In our last post, we met LPN Linda, 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
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Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Scope of Practice
LPN Linda is on duty at the county jail when Mr. Martin strikes his head on the top bunk metal frame. She is called to the pod, and after determining that Mr. Martin is stable with only a 3 cm laceration to the middle of his forehead, she brings him to the medical unit. After she cleans ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Scope of Practice
Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: It’s Not Always Detox
This is a Classic post that is just as pertinent today as it was when first written! Danielle Carbon, LPN, works in a county jail with an average daily census of 1300. Here is her correctional nursing tale. The Background I've been working as a correctional nurse in a county ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: It’s Not Always Detox
Correctional Nursing in This Time of Pandemic
These comments are based upon those included in our April Monthly Newsletter - The Correctional Nurse - that is sent out to all subscribers of CorrectionalNurse.Net, The Correctional Nurse Educator and Nursing Behind the Wall. Subscriptions are free. It is notable that even in a ... Read More about Correctional Nursing in This Time of Pandemic
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Thyroid Disorders II
For some individuals, the healthcare they receive in the correctional environment is the first they have received in quite some time, and many have undiagnosed serious illnesses. In addition, many have risk factors for the development of chronic disease at an earlier age than the general population. ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Thyroid Disorders II