In a prior post, we suggested a Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. This post discusses the meaning and importance of the sixth proposition: Correctional nurses speak up when they see degrading treatment of their patient population Nurses working in jails and prisons can be ... Read More about Manifesto Proposition Six: Responding to Degrading Treatment
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Manifesto Proposition Five: Guarding Physical and Mental Safety
In continuation of our discussion about the Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions, this post discusses the meaning and importance of the fifth proposition: Correctional nurses continually guard their own and other’s physical and mental safety While professional boundaries ... Read More about Manifesto Proposition Five: Guarding Physical and Mental Safety
Rhabdomyolysis: Nursing Assessment and Interventions
In our last post, we discussed the causes of Rhabdomyolysis and its presentation. In this post, we will discuss the the evaluation of the patient presenting with signs of rhabdomyolysis, including the subjective questions to ask and the objective assessment to perform. The classic triad of ... Read More about Rhabdomyolysis: Nursing Assessment and Interventions
Rhabdomyolysis
Rhabdomyolysis means the “dissolution of skeletal muscle”. It is a syndrome caused by direct muscle injury, or a mismatch between energy production and energy consumption that results in a breakdown of muscle cells. This breakdown results in the leakage of potentially toxic intracellular ... Read More about Rhabdomyolysis
Manifesto Proposition Four: Maintaining Professional Boundaries-Part II
In a prior post, we suggested a Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. We are in the midst of discussing Proposition Four: Correctional nurses hold themselves and their peers to the professional boundaries of practice Our last post discussed why we need boundaries and signs ... Read More about Manifesto Proposition Four: Maintaining Professional Boundaries-Part II