Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

Specialties Correctional

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I've been working in the Federal prison for 4 months now. I had OK days. But most days I feel that I'm not appreciated. Inmates think they are in hotel instead of prison. They demand too much! they want this, want that (right now!!) sometimes i just want to quit my job. some of them are really not respectful at all. i don't know why i entered this field. If I work in a hospital, at least patients will thank me for what i do...

I was really feeling depressed about the correctional nursing field. Not so much for the level of care that I give to the patients, but mostly because of the staff. I was questioning whether I was in the right place that God wants me to be in, but after reading some of these wonderful statements, I am really encouraged. I love nursing. I love to give care to someone that no one else would think to give care to, bringing hope to the hopeless, and seemingly forgotten. Yes it can be stressful, yes I sometimes get weary of fighting the officers to insure my patients get proper care, the doctors to insure they get the necessary treatment, the EMT's to insure they get swift transport to hospitals, but if we as nurses don't fight for them...who will? Thank you guys so much. You really don't know how much you have helped me.

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