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
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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
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasites – Lice
Pediculosis (ie, louse infestation) dates back to prehistory. The oldest known fossils of louse eggs (ie, nits) are approximately 10,000 years old. Louse infestation remains a major problem throughout the world, making the diagnosis and treatment of louse infestation a common task in general medical ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Ectoparasites – Lice
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Using the Teach-Back Method to Validate Patient Understanding
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