CCHP-RN

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1. Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

   CCHP-RN replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   As "corporate management" (and RN) for the company I work for, I want all of you to know, some of us do care GREATLY. We are at a loss at how to operate units with no staff. We have tried...

2. Staffing Contingency Plans during COVID

   CCHP-RN posted a topic in Correctional

   I know all of you are feeling the staffing shortage as much as I am. I was just wondering what other correctional facilities are doing when medical staff are not staying and staffing is at...

3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

   CCHP-RN replied to fawnmarie's topic in Correctional

   I haven't worked as an employee for ICE. However, the company I work for provides healthcare in 5 private facilities solely housing ICE detainees. It's somewhat different in the way ICE...

4. Making schedules and tools

   CCHP-RN replied to litbitblack's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I'm sure there are programs such as that. Of course, as with everything else, it cost's money. Typically, if my nurses are working 12 hour shifts, I work them 36 hrs one week, 48 hrs the next, with...

5. When Will the Nursing Shortage Be Over?

   CCHP-RN replied to Nursing CE Central's topic in General Nursing

   While the last 2 years have definitely added to the "regular nursing shortage", I've been told since 1988, at 18 years old starting nursing school, there was a major nursing shortage. At that...

6. I Think I'm Done With Nursing

   CCHP-RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I would quit the hospital again in a heart beat. I work as a director now in correctional healthcare. Lots of room for advancement, locations everywhere if you know where to look, many different...

7. Considering quitting nursing

   CCHP-RN replied to LouR's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I did the same. NA to NT while in nursing school, then 5 years as a RN, a total of 8 years at the same hospital. At age 27, they would not promote me beyond charge nurse due to not having admin...

8. Inmate, Detainee, Patient???

   CCHP-RN posted a topic in Correctional

   I'm working on rewriting all of the policies and procedures for my employer and need suggestions how to reference inmates throughout the policy. I was going to go with "patient" but that doesn't...

9. Pay rate and working conditions in Laredo, tx

   CCHP-RN replied to chocolateskye's topic in Texas Nursing

   Any updates to pay in Laredo? Someone told me that starting pay for RNs at Doctors Hospital is $35-39/hr... That just blows me away! (December

10. Medications and cost

    CCHP-RN replied to Orca's topic in Correctional

    I think all of the medical departments are looking to save money on meds among other things. The best thing you can do is create and LIVE BY a good formulary and only go off formulary in extinuating...

11. No OT 12 hour shifts?

    CCHP-RN posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I am trying to find a 12 hour shift template that will allow me to schedule my staff 24/7/365, with no built in overtime. I had seen an awesome schedule at some point which had no overtime and...

12. Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

    CCHP-RN replied to goldensfo's topic in Correctional

    I have worked in federal, state, jail, etc... I have to agree that the attitude you get from the federal BOP inmates is a lot worse than general inmates. Many feel they are entitled to EVERYTHING and...

13. Do you feel that the self defense course offered prepared you for an inmate attack?

    CCHP-RN replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    I took a minimal self defense class when I started corrections 12 years ago. I enjoyed the pressure points, not sure if it would actually work if I had to use it though. In these 12 years, I have...

14. Apple seeds

    CCHP-RN replied to Jaila's topic in Correctional

    I had an inmate drink bleach/water that he was cleaning with ... to prove to the officers that it was too diluted. Evidently he was right. It did absolutely nothing to him. Regardless any sane...

15. Question about Sick call on the range

    CCHP-RN replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    I have never done school nursing, but I have always thought Correctional nursing would be similar to it as well as military nursing. Believe it or not, our inmates are just like kids a lot of the...