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Your writing is spot on. However, in any job, management may see employees as expendable. Nurses need to take their own path of contentment. There are so many fields of nursing that should be looked into. My path was to leave med/surg hospital...

Hi Mikethenurse, the date of my orginal posting was 1/09 since then I have called NSO to clarify coverage as I have gotten 2 renewal notices BUT I was in NO WAY comforted by the person I was talking to. She did not seem to know that coverage was ini...

Hi everyone, Contact the Oneida County Historical Society for more info. on just where old records are kept. Their contact number is 315 735 3642 or write them at 1608 Genesee St. Utica NY 13502 Good luck finding any info.. Not sure if the court h...

I have had a few incidents in which I was convinced the inmate was faking BUT thankfully I followed through with immediate MD eval. or telemed but I still felt very bad for thinking that the inmate was faking.

eighteen years later I still have not gotten used to that gate closing behind me! LOL

If you have excellent nursing assessment skills and looking for a challange corrections is the place to be. Corrections is a whole different world but also not that different for patient care. No one nurse comes off from the private sector and inst...

dont' forget to mention that you actually get bathroom breaks and get to eat! LOL

Hi, Correctional nursing is difficult for several reasons; you need to have exceptional assessment skills, independent thinking, and deal with non medical people on a continual basis (security and administration and on occassion visitors) telling y...

To this day we have security putting alot of pressure onto the nurses thus interferring with the nursing process. I have found that the afternoons and midnight shifts of security are main the problem. Bottom line if an inmate come forward with the ...

Not sure if you all have checked out this site www.corrections.com but there is an update on security info. and job postings for all professions asso. with Corrections across the country.

Hi everyone I too want to add to the Happy Easter list to everyone everywhere!!!

Hi everyone, in NY corrections nurses make just a tad less than the hospital per hour BUT health insurance for individual and family is a fraction on what the hosp. nurses have to pay, plus eye/dental is much less too. Both get shift differential a...

you know that is the current debate we are having at work. One good thing about the NSO policy was it covered you on duty and off. I just felt I had a little piece of mind having the policy. Too many people are suing and how would they know if you...

I apologize to my fellow posters. I did call NSO and was told that I just made my renewal by days! This is why I didn't see any info. with my renewal this time. He said that I will not be renewed at the end of this year. In fact he stated that to...

NSO does carry correctional nursing malpractice ins.. I have been with them for 18 yrs. Perhaps your state is not one they cover? Have you called them directly? Hopefully this can be cleared up for you and that there other options. Please let us...

Can your facility order for you PF95 masks? They are a class A tool at my facility because they can filter out chemical agents. They are light wt. and easy to carry in a pocket. They come in a box of 35 small and reg. sizes. We use them for TB is...

Hi, I agree with the other posters however perhaps you have reached a point in the nursing school/program that eventually it will be up to YOU to help/save a persons life. That realization is scary to say the least; however that is the point of scho...

For the last 5 yrs. I have had in my will that I am to be cremated and placed in a Reef that will be placed where most of the dolphins are. After that I want a huge celebration of my life to take place with cases of Asti, balloons, flowers and great...

I am sure the meds do burn but where I am it's more that they don't have control..can't see the meds/amt.. Not too long ago most were putting peanut butter in the roofs of their mouths to hide the meds. On one guy the meds fell onto his tongue so now...

Hi RealityCheck, GO with your gut instinct!!! Call the area supervisor for your unit (Sgt. or Lt. perhaps). Tell them you do not need the workers tonight and want them to return to their cells/dorm. Call the Nurse Administrator (if you don't see ...

Hello everyone. I have been lurking on this forum and you all have some wonderful replies so I thought I would put this question out there. I have worked for 17 yrs in corrections and once again people who are not medical are constantly telling the ...

Hi but sorry the politics play out regardless of where you are working. At the present time I am being (in my opinion) railroaded after 16 years of excellent evaluations. In the DOC I work at it's all in who you are never mind how well you do your ...

Hi, you could have stopped briefly to take pixs. Perhaps next time you are in the area you will. Check out the Herkimer Historical Society (Oneida HS has always been a pain to deal with regardless of the topic...I think they just don't know the are...

I agree with the other posters. Where I work and inmate can not dictate on where he will be housed. So signing out of the infirmary is not an option until the Dr. makes rounds the next day or Mon.. He can however refuse any treatments at any time....

Regardless of ones background if one is in correctional nursing one NEEDS the wisdom to know if this kind of work environment is for them. It is not any nurses job/problem to worry IF an inmate is innocent or guilty of a particular crime(s). That i...