Where do you nurse?

nurseT · Apr 21, 2005

I manage the medical dept in a county jail. I am the only nurse. Monday through Friday, no nights-no weekends-no hollidays. On call 24/7 but they hardly ever need to call me. We have capacity for 225 inmates. Not all are sick. I have anywhere from 8 to 32 on meds at any given time. I've had inmates who fake illnesses to inmates who are seriously ill and did not realize how sick they were. This is a population that never gets healthcare until they go to jail. On any given day I could be bored to tears or so busy with really sick patients I could scream, completely disgusted by the things they do or on my knees pouring juice into a patient who can't hold a cup without splashing it all over due to tremors from DT's, or laughing so hard my side hurts. It can get really technical or serious or I can make paper airplanes and fly them around the booking area for entertainment. It's a good job. In the past I have worked Pool Nursing, which took me just about any where, LTC, Home Health, Hospice, Worked for my self and contracted my nursing services to insurance companies.

ERNURSE4MS · Apr 22, 2005

I have worked PEDS, Telemetry, ICU, med/surg, LTC, Home Health. Now I am working in a 9 bed, level 4 ER, I LOVE IT!!! . This is the most hectic, crazy, wonderful, fulfilling job EVER.