psychonurse

Sorry this is the first time that I have seen this post and I am sorry that I didn't see before. We have been having student nurses in our facility off and on for about 3 years. We not only have nurses from the community college ADN program but the...

Chris.....you are doing a great job.....I would hate to do this job although this year it would have been easy for me as I was off work...but you did great and I am glad that I finally found the post for the list. I got two lists yesterday and I und...

Depending on the amount of inmates and how many nurses you have usually determins how many hours that you are there. We have some smaller facilities in our state that only have nurses there for 16 hours a day then someone on call for the last 8 hour...

I agree totally that you need experience working some med/surg or even ER for a while. You need some time under your belt before you start because you are without a doctor quite a while and while you have nursing protocols, you need some experience ...

Even though I don't have a lot of posts on here and I have been a member for 8 years I do love the site and I get addicted at times to the site. I use to get on during down times at work and I mostly stayed on the correctional site when at work. I ...

That isn't fair to have someone help you with your cards.....but I guess I could get my puppies to lick the envelopes LOLOLOLOL:D:D:D:)

Well when I did my psych rotation in school the only thing that I hated worse was L&D. LOL. I was a med/surg nurse from the get go, but after a few years of doing that, I decided to try something different and I went to corrections and guess wha...

People are already getting cards and I just found the forum that we are going to have the Christmas list this time....:(. Well maybe the list will come out one more time for little ole me....cause I have a bunch of cards that I would love to send out...

I have been in corrections for 20 years and I love it totally, you have to mind your ps and qs and be firm, fair and consistent with the inmates and you will do well. You never know what is going to walk through the door in the next minute. You can...

Our state treats latent TB...when they have a positive TB test we question them of contact with active cases, if they have any syptoms and if they have any medical issues. Most of our patients are at high risk to be exposed and we lhave a protocol t...

I am in Oregon and we have physician hours depending on the amount of patients that each faciity has. Our smaller facilities have doctors for 4-5 hours one or two days a week. The larger facilities have providers for 8 hours 5 days a week. We have...

In Oregon they move you up the scale according to your experience. It doesn't have anything to do with the union it just has to do with the fact that right now we aren't paying very well and it is the only way to get nurses to come to work for them....

I can remember when this MRSA stuff started and all the inmates were telling us that they got bitten by a spider and it went from there. Well that was many years ago and it is still running rampant in the facilites. We don't always put them on anti...

NurseBean73, I can remember about 24 years ago a girl that I worked with at the hospital left and went to corrections and I thought that she had lost her mind. To leave a great job in the hospital and to take care of INMATES!!!!!:no: I thought that...

It depends on where you live. Oregon is always looking for RN's and LPN's, not only because of the nursing shortage but because we keep building more and more prisons and it isn't going to stop. We have a good retirement program, right now the mone...

Woolfpak, I have been in corrections for 19 years and have never had malpractice insurance. I had it when I worked in the hospital and wasn't sure about how well my bosses would cover me in a lawsuit. Well I let it lapse when I started to work corr...

Actually the name of the book is "Games Criminals Play" and it is on Amazon and it is a book most people in corrections should read. It will give you a basic knowledge of the games that inmates will play with you and they are good at it. I read it ...

I have been a correctional nurse for 19 years and believe me, there have been many times that I have been second-guessed by the officers and if they keep on me I always say, "you can't afford to keep me in the way I am use to living if you don't send...

There is a wonderful book called "Games Inmate Play" not sure of the author but it is a MUST for anyone that starts in corrections not just nurses. I am sure that you can go to barnes and noble or amazon and pick it up. Also most prisons in Oregon ...

Please let us know what happens with your interview, it will make a great change in your life I am sure. Sonya:yeah::loveya:

Sounds like you hit the nail on the head on your interview. They don't really expect you to know a scenerio would go in a prison, it is a lot different than regular nursing. I mean when you get a patient ready to go to the hospital, they just can't...

I have a feeling that I am going to be pleasantly confused because I already am part of the time.....now what was I doing before I sat down at the computer???? Oh yeah cleaning....ugh- ugh- ugh!!!!! I don't know if I want to go to a LTC....please......

I have worked for the Oregon Department of Corrections where we are also having a building burst but the powers that be don't want to pay the nurses very much. I have been helping with the bargaining for our new contract and it has been a big fight t...

I too am appalled at the idea of Correctional nurses cant work anywhere else, well I believe in the "walk a mile in my shoes.' I have worked in hospitals but I wouldn't down grade nurses who work in a hospital. I have been a correctional nurse for ...

Since it is probably a control issue you may do what we do for inmate compliance on some psych meds. When they are first put on may keep on person, we call them in at several different times of the day and week to check to see if they are taking thi...