Not only is understanding dental health important for correctional nurses as they are typically the first healthcare professional responding to patients’ concerns during screening, sick call, and emergencies, but the mouth can provide clues to many medical conditions and drug side effects. Here are ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts V, Dental Clues to Medical Conditions
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Man-Down Emergencies: Are You Ready?
Emergency response, a fact of life in healthcare, has some interesting aspects to consider in a custody setting. Correctional nurses are called upon to respond to a wide range of injuries and emergencies, from inmate scuffles in the yard and suicide attempts, to unresponsive incarcerated individuals ... Read More about Man-Down Emergencies: Are You Ready?
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts IV, Dental Triage: What is an Emergency?
Correctional nurses regularly make decisions about the need for emergency treatment of dental conditions. These decisions occur during the triage of sick call requests or as a result of a “man down” emergency call in the facility. What are some key findings that indicate a need for emergency dental ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts IV, Dental Triage: What is an Emergency?
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts III: Common Dental Conditions
Many dental conditions can appear to be urgently in need of immediate attention when they really are not. Consider these dental concerns common to the correctional patient population. Ulcers Mouth ulcers, also known as aphthous ulcers, are usually very painful, but are not considered a dental ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts III: Common Dental Conditions
Correctional Nursing Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
Per the American Nurses Association, nursing is dedicated to protecting, promoting, and optimizing health, abilities, and well-being; preventing illness and injury; facilitating healing; and alleviating suffering through the (nursing) diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness. ... Read More about Correctional Nursing Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses