PRN REGISTERED NURSE FOR DOC

A correctional nurse is a healthcare professional who works with inmates in jails, prisons, and other correctional facilities. They provide medical care to these individuals, as well as monitor their health status and progress over time.

Corrections nurses are often the primary source of medical care for inmates. This means they re responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses and injuries, prescribing medications, performing procedures like wound dressings or injections, etc.

Correctional nurses have a wide range of responsibilities, which can include:

• Observing inmates for signs of physical or mental distress and reporting any abnormalities to medical staff
  
• Providing basic nursing care to patients, such as changing bandages, administering medications, and assisting with bathing
  
• Observing inmates for signs of mental or physical distress and reporting any such observations to appropriate staff members
  
• Maintaining records of inmate health care needs, progress, and activities
  
• Providing education about health issues, diet, hygiene, substance abuse, stress management, parenting skills, anger management, relationships, and other topics that may help inmates reintegrate into society after release
  
• Ensuring that inmates receive adequate medical care by providing nursing services in a correctional facility
  
• Supervising inmates while they are using medical equipment such as X-ray machines or dialysis machines
  
• Performing duties such as administering injections and infusions, collecting blood samples, and taking medical histories
  
• Working with other medical team members to ensure that inmates receive high quality care