I've written before about the literacy level of our patients. This is not meant in any way to belittle or trivialize their plight. However, they DO send us some interesting messages via sick call slips with some frankly funny requests. I gleaned these gems from my friends over at the correctional ... Read More about Inmates Say the Darndest Things!
The Correctional Nurse
Featured Video: Correctional Nursing in Washington State
This is a short video with some examples of correctional nursing practice in a prison setting. The speaker, Dana Outtersetter, RN, is a nurse manager at this facility. She says nurses are apprehensive about working in corrections because of what is shown on TV. This is so true. The ... Read More about Featured Video: Correctional Nursing in Washington State
Featured Video: Correctional Nursing
This is a nice video presentation of the many aspects of correctional nursing from the Florida Department of Corrections. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPK93k2U7Y&feature=player_embedded] ... Read More about Featured Video: Correctional Nursing
Critical Thinking for Correctional Nurses
I attended an intriguing session about critical thinking at the recent Updates in Correctional Healthcare program. Is critical thinking more challenging in corrections? I’m not sure, but let’s consider it. Albert Einstein described insanity as ‘doing the same thing over and over again while ... Read More about Critical Thinking for Correctional Nurses
8 Medication Rights – Not 5?
My friend, Lisa Morris Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, Clinical Editor for Lippincott's Nursing Center.com (@NursingCenter on twitter) wrote this for the Lippincott blog "NursingCenter's Nursing in the Round Blog". Reprinted here with permission. 8 rights of medication administration May 27, 2011 00:10 ... Read More about 8 Medication Rights – Not 5?