Our prison made the news...

mtsteelhorse · Aug 1, 2007

What prison? That sounds awful. :uhoh21:Was there a new prisoner amongst them that could have kiestered (sp?) it in? It's one of those situations where you're glad you chart EVERYTHING. That investigation will be intense! Keep us posted.

shell911rn · Aug 1, 2007

What a nightmare! I hope you had enough help to manage it all. Interesting that they OD'ed on it...either it they did it intentionally or they weren't aware of/or were mislead as to the concentration of the Heroin (i.e. murder)...Will be an interesting investigation indeed...that's what makes working in corrections fascinating!

Diary/Dairy, RN · Aug 1, 2007

Oh my goodness - I cannot imagine how stressful that must be!!! Take care of yourself!!! Let us know how things go!

MadisonsMomRN, BSN, RN · Aug 2, 2007

Here is a link:

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/NEWS01/707310324/1002

Its funny that they say the correctional officers did CPR... whatever! The nurses did CPR and I called 911 twice! (Not for the guy that died... I wasnt there for that) We did bag 2 guys though!

s1shaw · Aug 2, 2007

God Bless all of you who work correctional nursing...I gave it my best shot...No problem with the inmates or the CO's....the agency that maintains the medical department is not one that I would ever work for again...and unfortunately, they have all the County Prisons in my area...

MadisonsMomRN, BSN, RN · Aug 3, 2007

The 3 that we sent out to the ER have been there 15 yrs +... I will keep you guys updated!!

Miss Chybil RN, BSN, RN · Aug 3, 2007

Here is a link:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070731/NEWS01/707310324/1002
Its funny that they say the correctional officers did CPR... whatever! The nurses did CPR and I called 911 twice! (Not for the guy that died... I wasnt there for that) We did bag 2 guys though!

I learned a few things working in the jail as a detention officer.

1. Whether you're an inmate, or an officer, making the news is always bad. (Unless, you make it for singing in "Jail Idol," then it's good.)

2. The news is never right. For some reason, they can never get the facts straight, or they turn them around because it makes the story sound so much more interesting. Whatever, the facts are insignificant when it comes to the news.

3. There are a lot of drugs in jail.

4. When somebody dies in jail things get really, really tense for a long time.

I'm sorry this happened. Hope you're doing all right and I hope things get back to normal for you soon.

JailRN · Aug 9, 2007

Oh, you poor dear--I know that 'death inquiry boards' are never fun, and that IM are IM and will do whatever they do to try and beat the system--if they put that creativity to good use, they could run the country:idea:

I know this is a nightmare of paperwork and hours of interviews

Let us know how you are doing..good luck!!

s1shaw · Aug 9, 2007

--if they put that creativity to good use, they could run the country:idea:
Just think, if we could trust all the IM's, we could ship them all off to Araq and let them fight the war....

MadisonsMomRN, BSN, RN · Aug 15, 2007

sorry duplicate post!

MadisonsMomRN, BSN, RN · Aug 15, 2007

Just an update!

All of the CO's that work in the 2 housing units that this happened in are being investigated.

I am SO glad that we documented in DETAIL!!

Oh, all the nurses involved, including myself got a Letter of Recognition and a Certificate of Appreciation. That was nice to get!! It goes in our personnel files!