I am a nurse me at a county jail. I had an inmate that was on trazadone for sleep. Per the orders from our jail physician we are not allowed to give sleepers. Inmate angry over this and I was first...
aicfan replied to ssalicia's topic in Correctional
I believe everyone should have access to lifesaving care, however there are many decent working people that cannot get the care that some inmates get. Interesting story. My husband has had a difficult...
aicfan replied to henryswife's topic in Correctional
I think you need really good assesment skills. 9 times out of 10 inmates in a county jail are malingering but there is always that tenth time. I have started iv's and shipped people out via ems. You...
aicfan replied to RN Randy's topic in Correctional
That is not normal at the 327 bed county jail that I work at. I am very lucky though, we are one of the few jails left that does not contract medical out and we are all RN's with experience and county...
I am an ADN working slowly on a BSN program. Hospitals are pushing for nurses to get the BSN but the hospitals in my area do not have very good tuition reimbursment. If they want people to obtain the...