LPNmorse

LPNmorse has 3 years experience.

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1. University of Louisiana-Lafayette online RN-BSN

   LPNmorse replied to bridge2RN's topic in Online Learning

   Hey all! I'm starting RN to BSN at ULL on May 2nd. This thread has been a wealth of knowledge for me to start planning out my next year with this program. Anyone able to share a syllabus for 354 so I can start reading the text and brainstorming fo...

2. A Day In The life of a Correctional Nurs.

   LPNmorse replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in Correctional

   Holy crap if this is easy then the nurses during my hospital shifts must have been dreaming! 2.5 years corrections here, it's harder cause 'malingering' is never a word anyone wants to say out loud.

3. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

   LPNmorse replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Barely a nurse for 2.5 years and completely with this Dr. by my side and he actually had the nerve to stop and say "are you ok right now?" considering my overload, q15mins vitals, 16+ pt overload, and running ship for myself with little help I said "...

4. Best Sick Call slips

   LPNmorse replied to DawnJ's topic in Correctional

   NCCHP states that sick call is valid when an 'actual' symptom is reported. Lots of these would be thrown to the side or asked to re-instate what their issue was if your facility followed those standards. I love the ones in spanish from guys I have ...

5. Prison nursing vs psych nursing

   LPNmorse replied to Jmarty31's topic in Correctional

   In psychiatric facilities you can actually open up those areas of therapeutic communication and work on fixing people. In corrections it is not always as simple in that many incarcerated have ulterior motives for their actions and it adds another le...

6. What to bring to work

   LPNmorse replied to jescalynn's topic in Correctional

   RN's at my job do a lot of the intake side. So that means you are the FIRST person to see the inmates being brought in (oh joy!). Your orientation should better suit you for what you need and don't need. The first day I may bring a lunch (with no ...

7. I love correctional nursing!!!

   LPNmorse replied to betty boop23's topic in Correctional

   I have been working at a county correctional facility for about 3 weeks now as an LPN. I work 7am-7pm shift, the first thing in the morning is passing meds. Some lockdown units are approved for pre-packaging meds (which is awesome cause it's so muc...

8. Awesome new development at our corrections facility

   LPNmorse replied to Two Sheds's topic in Correctional

   We can also get them for a street charge as long as they are OUT of their room, otherwise that is considered their place of residence and has some level of privacy attached. The lockdown units are the worst cause of the type of people and how they s...