Correctional nurses face a daily struggle to care for their patients while delivering much-needed healthcare in a restricted environment. How can correctional nurses truly care for and care about their patient population? This is a question many of us in the specialty deeply consider as we try to ... Read More about Struggling to Define Caring in Correctional Nursing
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Impaired Nurses in Corrections
One in ten doctors and nurses abuse drugs or alcohol. Is this surprising to you? It was to me when I first read it. Although this number (10-15%) is equivalent to abuse rates in the general public, those of us in healthcare have a special responsibility to be able to think and act clearly as we ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Impaired Nurses in Corrections
Four Myths About Hangings in Jails and Prisons
The radio calls a 10-99, Medical Emergency on unit 6-B. Arriving with the emergency bag, the nurse finds a crime scene in full swing. A person is hanging from a makeshift bed linen noose creatively tied around the upper bunk slats. Hanging is the most common form of successful suicide in ... Read More about Four Myths About Hangings in Jails and Prisons
Evidence – Based Practice in Correctional Nursing – What’s Holding You Back?
According to a survey of US nurses, nurses overwhelmingly want an evidence-based practice (EBP), yet, few of us have reached this goal. So, what is holding us back? A lot, it turns out. Unfortunately, the application of research findings continues to be a challenge in every setting of nursing. The ... Read More about Evidence – Based Practice in Correctional Nursing – What’s Holding You Back?
A Salute to Our Veterans
Several times a year Americans pause to thank our soldiers for defending our freedom and protecting us from harm. We acknowledge the sacrifices made by American soldiers to keep us free this Veterans Day. Many of those same soldiers who put themselves in harm’s way are now our patients in jails and ... Read More about A Salute to Our Veterans