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Well, that's disappointing but expected. That's awesome about your friends time in China even if it wasn't regarded as "real" nursing experience. International nursing has offered me valuable perspective on health seeking behaviors and has forever widened my understanding of the human spectrum, something that a competitor without similar exposure could ever understand. I'm hoping that nursing employers still place value and emphasis on the "soft skills" as much as they do the monkey see, monkey do skills. Thank you for your response.

I am a nursing graduate currently serving as a health extension agent for the U.S. Peace Corps in Cambodia. I am due to end my service in five short months and am curious as to how the nursing community with accept me? Does anyone have any experience with this? Thank you.

I'm really impressed by all of the wonderful responses! I would like to narrow my focus with a few additional questions. 1. Can you explain how you know once an inmate trusts you. What signs and behaviors of trust are most common? 2. How do you ensure accurate patient education when using slang or non-standardized terminology? 3. What are some reasons why a nurse would prefer providing care to an inmate rather than a non-inmate? 4. What are some reasons why a nurse would prefer providing care to a non-inmate rather than an inmate? 5. What are some ways in which inmates can gain the trust of their nurses? Thanks again for everyones input. I appreciate all of your thoughts and considerations!

hey, i'm a student nurse from fort collins, colorado. i'm using this site to collect information about correctional nursing for a cultural presentation for my fundamentals class. i've developed a questionnaire for anyone with experience in correctional nursing to consider. please feel free to respond to one, all or any combination of questions which you find interesting. thank you so much for your insight! 1. using the common nursing stereotypes (battle ax, angel of mercy, etc) describe your relationship with inmates. 2. what are some methods that you use to build repore and trust with inmates? 3. are you ever aware of the charges being held against your patients, if so does that effect the way you care for them? 4. how do the inmates attitudes and philosophy related to healthcare compare to non-inmates? 5. can you explain the inmate culture as it relates to healthcare? 6. how were your perceptions of nursing changed or effected when you began taking care of patients that were being held against their will? 7. do you believe that the bedside manner you use with inmates would be appropriate in other fields of nursing? please explain. 8. would it be difficult for you to acclimate to another field of nursing? what would you have to changed? 9. what events led you to becoming a correctional nurse? 10. has it been your ambition since nursing school to be a correctional nurse? thank you so much for your thoughts and experiences!