In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting in a health record that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased. In the next post, we discussed which words and phrases implied bias and stigmatization, and so today I want to share one possible ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Using Non-Stigmatizing and Unbiased Documentation – The Fix
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Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Using Non-Stigmatizing and Unbiased Documentation – The Words
In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased, and today I wanted to review the words that make it so. Here is the progress note: “Patient is a ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Using Non-Stigmatizing and Unbiased Documentation – The Words
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Improving Clinical Communication in Corrections
I recently re-listened to a discussion with nurse leaders working in the Idaho State Prison system on the Correctional Nursing Today podcast and I began to think about issues with clinical communication in our specialty. Correctional nurses, of course, are not the only nurses challenged to ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Improving Clinical Communication in Corrections
Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Using Non-Stigmatizing and Unbiased Documentation
Words are powerful and influential, not only when spoken, but when written. As healthcare professionals, we must be diligent to use non-stigmatizing and non-biased language in our medical record documentation. I recently read a health record that documented a patient encounter that clearly ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Using Non-Stigmatizing and Unbiased Documentation
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasite Nursing Interventions
Ectoparasites - scabies and lice - are often seen in the correctional environment, especially in the jail population. Correctional nurses must know the usual treatments that may be ordered for their patients with an infestation. They also must be knowledgeable about the patent education that is ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasite Nursing Interventions