Prison nursing questions

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I'm doing a presentation on friday about jail nurses and I had some quick questions for you if you have had any experience with this. I followed a jail nurse around last month and had I known that I was going to do a presentation on it, I would have gotten them answered then! Just some quick, basic answers would be great. It's kind of difficult to find this type of specific information on the web... thanks everyone!

Which type of crimes would you say most inmates are accused of?

What are the most common types of diseases found in the inmate population, or which diseases are they mostly screened for?

What are the hours of the clinic, is it 9-5 M-F? Weekends?

What are just some of the basic guidelines you have before being able to accept an inmate into your jail? Maybe certain medical conditions, severe injuries, etc. (ex: i know the jail I was at does not accept patients if their blood sugar is above 300, they then go straight to the ER)

Any idea how much the inmates make per hour while working? If I could just get a quick explanation of how the commissary works.

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ahhh please, presentation is tomorrow morning! just need a few quickies

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ya let me down guys! good thing i'm such a good presenter and it went very smoothly.

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Specializes in MICU, ER, SICU, Home Health, Corrections.

I just got here, so don't blame me... lol.

If it matters now:

1. Who cares what they're there for? Usually, knowing will only serve to either cause you to show sympathy or bias. But for completion... federal is usually drugs, and lower levels are usually assault, theft, drugs, prob. violations, etc.

2. The acronyms. HIV/AIDS, TB, MRSA, COPD, IDDM/DM, Hep/abc, etc....

3. I guess that depends on the facility... but clinic is clinic anywhere. 7-3, 8-4, no weekends or holidays.

4. Again, per facility. It will depend on what 'level' they are, or choose to be, whether they have an infirmary and how staffed they are for docs/specialties, and the pop. will be admitted to suit. Some take only bandaids, others might take stage 4 decubitus.

5. Pay depends as well. Figure most inmates you see 'working' make less than a buck an hour, unless they're doing something special or part of a specific program, then they can make 2 or 3 an hour or there about.

6. Comissary works like any other store. Some track inmates and what they can/can't buy based on various criteria. [ie; inmates in the infirmary cannot purchase OTC meds, or whatever, until released back to GP, etc.] Things like that.

It's far from complete or applicable to every facility, but hope that helps.

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i too wonder how's the work in prison

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