Chest pain is a common complaint in the correctional environment, as it is in the larger community. We, perhaps, are better suited than our community colleagues to address complaints of chest pain, because we have the ability to monitor our patients closely. Many individuals ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Chest Pain
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: It’s Not Always Detox
This is a Classic post that is just as pertinent today as it was when first written! Danielle Carbon, LPN, works in a county jail with an average daily census of 1300. Here is her correctional nursing tale. The Background I've been working as a correctional nurse in a county jail ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: It’s Not Always Detox
Correctional Nursing in This Time of Pandemic
These comments are based upon those included in our April Monthly Newsletter - The Correctional Nurse - that is sent out to all subscribers of CorrectionalNurse.Net, The Correctional Nurse Educator and Nursing Behind the Wall. Subscriptions are free. It is notable that even in a few ... Read More about Correctional Nursing in This Time of Pandemic
Three Ways to Use Patient Grievances to Improve Health Care
Grievances are a standard mechanism for patients in a correctional facility to request changes and express discontent with a variety of conditions of confinement such as housing, officer treatment, and inadequate healthcare. Although many in correctional health care see the grievance process ... Read More about Three Ways to Use Patient Grievances to Improve Health Care
Abdominal Assessment: Special Maneuvers
This content is based upon The Correctional Nurse Educator class entitled Abdominal Assessment: Basic Assessment for the Correctional Nurse. This is a little bonus for those of you who are following the posts in our Abdominal Assessment series - a listing with explanations of some Special ... Read More about Abdominal Assessment: Special Maneuvers