crjnursewarrior

crjnursewarrior

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  1. Need Info On Your Job!

    crjnursewarrior replied to tramalady45's topic in Correctional

    Everything Sashi48 says is pretty much how things work. I work in a regional jail...between 250-300 inmates at any given time. Like she said they are there, most of them, for a short time, although...

  2. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    crjnursewarrior replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the advice...as it turns out I did not have to confront my boss...someone else brought some things to her attention, so at the nurse's meeting yesterday she apologized to everyone for...

  3. just a quick intro

    crjnursewarrior replied to I_B_Nurse_Robin's topic in General Nursing

    Barefootlady, Thanks so much for the helpful info! I will let my friend know all of this, too, since she is ahead of me and will encounter all of this first! It sounds like you speak from experience....

  4. Define: Nurses Eating Their Young

    crjnursewarrior replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    The bad thing is when the management is right in on the backstabbing...I have recently been finding out some things our boss does...when all the nurses are getting along she will tell one another said...

  5. just a quick intro

    crjnursewarrior replied to I_B_Nurse_Robin's topic in General Nursing

    Steph, No problem to answer your questions...I attend class one night a week, and then when clinicals start they will be one weekend a month. It takes 3 years to complete the program, but you have a...

  6. Show you WV Pride!

    crjnursewarrior replied to Student_Nurse_WV's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently an LPN, for the past 5 1/2 years. I graduated from Fred W. Eberle School of Practical Nursing in Buckhannon, WV. I am currrently in an LPN to BSN program at Mountain State University...

  7. pbs asylums

    crjnursewarrior replied to betsy1963's topic in Correctional

    I work in a regional jail and we frequently get inmates in who belong in mental health facilities. The law does not serve to protect these people. There are no places for them. Our state hospital will...

  8. you might be from ohio if:

    crjnursewarrior replied to mcmike55's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Stella, That is funny! I am a Buckeye...transplanted in WV...of course, I still say "excuse me" when I belch...I wondered why people down here never do and they look at me like I am WEIRD when I do! I...

  9. anyone from the lorain ohio area

    crjnursewarrior replied to MLMpbt2lpn's topic in Ohio Nursing

    MLM...hey! Best wishes on your clinicals. I am from Lorain County originally. I live in WV now, for the past 10 years, but was born in Oberlin, OH, lived in Elyria all my life...until age 23 when I...

  10. just a quick intro

    crjnursewarrior replied to I_B_Nurse_Robin's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Fred W. Eberle School of Practical Nursing in Buckhannon, WV. I have been an LPN for 5 1/2 years. I am going to MSU LPN to BSN program. I don't think there is any requirement of years as an...

  11. One Slick Dude!

    crjnursewarrior replied to nurseT's topic in Correctional

    That's so funny! Yeah, we had a weekender (sentenced to serve only weekends), he was a known drug seeker at all the local ERs, so he decided he was going to have "seizures" every weekend...gave him...

  12. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    :rotfl: Jamangel is right on here....good correctional nurses treat the patient, not the charge. What they are convicted of is IRRELEVANT to the treatment they get. Targa acts as if we actually...

  13. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    You are right...these inmates are NOT denied their meds, sometimes there is a substitution from a formulary...if they NEED it they are given it. Also any inmate that is chemically dependent is detoxed...

  14. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    This is not true in ALL states/correctional facilities. Yes, we only give formulary meds, but our formulary is not a very narrow list of drugs, infact it is about 25 pages long and the meds on it are...

  15. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    And 90% of them are non-compliant

  16. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    EXACTLY!! We have only 300 inmates at our facility, but it would be IMPOSSIBLE to chase that many people around and beg them to take their meds. These people are ADULTS! They need to take...

  17. Denying Meds

    crjnursewarrior replied to Faith Nurse's topic in Correctional

    All of what FiestyNurse is saying here is SO TRUE...what these people who do not work in a correctional facility fail to understand is that inmates are NOT denied medical care that they NEED...they...

  18. Computerized MAR programs

    crjnursewarrior posted a topic in Correctional

    I am wondering if anyone has information about a computerized MAR program-and where you could purchase a software system for this. Our facility serves 300 inmates and we hand-transcribe those 300 MARs...

  19. Pregnant Inmates

    crjnursewarrior posted a topic in Correctional

    I need to VENT as well as get some input, opinions, etc. Currently, we have a mini-OB ward at our correctional facility...this is driving me nuts! I love babies...but have NO desire to work OB and...

  20. New nurse need answers

    crjnursewarrior replied to Marcee_29's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I agree with the other posters. This RN you are speaking of needs to go back to school...HELLO!!!! Can you say ABCs???? It sounds like this patient did not have a patent airway, which means this is...

  21. recent school test question

    crjnursewarrior replied to evans_c1's topic in School

    I think Blue Chip is right. I think the key word there is INTERVENTION. Your intervention always follows your assessment, so the question is assuming you have completed the assessment. Very important...

  22. Pregnant Inmates

    crjnursewarrior replied to crjnursewarrior's topic in Correctional

    Thanks, Hope, for the reply regarding pregnant inmates. Yes, it truly is disturbing how many pregnant inmates we have had lately. As I said, I do not desire to work OB, but here is a situation where...

  23. Advice needed on Personality 'Fit' to Specialty Choice

    crjnursewarrior replied to RebaAdams's topic in General Nursing

    The test was neat. It rated Pathology as the #1 area for me...which is exactly the area I am interested in pursuing once I get my BSN! I am currently in correctional nursing, which I like very much,...

  24. WHY are nurses so catty??

    crjnursewarrior replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am sorry that it seems to some of you like we are stereotyping, but the fact is that nurses are catty...however, I would disagree with the people that say it is because they are women, and that male...

  25. do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

    crjnursewarrior replied to Princess74's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a Correctional Facility. I think there are a lot of opportunities for LPNs out there besides a LTC facility.