Demands from inmates

[GrannyLpn2005]

Hey everyone. I am from a little secuity center that houses only about 250 inmates, male and females. I work 2-12 and I am the only nurse on duty at that time. I would like to get some input on how other nurses handle inmates when they get demanding. I have inmates that come up to my medcart and state, that they have to have their B/P checked right now, because supposedly the a.m. nurse didn't take their B/P. But you don't know if it was taken or not. There is nothing on the pass-on log, and nothing on the MAR, and you don't know if they are telling you the truth or not! Do you take their B/P, or not? You tell me!

[GLORIAmunchkin72]

"There is nothing on the pass-on log, and nothing on the MAR, and you don't know if they are telling you the truth or not! Do you take their B/P, or not? You tell me!"

'Technically' speaking, if it's not documented it didn't happen.

[2003rn, ASN, RN]

I work at a women's max. security prison. The only thing going on at pill call is passing meds. If the med nurse thinks the I/M really needs medical attention, the I/M is sent to the medical unit. We always have 2 nurses on duty, the LPN usually passes meds and the RN stays on the medical unit. We usually have patients in the infirmary and we cannot leave our post...unless there is a major emergency.

[aust. correct rn]

be consistant, if you do for one then you will have line of inmates asking you for thing and the demands will get harder and more complicated. I have worked in corrections for fifteen years and I treat all the inmates the same from min to max security.