Worked in community hospital where 25% of my patients were acute and transported from the state and federal prisons or county jail. While there were a few who were malevolent psychopaths, most were intellectually disabled, had mental illness, grew in poverty/abuse/neglect, or had drug addictions. And would likely not be incarcerated had they had help earlier. And the COs kept all interactions very safe.
I’m glad to hear your shared experience. I’ve heard similar experiences from people working on the side of the hospital. The COs are consistently awesome to help feel safe, that’s overall what working at the correctional facility felt like. But as you mentioned, resources, help, and support could have played a role in prevention in the first place.
Thank you for the great video. I start corrections on Monday. It's so nice to see someone have such a great attitude about the job. I agree with the customer service aspect. It has got WAY out of hand in other settings to the point it is one reason people are bailing. I've been an RN since 07 and I've seen it just get more and more intense with those surveys. Even if you are friendly and do everything right some people just complain no matter what. You seem like a friendly guy. Smile in conversation a lot. Did you go in being serious as to not come off like you are weak or easily manipulated? I tend to smile at people and just be cordial but not sure if that's going to fly. I've worked inpatient psych- but that was different.
Nice, on Monday! That's tomorrow. Are you starting in a county jail or prison? I really enjoyed correction, it became my home for over 5.5 years. I always recommend the people working there to read "Games criminals play". It will tell you how to operate or behave . My biggest tip is that. Otherwise, I described myself as professional. If I noticed an inmate was cool I'd be cool, if I noticed they were respectful I'd be extra respectful. I would never disrespect any inmate even when some deserved it. I'd always stay professional no matter what. You can always DM me on insta any Q's you have on corrections. That was my home. I work as a nurse consultant for a different state department, but I still miss it in a way. Goodluck in there, and honestly if you worked psych you can work corrections. Keep your same approach as I'm sue you smiled at people in psych, but also saw the madness that can occurr, prison is the same way.
Thank you once again, it's always a joy to see your videos. Giving me hope that I can transition into healthcare from being a Criminology BA undergrad. I'm currently deciding between joining the Canadian Armed Forces through ROTP (paid training for a speciality, such as Medical Technician, Nursing officer, etc.) or going for a 2 year accelerated nursing program (+the time and $ to do pre-reqs) near me ( CAD $20-25k) after I graduate university. Decisions decisions
Of course brother! I can see your fork in the road. Not an easy call to make. I take your age into account and how much support you have. Also make sure the nursing officer transitions to RN out in the public. I’ve seen many military here have a medical background but still had to do a RN program here.
thanks for the story, did you ever thought about going into uas nurse? The thought of just working 4-5 days, half of it from home and being done by 1-3pm seems very appealing but there's almost no information about this on youtube.
I agree not much information, and to be honest. I looked into it just now myself. I don’t know much about it. It’s not very frequently talked about it seems. But it seems to be a good gig, I’m not sure how secure or stable the employers that hire for them are. But the job seems really flexible and it seems solid. It’s an option!
Hi Kathleen, of course, I’m happy to spread what I know. I personally looked into it just online while doing research, but I found out a lot of them have to work with women in a very vulnerable moment so I never looked into it more than that. It’s a very niche nursing profession but it’s necessary. You should look into it for yourself. It’s a lot different than correctional nursing.
It depends which side of corrections. I noticed county has more LVNs, the prison actually has about the same for both LVNs and RNs. The prison hires a lot more nurses in general.
That’s funny, I’m in a similar place. I have both near me. When I worked at the prison, it was literally 15 min away lol. State hospitals if I remember many were 12’s. State prisons at least in Cali run on 8’s. A lot of people do 16,16,8 and are done working for the week and get 4 days off.
@@MaleNurseMentor Interesting. My buddy in central California said he works in a psych institution working part time and RN school full time. He only had to work like 36 hours every two weeks to maintain his benefits. That's what I would like to do so I can continue my education after the LPN program. haha.
Yeah that’d be a good way to do it. I imagine it’s the part time that the state offers. It’s good benefits, the defined pension benefit plan is a good sweetener. They don’t offer pensions practically anywhere anymore.
Worked in community hospital where 25% of my patients were acute and transported from the state and federal prisons or county jail. While there were a few who were malevolent psychopaths, most were intellectually disabled, had mental illness, grew in poverty/abuse/neglect, or had drug addictions. And would likely not be incarcerated had they had help earlier. And the COs kept all interactions very safe.
