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  Nurse (Registered Nurse) Federal Bureau of Prisons

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Long Beach, California with Bureau of Prisons

  Our Mission: To protect society and positively change the lives of those in our care. You have a vital role in that mission. You are valued... View job

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  Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

  Permanent LPN/Corrections job in Hobbs, New Mexico with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional opportunities for full time Licensed Practical Nurses to work at our clients correctional facility in Ho... View job

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  P/T Registered Nurse opportunity!

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Chester, Pennsylvania with The GEO Group, Inc.

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

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  Full Time Registered Nurse (RN)

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Fort Pierce, Florida with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional opportunities for full time Registered Nurse(s) to work a 4-5 week assignment at our client's Correction... View job

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  Full Time Registered Nurse (RN)

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Clayton, Alabama with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional opportunities for full time Registered Nurses to work at our clients correctional facilities in Clayton,... View job

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  Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

  Travel/Contract LPN/Corrections job in Birmingham, Alabama with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional LPN travel assignments at our client’s correctional facilities in Springville and Bessemer, AL. The... View job

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  Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Travel Nurse

  Travel/Contract LPN/Corrections job in Montgomery, Alabama with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional LPN travel assignments at our client’s correctional facilities in Wetumpka, and Bullock, AL. These... View job

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  Full Time Registered Nurse (RN)

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Montgomery, Alabama with Guardian Healthcare Providers

  Guardian Healthcare has exceptional opportunities for full time Registered Nurses to work at our clients correctional facility in Wetumpka,... View job

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  Nursing Supervisor opportunity! Great Pay and Benefits

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Milledgevile, Georgia with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary Supervises and evaluates the performance of nursing and clerical staff. Evaluates and provides comprehensive nursing care in a co... View job

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  Assistant Health Services Administrator opportunity! Great Pay and Benefits...

  Permanent RN/Corrections job in Golden Valley, Arizona with The GEO Group, Inc.

  Summary This position assists in managing and evaluating all facility health service activities based on company, contractual, and health... 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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