debbytentwo

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1. jail and prisons

   debbytentwo replied to debbytentwo's topic in Missouri

   Well, I have worked hard for the past two years to be able to have contact with my husband. I met him after he was out of the system totally. I was working as an RN for corrections. After I met him, he went to court for a pending charge which was ...

2. Prisioners as Patients

   debbytentwo replied to June55Baby's topic in General Nursing

   That hospital floor sounds like you got in some hard=core inmates! I do hope everyone realizes that *anything* can be made into a weapon. Actually, things are a little easier in prison. The inmates are more removed from escaping, so they don't wea...

3. Prisioners as Patients

   debbytentwo replied to June55Baby's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked in the prison system...most inmates were not cuffed or chained. However, in "the hole" they had leg irons and belly chains and cuffs. I had a hard time getting a blood pressure around all that jewelry, but I bought a wrist BP cuff tha...

4. New RN to corrections

   debbytentwo replied to barbara's topic in Correctional

   I worked for corrections for several years and enjoyed it. Nurses have much more autonomy in corrections, but the doctors suck, they are usually rejects in their profession. I never except maybe once had any problems. Just make sure you are never ...

5. Questions re: Agency Nursing as alternative to permanent staffing

   debbytentwo replied to GSPmama's topic in Oregon

   One thing to watch for in working for agencies is that it is sometimes not good to use an agency to "shop around" for a good place to work. Sometimes the agency has a contract with the employer that they cannot hire agency personnel within a specifi...

6. Questions re: Agency Nursing as alternative to permanent staffing

   debbytentwo replied to GSPmama's topic in Oregon

   I just want to say that I have worked for two different nursing agencies, and have had very negative experiences with them. With the first agency, I understand what happened, but found that I could not get a statement from them as to an incident tha...

7. jail and prisons

   debbytentwo posted a topic in Missouri

   I have been involved in many things recently that have impacted my thoughts and feelings about the situation in the State of Missouri regarding the treatment of prisoners and inmates. As any of you from Missouri have been reading, there is a stiff s...