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1. Is 1 nurse to 500 patients acceptable?

   corrections_nurse replied to corrections_nurse's topic in Correctional

   I know that some are potential pts but when you are giving medications to over 400 inmates plus sick calls, diabetic checks to 20+, wound care, breathing treatments, daily vs, screening new inmates, ordering meds, etc and dealing with at least a coup...

2. Is 1 nurse to 500 patients acceptable?

   corrections_nurse posted a topic in Correctional

   I am an LPN at a local correctional facility. We have an extremely bad turnover rate for nurses. We are supposed to have a Head Nurse in the AM and the PM (AM works 8A-4:30P and PM works 3P-11:30P, both M-F). The "regular" nurses work one week on ...