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You are wonderful. I would have loved to have you working with me. I have had some wonderful CNA's and many many terrible ones. Working with someone like you is a Godsend. Keep up your standards.

Not everyone who attends the ER for migraines is a drug seeker. I have had migraines for >50 yrs. Demerol/Morphine etc DO NOT help my migraines. They will put me to sleep and when I awaken, the migraine is still there. When I go to the ER, it is because when I have visual auras with them, I have

Riot/hostage situation. Can happen anywhere. We had an incident last week when an inmate tried to take a detention officer hostage. She flipped, maced X2 and subdued him. Total lockdown is going on.

Congratulations Jami, May you have a long and happy career. You are an inspiration for a lot of people who see what you have accomplished. :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

I am a corrections nurse in a county jail that does not have a nurse at night but has one on call for an emergency. Inmates act the same way at the jail except that instead of complaining to the hospital administrator, they file multiple grievances because they submitted a medical request at 0300 , filed a grievance at 0330 and one every half hour because the nurse was not called because he felt his toenails should be clipped because they hung on his blanket (this is not medical's responsibility) clippers are allowed weekly under supervision of detention. I have to personally answer each grievance which means the same explanation hand written on each one with a copy returned to the inmate and the original placed in his permanent jail file. Isn't it fun

I am 60 and I always put my patint first. My priority is to satisfy my patient, not the entire family. I always greeted the family and presented myself as the nurse for the patient. I explained I would be happy to answer any questions about where the cafeteria was, explained that drinks could be obtained in the waiting room and that coffee was available at the nurses station and they were welcome to walk to it and get a cup if staff was not busy. I explained meals could be ordered for them by calling a the number listed in the brochure and needed to be paid for in advance. However, I have fed people who came in with a patient (mother/wife/other relative) obviously poor without money to buy food. If we had an extra tray I gave it to them. I would personally call a patient rep to let them know about the situation since most of these older people would never ask for food. But, to get to the point Nurses are not there to cater to families but to provide the best care for their loved one. If they want to act like a$$e$, let them go elsewhere. I have been on both sides since my DH just had a quadruple bypass. I would like to think I left the nurses with a good impression of myself and my family......Sorry to be so long but I must disagree with you. I smoked for many years. My short cigarette break was usually the only one I got. I very seldom got to sit down for a meal during my shift.

I had several favorites when working with a group of ortho surgeons. One man was mugged 4 times and they only took his narcotics, never his identification or money. My all time favorite is "I had the bottle in my jeans and my wife washed them." I actually took an Rx bottle filled it with tylenol, put in jeans and washed it on super cycle. They were fine. I also spilled some in the wet sink, they did not dissolve, put them on a paper towel and they dried beautifully

I always follow the patients lead, if they start conversing about something funny, I will follow with a funny story. This is especially helpful while taking out sutures, changing dressings etc. At the end, I always say " and the entertainment is free". I usually do get a laugh at that.

Dear BabyRN2Be, Sorry you misunderstood. I was not referring to your telling about the baby but the news report. It is sort of like catholic priest, baptist minister, nurse, police office does this or that. This referred to the correctional facility. Would it have been newsworthy if it had occurred in a hospital. Would they have said an inmates premature baby had died at ???hospital? BackOff

It is so sad that an infant died. But, I don't like the implication that it died because it was born at a correctional medical facility. Preemies have a very difficult time no matter where they are born. The very thought of delivering at my county jail terrifies me even though I have delivered four babies as a paramedic. I work very hard with the judges, probation and inmate to get early release for any pregnant female. I also give a pregnancy test to aniy female booked who is even one day late for her menstrual cycle. I had my last pregnant inmate leave last week. I had not heard the story until I logged in today. I will be praying and thinking of the mother who lost her child.

:angryfire I agree with NiceNurse and Jamangel. I have an inmate who returned three months after release. He fractured his hand in a fight 4 weeks ago. I have had him three days. He is threatening to sue because he was not immediately taken to an orthopedic specialist. I have sent 12 people to the dentist this week out of a population of 75. We are a small county detention. When you check with the doctor these people say they are seeing and ordering their meds, they have not been there in several years. I get so tired of being told. "You have to see I go to the doctor/dentist"

I worked for a large group of orthopedic surgeons as their administrative nurse. Average total joints done was 5-10 daily. The three months off work is flexible, depending on what you do. If you are a nurse who does mostly paperwork instead of patient care, you may be able to return to work sooner. You can usually drive in six weeks. sooner if it is a left TKA. Do use epidural for pain control , it does make a difference. You should be out of bed about 12 hours after your surgery. That evening if am surgery, the next am if late in the evening. You should do well. Good luck

Grew up in the south "Poor white trash". Hungry, barefoot even in winter. Looked in the dump for clothing. Abused, molested, told I was worthless. I read a lot of books to escape and there found out life could be different. Forced to go to work at age 16. Made to quit school. Later got my GED, became a paramedic and then a nurse. Had a sister who was a prostitute, three sisters with abusive husbands. Decided I would be different. I succeeded!!!

I don't know about other correction facilities but I am the only nurse for the county jail and I cannot work 24/7 However, medications are packaged by me for the detention officers to give. If an inmate comes in over the weekend, I am called if they have medication with them for me to approve dispensing. If they just say they are taking a particular medication, it must be verified before just handing it out. Almost everyone arrested is taking the following: Percocet, oxycontin, valium, xanax, lortab, soma. All at the same time and swear they must have it immediately. Unfortunate things happen in all facilities.

Not callous, realistic. You can care and still see the funny side of a situation. It helps you get through the difficult parts. After retiring from hospital and administrative nursing I went to work in a single nurse, part-time doctor medical office of a county jail. It really is not that different from what you see in hospital