One in ten doctors and NURSES abuse drugs or alcohol. Is this surprising to you? It was to me when I first read it. Although this number (10-15%) is equivalent to abuse rates in the general public, those of us in healthcare have a special responsibility to be able to think and act clearly as we are responsible for providing…
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Correctional nurses must quickly develop a trust relationship with their patients in order to collect accurate data and effectively evaluate symptoms and requests. Yet, many incarcerated persons distrust almost everyone. They may have spent their lives using deceit and coercion to order their world, and so assume others do the same thing. As staff in a correctional facility, nurses are…
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Correctional nurses are often called upon to balance their professional duty with the realities of a secure environment. This can create situations where nurses know the ethically appropriate action but feel unable to carry it out because of institutional constraints, custody priorities, or systemic barriers. That feeling, the gap between knowing what should be done and what can actually be…
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