Patient Darcy came to the med line with his KOP medication card totally empty. The medication nurse was frustrated that he had not come last week so that an order could be placed before he was out of medication. She reminded him about the written instructions reviewed with him when he was started on ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the Teach-Back Method to Validate Patient Understanding
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasites – Scabies
Human scabies is an intensely pruritic skin infestation caused by the host-specific mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. Scabies is a global public health problem, affecting persons of all ages, races, and socioeconomic groups. Worldwide, an estimated 300 million cases occur annually. ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasites – Scabies
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Four Ways to Build a Trust Relationship with Incarcerated Patients
Correctional nurses must quickly develop a trust relationship with their patients in order to collect accurate data and effectively evaluate symptoms and requests. Yet, many incarcerated persons distrust almost everyone. They may have spent their lives using deceit and coercion to order their world, ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Four Ways to Build a Trust Relationship with Incarcerated Patients
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Women’s Health
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
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