This content is based upon The Correctional Nurse Educator class entitled Abdominal Assessment: Basic Assessment for the Correctional Nurse. The physical examination of the patient begins with inspection. Unique to the sequence of the abdomen, the abdomen is then auscultated, ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Inspection
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is perhaps one of the most frequent complaints listed on a Health Service Request Form in the correctional environment. Changes to routine and diet, stress, and the “unmasking” of symptoms as patients become “detoxed” from substances like alcohol and drugs may ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Pain
Patient Advocacy for the Correctional Nurse:
ATTRIBUTES NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE PATIENT ADVOCACY Clear Communication Communication is always an area of potential misunderstanding, and especially so when there are two (or more) groups of people from different backgrounds and perceptions, and different missions in the ... Read More about Patient Advocacy for the Correctional Nurse:
Patient Advocacy for Correctional Nurses: Core Values
The American Nurses Association (ANA) clearly identifies a professional nursing responsibility to protect the rights of patients through patient advocacy. In addition, the ANA Code of Ethics states that all nurses must care for patients “with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, ... Read More about Patient Advocacy for Correctional Nurses: Core Values
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Water Intoxication
Can you really get too much water? Based on the current literature encouraging people to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, you wouldn't think so. However, we need to be aware that some of our patients are dying from too much water. Here are just two examples from a Michigan prison and from the San Diego ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Water Intoxication