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Adult Health & Illness. It would give me a chance to brush up on my advanced med/surg skills,better rounded,plus I really like stuff like suturing,adult acute & chronic illness,pain management,wound care,hospice etc. I saw an ad just last noc for a Psych fellowship opportunity for an Adult or FNP. I'm intrigued now if there are AHI fellowship opps.

nursetim, thanks for the info!I suppose now the thing to do is start pursing a preceptor. I'm thinking about an AHI post masters to make myself more marketable. What do you think? thxSaprn

nursetim, thanks for the info. How does the facility you are at manage your mental health population? Do you segregate or gen pop unless unable to function? What is the attitude of the medical RNs toward psy?the CO's? Do you think a psyAPRN would be seen as an asset or a pain in the hoohoo. thx,Saprn

I have come to this board to learn from nurses who, are or have been in the role of actively providing care in the corrections setting, specifically mental health/psych. I'm wanting to start with the basic information please. How are the areas structured? Are prisoners with active mental health problems segregated or in general population. Do facilities use PA's,PMHNP's,LMHP, who does the psych med prescribing and monitoring. How are the pt.s in needed followed up on,how are the psych practitioners viewed by CO's co-workers etc. How does psych find out if an inmate is decompensating? What is the collaboration between psych and medical? Thanks to all the nurses to have helped me learn all those willing to help me learn more. Saprn

KK,Thanks for the reply!! I'm in the home stretch :yeah:I'm setting up my practicum sites/hours/preceptors.I've been in psych 15 +,done middle management for years and am sick:down: of that.I am soo ready for primary care. I see PMHNP jobs in corrections posted.I'd really rather not deal with kids & that seems to be an outpt./inpt. expectation. Do you have APRN's where you are and if so what do they do,how are they seen ie OK or a pain in the CO's/the rest of nursing's hoohaa.

replying to my own post. I'd really like to hear from real life experince in corrections. Are your psy pt. segregated,mixed in,do you have psy services to deal with the psychotics,manage their meds, or that provide programming like anger management, addictions ,CBT ?

i'm looking into a practicum in corrections. My specialty is psych. I see corrections advertising for PsychAPRN's and I'm wondering what the real world is like. I posted on the APRN board too.

I'm near completion of my PMHNP program. I'd like to learn from those who are doing the work.I've been a psych RN 20+ years but my only experience is inpt. acute psych. Any info about working psych corrections will be appreciated.I've posted on the APRN board too. I'm using the shotgun approach:) Thx.

Bring this thread to the top 'cause I'm looking for real life APRN info about working in corrections. I'll be done w/my PMHNP soon and the local facilities are advertising for psycNP,talking about being in the student loan repayment program etc I would appreciate info from the experts. Thx