Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand, manage, and use emotions effectively—both one’s own and others’. It includes five key components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Each of these plays an important role in the day-to-day work ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Emotional Intelligence
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Keep on Person Medication Tips
A patient arrives at the medication window one morning with an empty blister pack of Truvada. It is only ten days since he received a month’s supply. He is evasive initially about why they are already gone. After some questioning, the nurse discovers that Truvada brings a high price on the prison ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Keep on Person Medication Tips
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using Therapeutic Communication
I recently observed a Nursing Sick Call encounter and when it was completed, I asked the nurse a few questions about the patient’s complaint and discussed her use of the nursing protocols and the patient education she provided. I noted that she did an excellent job using therapeutic communication ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using Therapeutic Communication
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache II
In this post, we continue our discussion of primary headaches that Correctional Nurses may encounter in the correctional environment. Migraine Headache Migraine is one of the two most common causes of episodic and recurrent moderate to severe headache. It is a primary headache disorder ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache II
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache I
Headache is a pain in any part of the head, including the face, scalp, and interior of the head. The pain is due to activation of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain, skull, face, teeth, or sinuses. It is the one of the most common types of pain seen in the correctional environment. ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache I