There has been a significant change in the involvement of women with the criminal justice system over the last 20 years. This has been attributed to greater law enforcement efforts, more stringent drug sentencing laws, and post-arrest reentry barriers that only affect women. Between 1980 and ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Women’s Health
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Five Top Posts of 2021
As we turn our hearts and minds toward a new year, a fresh start, I wanted to share with you the five most-read Correctional Nurse.Net posts during 2021. The Abdominal series seems to have been the most popular overall, with more than 28,000 reads last year! #1 - Correctional Nurse Clinical ... Read More about Five Top Posts of 2021
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Dental Complaints
Dental conditions can be a great concern for correctional nurses, yet most received little or no training about dental conditions in nursing school. Most traditional nursing positions don’t involve dental assessments and so many nurses enter the correctional specialty unprepared. Why Do ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Dental Complaints
Correctional Nursing Practice Update: What Causes Clinical Error?
How easy it is to quickly blame the actions of staff as the cause of a clinical error. After all, most errors come down to a specific staff member missing an important assessment finding or miscalculating a medication dose. Unfortunately, clinical events are rarely that simple and, when ... Read More about Correctional Nursing Practice Update: What Causes Clinical Error?
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Verbal Order Safety Tips
Orders communicated verbally are common in all clinical settings with estimates as high as 20% of all inpatient ordering. Do you use verbal orders in your correctional facility? I'm confident that you do…..and probably more frequently than traditional settings, as prescribers are often less ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Verbal Order Safety Tips