Topics About 'Correctional Nursing'.

I figured being a native New Yorker this would be a cake walk! Working in a jail or a prison is not a cake walk, but it is an education within itself. You can learn a lot about how people think and the manipulative things that actually happen in ever...

Most nurses rarely consider corrections as a specialty, if they even realize that jails/prisons employ nurses. Of course, when you think about it, it makes sense right? The inmates can't just call and make an appointment with their PCP, or go to the ...

My experience in pediatrics and school nursing, camp nursing and The prison helped me to obtain this position. I am an LPN since 1996 and have been accepted for the RN program in the fall. I look forward to learning many new things in school, but I r...

One of my main goals each night that I work as a Correctional nurse is personal safety. Unlike the traditional healthcare setting, there are many types of people you come in contact with. For instance, jails and prisons are full of angry people with ...