Communication is a major component of nursing, and includes not only the words we use, but the way in which they are conveyed. Correctional nurses often have very little time to communicate with their patients and brief interactions take place every day during medication line, sick call, chronic care clinic and even while the nurse is walking down the hall….
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Clinical Practice Update: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus I
Mortality in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has decreased over the past few decades; currently, the average 10-year survival rate exceeds 90% and the 15-year survival rate is approximately 80%. In the past, mortality was attributed to the disease itself, but today, mortality is often a result of medication side effects (e.g. fatal infections in individuals receiving potent immunosuppressive medications)…
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Therapeutic Communication in Correctional Nursing Practice
In Correctional Nursing practice, professionalism includes knowing and adhering to the boundaries of the nurse-patient relationship, which are defined by the correctional environment and the need for safety. Correctional Nurses convey caring for their patients through their communication, rather than through the physical or personal contact that our nursing colleagues practicing in non-correctional settings might use. Effective communication is so…
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