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Im a corrections nurse but I lurk in the school nurse forum, because there are SO_MANY_SIMILARITIES. This made me laugh. Because ice-pack-duty-making duty is real.

Depends on the environment! I am in the County Jail. Too much professional language is not always appreciated in the trenches. If you dont joke and you dont swear, you might be a robot or a snitch. We know the patient is being over the top behavioral...

You can do what I do as a new(er) nurse (15 months): I play a game in my head called Flip It with crabby pants like this Lead Rn. I flip it around: whatever behavior they are doing to you: backstabbing, overly constructive criticism, checking your ch...

I took a corrections job because I had less than 1 year acute care experience and could not get hired in the hospital. But I totally love it in jail, although it is: tough, frustrating, and political, our provider relationships are wonderful and ever...

I think all jails, prisons and facilities are different. Im in County Jail and its not perfect. But it is safe. Man down, all the deputies are running for that cell. Backup called (fight) they are on it. Blatant disrespect to Medical staff, inmate of...

Suggestions, yes!! Based on my personal experience...If you can get into an acute care new grad residency, take it. Your new graduate status has an expiration date of 6 to 9 months after which many hospital systems will not look at you without two ye...

Hi Nurse Beth. Why did you phrase your response "sub acute, even Corrections?" As though Corrections nursing is the very last resort? Because that's what it sounds like you are trying to say. I'm a nurse in Corrections and proud of it. There is no nu...

AndrewCraigRN: I am a Corrections nurse and my entire patient population is incarcerated. Way beyond some racist comments and a Swastika tattoo and the patient assuming I share their racist beliefs. My patients on one level or another, have been char...

work in jail. It's a MRSA syphilis tinea GC/CT party over here. We have people with MRSA abscessed draining areas all the time. Other than some gluteal cellulitis outbreaks I'm always surprised there aren't more skin infections. I glove and handwash...

Im confused. Your very first job you were immediately charge nurse and your very first day of orientation you were given 15 total patients of your own with no preceptor?

Isn't the fluid draining from the chest tube coming from the pleural space between the lung and the lung cavity lining? So it's not coming from inside the actual lung itself. Which is where the TB bacteria would live. So I would think pleural fluid w...

OK so Ive been a jail nurse for 9 months now. Here are my tips I have learned: 1. are they on Bactrim or another sulfa drug, you might be seeing fixed drug eruptions...essentially an allergic reaction. I have seen this several times now as smallish b...

You did the right thing in the end: never perform a procedure without a physician's order. If the patient is not in danger or acute distress, waiting for an order might be the safest thing for the patient. If the patient was catheterized for maintene...

JC doesnt come to jail, oh darn. For Real Doe, I would sweetly call security and say there was a visitor playing tricks on staff members in the lobby and that I was concerned they were going to startle a little old lady and cause her to trip and fal...

Stick it out!!! You can do this. The preceptor with 7 patients plus charge is completely ridiculous. If you can survive orientation on a floor like that you can survive anywhere. I know i survived orientation on a cardiac tele stepdown hell floor. Ma...

That was super rude of that person, disrespectful and harassing. What if you had tripped and fallen. It sounds like someone was showing off. Would they have done that to a male administrator or staff member? Bet not. Within your rights to call securi...

Doctor fights (Cardiology VS Nephrology!!) Passive aggressive nurses That "what did I forget to do" feeling Patients that inject methamphetamine, but freak out when they have an ingrown toenail But mostly, not becoming a nurse many years ago

Congratulations on your new job in Corrections!

Pet peeve...Patients who can eat a full meal with silverware, talk on the phone, walk unassisted, reposition in bed, operate their bed and remote control, but need staff to wash and examine their testicles and often have other inappropriate behaviors...

The idea that an average nurse is a certain level of attractiveness is a stereotypical view, and one that we as professional nurses often work hard to eliminate. It is a myth. My suggestion is that you seek some professional assistance to explore you...

I find that going outside and playing in the garden for 30 minutes a day is almost like a meditation. I walk around, look at my plants, water some plants, get a fly-by from my hummingbirds and I feel very relaxed and energized from this.

Mustache/crazy hair that sticks up/undyed roots...not an infection control issue and NGAF. Long pretty curler set, round-brush blow out hair, draped all down the nurses front and hanging in/on patients: infection control issues. Just like long pretty...

I dont give a....whether they think being a nurse or me being a nurse is easy or hard. They arent paying my rent. Its just jealousy usually, because we are bad ass and they know it, or they dont like their own role. I dont care either way. My respon...

If you are a great stick but difficulty holding a direct draw needle and changing tubes, can you just use a butterfly, get a stick, hold the butterfly with one fingertip and pop tubes on and off the holder with the other hand? it wont matter if your ...

Corrections! Im in jail...lol . Im either sitting or standing, rarely bending. Love it. We are an outpatient clinic/detox/psych hospital basically:)