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  Correctional Facility job in Bakersfield , CA

  Travel/Contract RN/Corrections job in Bakersfield , California with Trustaff Travel Nursing

  Travel RN - Registered Nurse trustaff is currently seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for a 13-week travel contract. 1+ year of rec... View job

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  Health Services Administrator /Great benefits and Pay!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Lisbon, Ohio with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary This position manages and evaluates all facility health service activities based on company, contractual, and healthcare policies a... View job

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  Health Services Administrator opportunity!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in South Bay, Florida with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary This position manages and evaluates all facility health service activities based on company, contractual, and healthcare policies a... View job

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  Registered Nurse opportunity! Great Benefits and Competitive Salary!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Winton, North Carolina with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary Initiates and provides comprehensive nursing care in a correctional setting while observing and maintaining the requirements of ope... View job

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  Part-time LVN opportunity

  Permanent LPN/Corrections job in Falfurrias, Texas with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Position shift 7p-7a Summary This position participates in the implementation and evaluation of the detainees/inmates’ health care needs a... View job

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  Registered Nurse opportunity! Great Benefits and Competitive Salary!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Moore Haven, Florida with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary Initiates and provides comprehensive nursing care in a correctional setting while observing and maintaining the requirements of ope... View job

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  LPN-Currently offering $21.63 per hour

  Permanent LPN/Corrections job in Milledgeville, Georgia with The GEO Group, Inc.

  JOB DESCRIPTION: If you’re an LPN, we’ve got a great career opportunity for you! Currently, we are seeking a skilled LPN to join our nursin... View job

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  Registered Nurse opening! Flexible hours and great pay!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Lawrenceville , Virginia with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Job Description A world of opportunities awaits you! RNs, isn’t it time to find the kind of opportunity that truly challenge you to u... View job

Registered nurses in correctional facilities must have very strong personalities and a "thick skin." These nurses will have insults hurled at them along with the occasional object. A compassion for persons incarcerated is required. The ability to see past the inmate's crime and treat them as a patient in need will garner much more cooperation from the inmate rather than a strong attitude. Generally, new graduate nurses are not hired for positions in prisons, although local jails may consider new grads. Nurses in correctional facilities have a number of paperwork duties to perform as well as being in charge of the infirmary. Nurses track immunizations, stock and reorder medications, give patient teaching and generally perform all other basic bedside nursing skills. Nurses should have some prior clinical experience, most typically on a med-surg floor. Correctional nurses will deal with wounds, communicable diseases, mental illness, and emergencies. Good assessment skills and knowledge of self-defense is required for these nurses. Nurses in this specialty enjoy a great deal of autonomy in their job as they are making most of the medical decisions instead of a licensed physician.

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