NurseLite

I loved working with Armor. Wish they would come out to California ... :)

Done :)

I worked for Armor for 3 years while they held our contract in Escambia County. I started off as a medical assistant on the night shift, and with their help and ecouragement (not to mention tuition reimbursement, not a lot, but it helped), I went ba...

I am an LPN and have been in corrections and pediatrics for several years. Even when I was in school and clinical rotations, our studies in Ocology were extremely limited. Here is my query ... Our mom is receiving Herceptin treatments along with Car...

Exactly! Regardless ... they are "our patients" and the "officers' inmates".

Why don't we just install a Valium salt lick in the pods ... we would have absolutely no problems after that!!

Yep ... Welcome to jail! LOL

"The jail system seemed like a very relaxed place to work." No, not relaxing on my shift! I am the intake nurse on the night shift in our county jail. I get them in handcuffs, cracked out and beligerent. You have to have a keen sense for BS, becau...

Even inmates have the right to refuse care and treatment. Make sure you have them sign all refusals and release of liability. Psych eval is not a bad idea. Try to encourage a little further testing. Diabetes can do a number on all organ systems ....

It's always discouraging when you hear that the inmates have more rights than we do. BUT I stand firm in that we, as nurses, are PATIENT advocates, NOT family advocates. In correctional medicine, you will still have to deal with a certain number of...

We using CorrecTek ... pretty user friendly

Cavity searches are a security, not a medical issue. As nurses, we are not trained, nor are we trained in the security of an inmate should the inmate resist. We may stand-by in case of emergency, but all-in-all, cavity searches are for trained secu...

Lacie It all depends on if you are hired by state, county or private contract. Every county's pay scale is different. I am in Escambia, which is one of the poorest counties in Florida, so our pay scale is off! Here at our private contract company ...

I have five simple words for my techs: "Please don't touch my lines" . While I value the work my techs do, I certainly don't want them to do anything outside their scope ... not only is it their a$$, it's my license on the line.

Thanks "Pretty", you gave me a lot of insight of where my "kids" go after they are "sent down the road"! I am in Escambia County and work with our female population and you hit in on the head with the emotional, manipulative women!

I currently work as an LPN, on the nightshift (12 hour shifts) and I love it. I have been here just over 3 years and even though I have experience in many other fields (was a medical assistant for 15 years prior to going back to school) and I couldn...

Hey all! I started our PN program in April, 2008 and graduate in April, 2009. We just started our third term and it does get harder as time goes on. I am a mom of two, 19 and 12 and also a medical assistant at the county jail. So I get to pract...

OMG. I am getting ready to do my OB/Peds rotation and this is what I have to look forward to ... This is going to be a riot!

7p-7a ... Welcome to my shift! I too work that shift in a "relatively" small county jail in Florida. (2000+) I love my shift, I love my officers. The inmates are my patients and well I treat them as such. I work in the smaller of the two building...

Welcome to prison! If you are in Level 5 and that is all they are doing ... consider yourself lucky! This is a daily affair in correctional nursing and if it really offends/upsets you, this isn't your field. This is not for the faint at heart. I/...

You does your OB care? We have a contracted OB that comes in every week and he normally brings us all the pt ed we need. BTW ... cabbage leaves are what we use to dry them up ...

I work in a county detention facility where 2 floors are men and 1 floor women. I spend more time on the female floor hands down. With that being said, I find my work more rewarding working with the women. Yes, they are a lot needier; True they h...

They are in jail NOT the Hilton. I have no problem telling them that. In my area, girls get arrested just to have the county pay for their birthing ... it stinks, but true. I let the IM know when they get out of line for me and have no problems sen...

No, no self defense training in our facility. About a year ago, while running meds in an open female pod (80 girls to 1 officer) I ticked off one of the female inmates (she was a known "Signal 25" ... 5150 ... whatever you call the mentally "unfit...

In our facility, the inmates KOP their inhalers (unless they are steroidal). Period. If they are found to abuse them, they are taken and if they need to be treated for an acute attack, they get a neb tx. Who has time to be running up to pods and b...