditto!

[Palmo]

I am in total agreement there!

[NurseKittyAtlanta]

I did my psych training in a federal prison. At first I was terrified about the idea. But surprisingly I ended up really enjoying it. Overall, the nurses were great to work with, and were more helpful with answering questions than other facilities I'd trained at. The inmates (all male) were okay to deal with. We treated them all with respect, and in return they showed respect to us. There were no problems while I was there. And having an armed guard protecting me the entire time helped ensure that. lol