Behind Prison Bars: A Medical Thriller
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00G6MKDH6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Samantha Owens applied for the vacant position offered by the State of Texas prison officials for a Registered Nurse with obstetrical experience to work in their OB clinic. Facing the challenges of triaging pregnant inmates and those with multiple medical issues was daunting and often dangerous during the minimally staffed night shift. After her somewhat frightening orientation what she actually ended up working was the night shift position making her responsible for over 900 inmates in the women’s correctional facility. For Amy Graham who was incarcerated for writing hot checks, the challenges ranged from simple embarrassment and loneliness to the horrors of being a relatively innocent victim of the dangerous women around her.Although this novel is a work of fiction and the characters’ names have been changed to protect the author, Samantha Owens’ experiences are based on actual incidents that happened to the author when she worked as a nurse in a women’s correctional facility.
Bud BanisWell worth reading. I recommend this book.. There were some tragedies but everything was wrapped up nicely at the end. by Dr. Captivating from the start and the action kept moving at a brisk pace.I learned a lot and got a strong understanding of the brutal situation facing prison medical workers
After working for 33 years in hospitals, clinics, a nursing school and for a short time in a women's prison my novels reflect the exciting and sometimes frightening things that can happen in the field of medicine. I am retired now living in Arkansas with my husband and enjoying the time I have to spend with my three children and nine grand children.
Informative Read Ms Olson takes the reader into the frightening world of a women's prison in Texas. The details are accurate because it is based on her real life experiences while nursing at a women's prison. Although the book was a bit slow getting started, I soon found myself entertained as well as informed. I look forward to reading another of Sandra's novels.. Alison Anderson said I almost quit, but am glad I didn't. It seemed like this book would never pick up. Several chapters described the lengthy orientation of a new nurse at a women's prison. It got pretty . Ho-hum and I almost quit reading it. But, it finally did get interesting and turned out to be an okay story, not great, but okay.Samantha Owens begins work at the prison and learns that the inmates are full of tricks and manipulative behaviors. There are hard lessons to learn.Inmate, Amy Graham, wrote thousands of. A unique prison story - Stick with it until the end Victoria Schwimley We always see prison stories from the prisoner or guard’s point of view. Behind Prison bars is told from the perspective of the nurses that care for the inmates. How real it is, I can’t judge, but aside from the fictional aspect of the medical thriller, I can well imagine it might be as portrayed in the story. The nurses are told not to care about their patients. “Don’t get dragged into their story,” the warden tells them, but as