INAnurse1

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1. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   The vendor situation here in Illinois is totally different. Here the vendors hire who ever they can for physicians. At one facility that I worked we had both state nurses and vendor nurses and other...

2. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   I think that a lot of the time it's not the vendor that makes or breaks an experience but rather the people that you work with. I was a vendor many years ago at the prison at Reidsville and the...

3. Wondering if Corrections is for me

   INAnurse1 replied to rachelgp's topic in Correctional

   During my 13+ years in corrections as a state nurse I have worked in male facilities, female facility, and the biggest joke.....a co-ed facility (and they couldn't figure out why the pregnancy rate...

4. MALE Nurse, Female Police Officer, Female Dr.

   INAnurse1 replied to likemike's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I hear the phrase "male nurse" far less than I did when I first got into the health care business. I've been a nurse for almost 31 years and have seen the area of males in nursing flurish! When I...

5. Wondering if Corrections is for me

   INAnurse1 replied to rachelgp's topic in Correctional

   Being a new grad I would not suggest going into corrections! Working corrections definitely gives you a different outlook on nursing and patient care. Once you work any time at all in corrections...

6. Wexford and Prison Health Services

   INAnurse1 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Correctional

   I am a state-employed nurse with IDOC and have worked with vendor nurses; the bad thing about working for a vendor is when the contract is up the vendor may or may not be the high bidder again and if...