New Corrections Nurse

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New corrections nurse here in Ohio. I start the Correction Training Academy (CTA) next month and then I will be working at London Correctional Institute.

I worked for the VA for 24 years in several capacities.

Anyone here worked in corrections in Ohio? If so:

What is CTA like?

What is it like working for ODRC?

What do you like best and least?

Would anyone recommend getting the CCHP certification? There is no time requirement for the CCHP but the CCHP-RN requires 2000 in correctional nursing and I believe you have to be a CCHP to take the CCHP-RN exam.

Anyone who wants to share their wisdom on correctional nursing I would be appreciative.

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Awesome! Congrats to you! I am trying to get into corrections nursing in Michigan!

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Hey Dave, is there any way you can PM me or do you have a generic email? Thanks

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

I've been a Correctional Nurse since Sept 2014, so I'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary! I REALLY like my job, especially on 3rd shift. The inmates are locked up. The pace is generally slower. I'm usually the only RN on duty along with an LPN, sometimes 2 LPN's. We have 2300 inmates at the prison where I work in NW Pennsylvania. I'm glad I finally got in! Our Superintendent (Warden) and a fellow RN, said she didn't want to hire me because I'm a former ICU nurse and she thought I'd be bored working in a prison. I interviewed for my position 3 TIMES in a year...the RN Supervisor on days is someone I used to work with and also told me the same thing the Super did. I was their #1 choice ALL 3 times I interviewed but was blackballed by the Super the first 2 times :/

I'm pretty sure Im proving to them that I'm not bored and that my clinical expertise was desperately needed ;)

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Have not been on in a while. I enjoyed the work but did not care for the "union mentality" of state employees. I got an offer I could not refuse from a large healthcare organization that employees 14,000 people in SW Ohio so I left for better money and a more professional environment.

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