crjnursewarrior

Mom35, In most cases, correctional facilities pay more because there is an element of risk associated with the job. Don't forget that your patients are criminals. They are there because they broke the law, not because they are sick. They just happ...

LOL...I started in corrections 4 months after I graduated nsg. school...what a rude awakening! Orca and Spongebob are right about the job requiring independence. It also requires keen assessment skills which you will develop out of necessity if you ...

Most of the nurses I have ever had the pleasure of working with would not "call me out" or make my life miserable...most of them understand that nursing is not always about compassion. I am sure even Flo Nightengale would tell you that she had days w...

Diminished dexterity from a yeast infection...hate it when that happpens. Hilarious! Your reply might be: Patient education given on where NOT to have your fingers.

I agree this would be an excellent research topic for the correctional setting. As mrincc stated, you could approach it from an assessment angle focusing on what type of assessment is required to differentiate real pain with drug seeking activity, e...

65 residents...65 nurses...65 CNAs...enough said!!

I agree with Orca...appropriate professional boundaries and distance are important for the correctional nurse. I, too, have seen many instances of nurses and officers crossing the line. A correctional nurse has to be "firm, fair, and consistent" at...

Hey, McMike... It's been a while since I had read this thread or posted...so I just came across your post regarding the toad strangler....I had NEVER heard that one until I moved to WV. A friend of mine here says that! We always said gullywasher in ...

Typical 3 pm to 11:30 pm shift: 3 pm: Report to work, get report from off-going nurses. 3:30 or 4:00 pm: One of you (usually 2 eve.shift LPNs at our facility) starts Nurse Sick Call. 4:30 pm: Accuchecks/Insulin administration. 5:00 pm: Chow (dinner) ...

1. No special training. 2. No self-defense class. 3. If taken hostage,I would fight them tooth and nail... 4. Never had to do CPR, like other poster, lots of c/o CP, minor trauma, lots of non-responsive people...usually seizures or faking it!

Hey, guys! I have family near "Warsh-ington Court House"!! And I have had several friends that used to go to the "li-bary"!! :chuckle

There is no chief dietician in the facility and most of the kitchen staff are contract employees. I don't think they have any formal dietary training. The diet requisition form is printed by the contracted medical company...so really they are the o...

Right...I understand that, but the ADA puts out guidelines that the dietary dept. follows and it is listed as ADA diet on the special diet requisition form that we had to fill out, so I always just refer to it as that.

I am currently in my 7th week of Anatomy & Physiology I and Microbiology. After that is A & P II. I can't remember if there is a Micro II or not...hmmm. Anyway....just wading through!:smackingf

Annie, Hey, I don't know if you are still having problems, since your original post was a month ago, but I just came across it. I was thinking of an idea for you that has really helped me some. I know that I myself try to cram way too much info int...

At the facility where I worked, all inmates go through medical intake screening where medical history is taken. Medication dosages are verified with a pharmacy or physician's office and the inmate is then ordered meds by our physician. Fingersticks ...

ninjanurse, Basically you are going to conduct your assessment on an inmate in the same manner you would on any pt. You will have a few variations on this theme, however. For example, you will most likely have a correctional officer present at all t...

Hello to all Ohio nurses...especially all Northeast Ohio nurses. I have some questions that I am hoping someone can help me answer. I am originally from Northeast Ohio...Lorain County area. I am thinking, seriously this time!, of moving back there...

To answer your question regarding refusal of PPD, yes this happens at our jail, too. It kills me! These big guys come in covered with tattoos and then you try to give them a PPD and they say..."I'm afraid of needles!" I say bologna...you are covered ...

In the jail I work at, every nurse does intake screening. We don't have one specific nurse assigned to that duty. We are responsible to do the intake screening on all of the inmates that come in during our shift. This number varies. Sometimes you ...

Hee Hee Hee:chuckle NurseT is SOOOO right!! The men are the ones who call their mothers! And if they have already been treated, they are usually non-compliant! And they still call their mommies to complain! The females...NurseT is exactly right! Th...

RNSLD, If you checked out there web site recently and it said you still had to have 3 yrs. experience, it is probably still a requirement. I don't know why I was thinking they changed it, for some reason I thought I had heard they did. Sorry for the...

RNSLD, There is a certification available through the NCCHC (National Commission on Correctional Healthcare). It is a written test. They used to require participants to have at least 3 years correctional experience, but this is no longer the case....

In my state, we are governed by the P & P manual writtten by the contract company we are employed by. It is HUGE! It is based on NCCHC policies, since we are an NCCHC accredited facility. If anyone is looking for ideas on how to write a P &...