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  1. Corrections Nurses: Have You Been Hit Like This?

    **nurse** replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    It is a shocking video to watch, HOWEVER...... Note how quickly he is taken off her. In the ER or nursing home or rehab there wouldn't be security right there, and most hospital security I've seen...

  2. Forced feeding

    **nurse** replied to 2003rn's topic in Correctional

    hmmmm. I've only had ONE cry hunger strike, and he immediately changed his mind when I told him the govenor would NOT give an order for a tube feeding.........Ya mean you'd let me

  3. Are you paranoid yet?

    **nurse** replied to GlowBear500's topic in Correctional

    Still feel as safe in that regard as I would working just about anywhere else. I do personally know two officers that had problems. One was run off the road and the guy ran up to his truck, hauled...

  4. AUGH! My Boss!!

    **nurse** replied to Mudwoman's topic in Correctional

    Keep track of those nurses that quit, they may come back when your boss from hell is gone. Does a large corporation contract you? They usually get interested in what's going on when it starts...

  5. Medication Administration in Correctional Medicine

    **nurse** replied to sblackman's topic in Correctional

    At our Violator's of Parole and our Work Release, most meds are given at a pill call, two big ones daily and one small one mid day. Very few of the Work Release inmates might have keep on person cards...

  6. CMS-Correctional Medical Services?

    **nurse** replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    Wow!!! I have just started working for cms on prn basis and have to confess the staffing is looking a tad shy of what's needed. Pay for prn is good, fulltime rate was less that I'd like but $4. more...

  7. Sister-in-law dating ex-con

    **nurse** replied to NurseAction's topic in Correctional

    whoops.......missed the second page :imbar . Glad you went, and glad you trust your instincts. It's not about giving him power in this field, it's about giving him OPPORTUNITY. He might have...

  8. Sister-in-law dating ex-con

    **nurse** replied to NurseAction's topic in Correctional

    tell the facility, keep your distance and go. At my facility that would cover me, and if he were reincarcerated he'd have to go up the road to a different institution. My job would be

  9. How do you deal with Mothers of inmates

    **nurse** replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    I have many times told moms/wives/sisters etc that due to HIPPA I can't even tell them if thier person is in the system, much less discuss thier health care with them. Assure her he has access to...

  10. Hair color--is it that big of an issue?

    **nurse** replied to SaintSybella's topic in General Nursing

    The profession does seem to place a great deal of value on appearance. I've worked in several (all but one) facilities that thought clogs were to radical. Face jewelry is a no no. So in Delaware,...

  11. Males or Females

    **nurse** replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    And they want CONDITIONER after thier intake

  12. Males or Females

    **nurse** replied to ex1140's topic in Correctional

    men 6, women

  13. PHS pay rates in Alabama

    **nurse** replied to AlabamaRN(ER)'s topic in Correctional

    Good luck on your interview! I have one today in Delaware. Money is just a part, granted a sizable part. Hope they make you

  14. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    **nurse** replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Awwwww, honey. Nurses will look down on geriatric/ltc nurses, prison nurses, nurses without husbands, nurses with the wrong purses. Just wait till you have the joy of some EMT trying to make you...

  15. one nurse for 24 patients

    **nurse** replied to prometheus0219's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I grumble sometimes, but am comfortable, with 16 or 17 and 4 techs. I prefer 2 nurses and 4 techs for the same load. You have too

  16. new grad in maryland looking for work

    **nurse** replied to wigglesgogo's topic in Maryland Nursing

    laughing at migrant_renal_rn's post....... you darn davita people never quit, if you were closer to me i'd give you a shot but those other people have all the clinics around me. i have heard good...

  17. TB testing?

    **nurse** replied to maureenlynn's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I would think any state public health department would do it free or very sliding

  18. Gross Out Co-Worker

    **nurse** replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. As rude as it may seem to comment to someone about offensive behavior, and uncomfortable, with some people you just have to do it. Try it quietly as possible, practice non confrontational if...

  19. smoke free

    **nurse** replied to mel1977's topic in General Nursing

    ok, the asthma thing is totally valid. I don't work ER and in 11 years practice I've never triggered an asthma patient, though I've pushed a few wrong buttons on some criminally insane guys (who'd a...

  20. smoke free

    **nurse** replied to mel1977's topic in General Nursing

    If you come in smelling of smoke........HARSH!!! I guess, windows open, cologne, gum and DENIAL........cause until it's as illegal as marijuana, I'd smoke on the way to and home from. I can do...

  21. smoke free

    **nurse** replied to mel1977's topic in General Nursing

    I'd give care with one lit in the corner of my mouth if I could. Unfortunately for me, and fortunately for the rest of the world, no one lets me do that. I've been through a max prison going smoke...

  22. Security And Deliberate Indifference

    **nurse** replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    My case wasn't security, it was the health care vendor, the corp president pulled him out within a week of getting the contract. Most of the things we butted heads with security were kind of...

  23. Security And Deliberate Indifference

    **nurse** replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    Security yanked him out? No, but once my brand new health vendor yanked a pt out as he was being prepped for major cardiac surgery, after a year of set up under previous vendor. Wanted to know if he...

  24. Need Expert Advice ....from student

    **nurse** replied to Carla25's topic in Correctional

    Women and cardiac disease? Hormone replacement

  25. Where do you look for correctional nursing openings?

    **nurse** replied to obtech2nurse's topic in Correctional

    Lazy incompetent can be anywhere. What I LOVED about prison nurses? Generally, we are so busy combating the worst of the inmates and staff that we don't have as much time for the petty competition...