According to the IOM, moving an organizational toward a patient safety culture can result in reduced clinical error and improved patient care outcomes. That is good news for our correctional health care settings.
Correctional Nurse Dental Academy: Dental Assessment at Intake
He came into the jail on a charge of petty larceny but his dental condition was the real crime. Years of methamphetamine use and oral hygiene neglect resulted in missing teeth and severe decay. What does a nurse look for during intake dental screening? Nurses are the healthcare professional most frequently performing health screening during […]
Time for a Career Move? Follow This Four-Step Process
The New Year is a time when many of us take stock of ourselves and make resolutions for the year ahead. Perhaps it would be a good time to consider your career plans as well. Human resource experts and job coaches recommend having a career map that identifies an individual’s career goal for the next […]
Top Five Posts of 2018
The ending of another year brings a time of review and reflection as we set our minds and hearts toward the year ahead. 2018 was a year of change for CorrectionalNurse.net as we moved from a blog to an author website. However, our readership continues to grow and we increased page views by over 20% in […]
Care for Women in Prison: Reproductive Cancers
Their socio-economic and health profile make caring for women in prison more resource intensive than caring for men. In addition to their background, women also have gender-specific health conditions that require additional attention. One such category of medical need is reproductive cancers. Incarceration is both an opportunity to screen for these high-risk conditions and an […]
Ethical Dilemmas in Correctional Nursing
Ethical dilemmas are common in correctional nursing. Working in a secure environment where health care is not the primary mission can lead to conflicting goals that challenge nurses to consider the very foundation of their professional practice. Here is a review of the basics of ethical care along with some common ethical dilemmas in this […]
Call a C-O-D-E to Find Moral Courage
Tanya was working in a state prison in the nursing pool to make extra money for her college tuition. She was studying to be a nurse practitioner and thought it would be a good experience for her. Although she was learning much from her shifts there, she was also distressed by the treatment of a […]
The Final Episode (Podcast 150)
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Even good things have an ending. After nine years in operation, the Correctional Nursing Today podcast is closing. This episode – 150 – is the last for the show. On January 21, 2010, I had my first ever podcast using a platform called “Blogtalk Radio”. I recently loaded […]
Caring for Women in Prison: Reproductive Health
Twenty-five-year-old Joanie found out she was pregnant during routine screening on intake to the city jail. She had been picked up during a street sweep over the New Year’s holiday. A series of poor decisions and an addiction to cocaine that she couldn’t shake had landed her on the street, sleeping rough, and getting by […]
Silence Kills: Communicating for Patient Safety
What do you do if you see a fellow nurse not washing her hands after a dressing change or not checking the MAR (Medication Administration Record) before administering routine medication to a patient? Speaking up about breaches in safety rules or other concerning issues can be a struggle of conscience. Staff nurses like to avoid conflict. […]
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