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Does any have experience with a nursing team lead by a nurse manager who reports to a psychologist rather than a DON? I'd love to hear how it worked, were there any pros? I have cons, but wouldn't mind hearing other opinions. Thanks!

Hellonur5e- It does help so much, thank you for sharing! They should know better than to schedule a nurse for an exam and not tell them anything about it!:) I've got a long drive too, about 3.5 to 4 hours if I remember right, been a while since I've been to Canon.

Great! Thanks! So will you be testing at the traning academy in Canon City too?

I have a test scheduled with Colorado DOC in 2 weeks. I have been working at a larger county jail for 2 years, but I have no idea what this test will consist of, does anyone else have some ideas of what I should be thinking about when I go in? Thanks.

We are not charging for OTC drugs like APA, Ibu, Zantac 150, mylanta. We are charging if the MD Rx's APAP 1000 mg, IBU 800mg, etc and then all chronic care etc. We are one a few counties in my state that wasn't charging. Oh and the facility will not allow KOP for ANYTHING, pod officers keep IM's inhalers at the desk.

So the county comissioners in my county have voted to charge IM's for their meds. The only problem is that this was voted for in the last week of January and implemented on Februray 1. So needless to say we have no consistency. Management has no idea how to charge IM's in a consistent fashion and everyone is doing it differently so I imagine that some are getting double charged and some aren't getting charged at all. Any suggestions? Thanks!

We use Libirum for ETOH and Benzo withdrawal. Honestly, I have rarely been able to give the clonidine during Opiate WD, but I have given the Vistaril plenty.

We also have to put them on a medical hold, which the inmates think of as being put in the hole. We don't really put them in ADSEG but we put them in the pod with suicide watches so the are locked down 23 hrs and are watched like the suicides. Charting is very important, if the IM is of sound mind they are likely manipulating.

Our Opiate protocol is Clonidine 0.1 mg PO QID for 2 days, then TID for 2 days, then qHS for 2 days. It also includes Vistaril 50 mg PO or IM PRN for 4 days.

Funny, my facility makes use crush it and put it in water....so we might be giving them their rush! Great.