Jaila

Jaila

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  1. Should you treat a prisoner different

    Jaila replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Nursing

    Assessment, assessment! You have to treat these folks with respect that you would any patient, without coddling them. That said, they are inmates and there is often a game of manipulation going on. I...

  2. Your Favorite and Your Weirdest

    Jaila replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Also loving iv starts here! Give me your blood, guts, and nasty infected wounds! But I HATE HATE HATE code brown! Oh and if you puke, well... I might puke with you!

  3. Having a Hard Time

    Jaila replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

    You will get through this just fine! You just have the misfortune of what I think has happened to most over the years and that is first hand experience with nurses eat their young! Very disheartening!...

  4. Need some advice

    Jaila replied to raisonbrancruch's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about gender either. IMO long gone are the days of thinking nursing is only a womans job....seen many great male RN's, LPN's, and

  5. Do you have to make absolutely certain that inmates swallow their meds?

    Jaila replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    We try to make sure they swallow their meds. They have to take the med there in front of you, and we check their mouth after...open wide, lift their tongue,etc...if we have doubt we can have them pull...

  6. HIPAA VIOLATION!

    Jaila replied to mehart2001's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto to most of the above... I especially enjoyed the woman scorned, and the ref to a praying mantis... Just off shift and needed a good laugh lol

  7. night shift

    Jaila replied to reddellrn's topic in Correctional

    Ditto to the above post! I am also the only nurse on nights. It can be "slower" to crazy busy. Lots of things play into that...intake in booking, disturbances, illness, dt'ers, transports, diabetics,...

  8. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    Jaila replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok.. Egged on just enough to finish what Ron White said. "you can't fix stupid...there is not a pill you can take, not a class you can go to...stupid is forever". Beyond that, I don't believe I have...

  9. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    Jaila replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think all I can say on this is to quote Ron White ... "you can't fix stupid"

  10. What happens when a max security inmate is unconscious in their cell?

    Jaila replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    We don't have to have a capt. or lt., but usually the sgt. or a member of our response team is there. Im has to be secured first. I mean, are we sure they are really unconscious? Sometimes the...

  11. Are Maximum security officers different from the other officers?

    Jaila replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    All of our guys are trained the same. When they are in the max security area they are obviosly aware of the limitations. For example meds and chemsticks through the door slot only. If I have to...

  12. Dress code in the observation cells?

    Jaila replied to stephied's topic in Correctional

    We have mental health workers during the day that set the parameters for the suicide watches. But if you are the nurse working an off shift like I do, then the nurse sets the rules...everything from...

  13. Dangers of Labeling Inmates - Stories Sought

    Jaila replied to Guest371144's topic in Correctional

    I think we have all run across a time or two when an im may have been "faking" it...but you do your assessment with the equipment and skills that you have. We have very limited equipment at our...

  14. It is safe to work in state correction as RN

    Jaila replied to sukanya2521's topic in Correctional

    I personally feel very safe at my job. You obviously need to constantly be aware of your surroundings and any potential dangers....if a red flag raises in your head for any reason that is something to...

  15. Apple seeds

    Jaila posted a topic in Correctional

    The other day we had an im go unresponsive in the showers. He was sent out to local hospital, we were suspecting he had been cheeking some of his meds and had taken a lot at once to avoid being caught...