This content is based upon The Correctional Nurse Educator class entitled Abdominal Assessment: Basic Assessment for the Correctional Nurse. The physical examination of the patient begins with inspection. Unique to the sequence of the abdomen, the abdomen is then auscultated, ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Assessment: Percussion
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Auscultation
This content is based upon The Correctional Nurse Educator class entitled Abdominal Assessment: Basic Assessment for the Correctional Nurse. The physical examination of the patient begins with inspection. Unique to the sequence of the abdomen, the abdomen is then auscultated, ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Auscultation
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Inspection
This content is based upon The Correctional Nurse Educator class entitled Abdominal Assessment: Basic Assessment for the Correctional Nurse. The physical examination of the patient begins with inspection. Unique to the sequence of the abdomen, the abdomen is then auscultated, ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Inspection
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is perhaps one of the most frequent complaints listed on a Health Service Request Form in the correctional environment. Changes to routine and diet, stress, and the “unmasking” of symptoms as patients become “detoxed” from substances like alcohol and drugs may ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Pain
Patient Advocacy for the Correctional Nurse:
ATTRIBUTES NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE PATIENT ADVOCACY Clear Communication Communication is always an area of potential misunderstanding, and especially so when there are two (or more) groups of people from different backgrounds and perceptions, and different missions in the ... Read More about Patient Advocacy for the Correctional Nurse: