Many dental conditions can appear to be urgently in need of immediate attention when they really are not. Consider these dental concerns common to the correctional patient population. Ulcers Mouth ulcers, also known as aphthous ulcers, are usually very painful, but are not considered a dental ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts III: Common Dental Conditions
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Correctional Nursing Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
Per the American Nurses Association, nursing is dedicated to protecting, promoting, and optimizing health, abilities, and well-being; preventing illness and injury; facilitating healing; and alleviating suffering through the (nursing) diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness. ... Read More about Correctional Nursing Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts II, Dental Assessment at Intake
Nurses are the healthcare professionals most frequently performing health screening during an individual’s admission to the facility. Since the initial screening is meant to reveal the need for immediate attention, nurses must know what findings indicate an urgent concern. A systematic process for ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts II, Dental Assessment at Intake
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts I
Managing dental conditions is not a part of most nursing positions and little dental training is provided in nursing school. However, correctional nurses are most often the first healthcare staff to evaluate a dental complaint and make determinations regarding referrals for treatment and urgency of ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts I
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Scope of Practice Decision-Making Framework
In our last post, we met LPN Suzanna, who had closed a 3 cm laceration on the forehead of her patient with Dermabond, even though she had not been formally trained in the procedure. She was instructed to perform the closure by the on-call provider, Dr. Smith. The wound healed well without any ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Scope of Practice Decision-Making Framework