What do you do if you see a fellow nurse not washing his/her/their hands after a dressing change or not checking the MAR (Medication Administration Record) before administering routine medication to a patient? Speaking up about breaches in safety rules or other concerning issues can be a struggle of conscience. Staff nurses like to avoid conflict. This can be particularly true…
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Chronic Care: Patient Education That Makes Sense
Managing chronic conditions is a major process in every correctional setting. The chronic care visit is an ideal time for patient teaching and reinforcement. Correctional nurses often provide a large part of patient teaching in a collaborative chronic care clinic. Areas of teaching include Unfortunately, there are few ready-made patient educational materials that suit the correctional setting. Most materials must…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Alcohol Withdrawal
If you work in a correctional facility, it is vitally important that you can appropriately recognize, assess and implement interventions for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS). It is the most dangerous type of substance withdrawal and the most prevalent. According to Criminal Justice DrugFacts, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 85% of all incarcerated persons could be classified as having a…
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