If you work in a correctional facility, it is vitally important that you can appropriately recognize, assess and implement interventions…
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Correctional Nurse Professional Practice: The Seven Guiding Principles II
In this post, we continue our discussion of the Seven Guiding Principles for Correctional Nursing practice. Principle 5 Principle 5: A…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
Benzodiazepines have a calming effect and are often taken to reduce anxiety or to help sleep. The correctional patient population is less likely to frequent the health care system for these conditions and may obtain relief by self-medicating using street drugs. Asking questions about treatments used for anxiety or insomnia may reveal a need for benzodiazepine withdrawal monitoring.