I’m glad to hear your shared experience. I’ve heard similar experiences from people working on the side of the hospital. The COs are consistently awesome to help feel safe, that’s overall what working at the correctional facility felt like. But as you mentioned, resources, help, and support could have played a role in prevention in the first place.
Thank you for the great video. I start corrections on Monday. It's so nice to see someone have such a great attitude about the job. I agree with the customer service aspect. It has got WAY out of hand in other settings to the point it is one reason people are bailing. I've been an RN since 07 and I've seen it just get more and more intense with those surveys. Even if you are friendly and do everything right some people just complain no matter what.
You seem like a friendly guy. Smile in conversation a lot. Did you go in being serious as to not come off like you are weak or easily manipulated? I tend to smile at people and just be cordial but not sure if that's going to fly. I've worked inpatient psych- but that was different.
Nice, on Monday! That's tomorrow. Are you starting in a county jail or prison? I really enjoyed correction, it became my home for over 5.5 years. I always recommend the people working there to read "Games criminals play". It will tell you how to operate or behave . My biggest tip is that. Otherwise, I described myself as professional. If I noticed an inmate was cool I'd be cool, if I noticed they were respectful I'd be extra respectful. I would never disrespect any inmate even when some deserved it. I'd always stay professional no matter what. You can always DM me on insta any Q's you have on corrections. That was my home. I work as a nurse consultant for a different state department, but I still miss it in a way. Goodluck in there, and honestly if you worked psych you can work corrections. Keep your same approach as I'm sue you smiled at people in psych, but also saw the madness that can occurr, prison is the same way.
Thank you once again, it's always a joy to see your videos. Giving me hope that I can transition into healthcare from being a Criminology BA undergrad. I'm currently deciding between joining the Canadian Armed Forces through ROTP (paid training for a speciality, such as Medical Technician, Nursing officer, etc.) or going for a 2 year accelerated nursing program (+the time and $ to do pre-reqs) near me ( CAD $20-25k) after I graduate university. Decisions decisions
Of course brother! I can see your fork in the road. Not an easy call to make. I take your age into account and how much support you have. Also make sure the nursing officer transitions to RN out in the public. I’ve seen many military here have a medical background but still had to do a RN program here.
thanks for the story, did you ever thought about going into uas nurse? The thought of just working 4-5 days, half of it from home and being done by 1-3pm seems very appealing but there's almost no information about this on youtube.
I agree not much information, and to be honest. I looked into it just now myself. I don’t know much about it. It’s not very frequently talked about it seems. But it seems to be a good gig, I’m not sure how secure or stable the employers that hire for them are. But the job seems really flexible and it seems solid. It’s an option!
Hello. Thank you for sharing you experience. This is great information. Have you ever thought about becoming a forensic nurse?
Hi Kathleen, of course, I’m happy to spread what I know. I personally looked into it just online while doing research, but I found out a lot of them have to work with women in a very vulnerable moment so I never looked into it more than that. It’s a very niche nursing profession but it’s necessary. You should look into it for yourself. It’s a lot different than correctional nursing.
Did you work at Pelican State?
No I worked at CSP Solano. Pelican Bay was way up north. Beautiful area but very rural.
I am an LVN, do you know if they implemented more RNs or LVNs? Thanks
It depends which side of corrections. I noticed county has more LVNs, the prison actually has about the same for both LVNs and RNs. The prison hires a lot more nurses in general.
There's a jail and prison 15mins away from me. Haha. Do they also generally work 3x12 shifts?
That’s funny, I’m in a similar place. I have both near me. When I worked at the prison, it was literally 15 min away lol. State hospitals if I remember many were 12’s. State prisons at least in Cali run on 8’s. A lot of people do 16,16,8 and are done working for the week and get 4 days off.
Also by state hospitals at least here in Cali are psych institutions.
@@MaleNurseMentor Interesting. My buddy in central California said he works in a psych institution working part time and RN school full time. He only had to work like 36 hours every two weeks to maintain his benefits. That's what I would like to do so I can continue my education after the LPN program. haha.
Yeah that’d be a good way to do it. I imagine it’s the part time that the state offers. It’s good benefits, the defined pension benefit plan is a good sweetener. They don’t offer pensions practically anywhere anymore.