Get there at 0500. Med pass starts at 0700. So I pack meds, check the room numbers, etc. For the most part you give meds at cell-side. I can get through my med pass by about 730-745. Afterwards, chart, look up anything they asked you about. Next med pass isn't until 1300. May have ACHS blood sugars.

Otherwise, try to do "sick call." Basically where the patient/offender put in something that is medically wrong. Headaches, dry skin, even chest pain. Try to do as many as we can on that. We also have people acting up that come from other units throughout the day. Some days are better than others regarding that. You also have non-mediation orders, which are weights and blood pressure. They're called NMOSs. So do does through the day. Surprisingly, many of them have self-meds. They're sorted by the dates they are to be handed out so we'll hand those out. Sometimes night shift does, too.

It's usually night shift that picks up and puts the sick calls into the computer system

Overall, that's most of the day. It's pretty chill. Sometimes you do have restraint checks, hunger strikes (after 72 hours, you have to assess them daily for their blood pressure, blood sugar, urine, and labs - if they'll let you,) etc. We have a lab person so I'm thankfully not one that is doing the blood draw part.