This procedure sounds very ill-advised to me. Inmates not on restricted units could pick up their KOPs. We have specific days and times at which we dispense KOPs (usually Saturday and Sunday, early...
We were allowed to take PN boards after the third semester of RN school. I took the test mainly for the experience of taking the licensing exam, but in the end it allowed me to start orientation at my...
You don't reassign someone to a position of lesser responsibility if you are happy with their work. To call it a "learning opportunity" is a gross misrepresentation of their intentions, IMO. More...
When I need to discuss something like that with a subordinate, I just call them in and discuss it immediately. Most of the time what they would imagine when fretting about it over a day or more is far...
Exactly why I didn't renew my ANCC certification. I've found that employers really don't care about it, apart from the fact that they can brag that they have certified nurses on staff. They certainly...
Orca replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional
We always ask applicants how they believe that their nursing practice might change as a result of working in a prison environment. We are looking for things such as maintaining professional distance,...
Remember when a hospital was just a hospital? I was thinking about this when driving around town today and I passed several hospitals. The current trend is to call everything "(XYZ) Hospital Medical...
In one jurisdiction where I once lived, when I appeared for jury duty they informed us that had we not answered the summons a deputy sheriff would have come to our homes to arrest us. That is why I...
Just wondering if any of you have experienced outbreaks of H1N1 in your facility, how widespread it became and what measures you took when it happened. We do not have an outbreak at present, but I...
We got enough vaccine for medical division employees and our pregnant inmates, but no one else. All of the eligible inmates opted for the vaccine, some employees declined (I took it). Otherwise we're...
We have had one confirmed case, sent out due to high temp and respiratory distress. Spent about a week in the hospital. Like most of you, we have no means to test for H1N1 here - the hospital...
When I was working on a hospital adult mental health unit, our companion geropsych unit had a very agitated patient who was walking rapidly around the circular hallway and frightening residents. The...
I worked in LTC briefly, when I relocated. I was the only RN on a 120-bed unit, and they also had me passing meds to 40 patients because they were short of LPNs. I handled all the doctor and family...
Employers realize economic reality. If they ask you about the HHA job, just tell them that you did what you had to do to support your family. No one would question
Orca replied to Guest321574's topic in Psychiatric
Right off the bat, I would have medicated these patients. The fact that they were wandering around the unit and being noisy during the night would have been enough. Also, just because you didn't see...
One of my jobs in corrections was as outpatient psychiatric nurse at a male correctional facility. One day each week the psychiatrist and I rounded on the intake unit, where he would do his initial...
I worked full-time the entire time I went to school out of financial necessity. Thanks to a flexible employer who helped with my work hours (even though they knew I would be leaving when I finished) I...
Nobody comes into the profession knowing everything, or being good at everything. No matter how hard you try there will be things that you miss. No matter how competent you are you will have bad days,...
I was hired into a charge position fresh out of school. It was a new hospital mental health unit (they couldn't even show me my unit during the interview, because it was still a hard hat area). I...
Correct about the intake facility. It is a place where inmates come into the state prison system from county jails and other correctional systems. We do the initial screenings and identify medical...
In these days of fast food and instant entertainment, everyone looks for a quick fix for pretty much everything. Whatever is wrong with you, take a pill and everything will be fine. Manufacturers of...