Nurses are the healthcare professionals most frequently performing health screening during an individual’s admission to the facility. Since the initial screening is meant to reveal the need for immediate attention, nurses must know what findings indicate an urgent concern. A systematic process for ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts II, Dental Assessment at Intake
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts I
Managing dental conditions is not a part of most nursing positions and little dental training is provided in nursing school. However, correctional nurses are most often the first healthcare staff to evaluate a dental complaint and make determinations regarding referrals for treatment and urgency of ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts I
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Scope of Practice Decision-Making Framework
In our last post, we met LPN Suzanna, who had closed a 3 cm laceration on the forehead of her patient with Dermabond, even though she had not been formally trained in the procedure. She was instructed to perform the closure by the on-call provider, Dr. Smith. The wound healed well without any ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Scope of Practice Decision-Making Framework
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Scope of Practice
LPN Suzanna is on duty at the county jail when Mr. Martin strikes his head on the top bunk metal frame. She is called to the pod, and after determining that Mr. Martin is stable with only a 3 cm laceration to the middle of his forehead, she brings him to the medical unit. After she ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Scope of Practice
Botulism and Prison/Jail Brew
The officer working in A pod calls to medical and reports that several individuals are complaining of feeling generally unwell, with blurred vision, muscle weakness and some difficulty breathing. Nurse McKenzie responds to the unit to evaluate the patients. She is concerned that all these ... Read More about Botulism and Prison/Jail Brew