Every culture and clinical setting has a unique language. Correctional nursing is no exception. Drop into a jail medical unit on a new assignment and you may not be able to follow what is going on. The custody environment and unique medical processes make up the majority of challenges. Many of these ... Read More about QuickStart Guide: Correctional Nurse Lingo
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Hand Hygiene Challenges for Correctional Nurses
What exciting thing can be said about washing your hands? Even before becoming nurses, we heard this admonishment as youngsters in households across the fruited plain. Our Infection Control 101 lecture started with: Hand washing is the single most important infection control principle we have. Let's ... Read More about Hand Hygiene Challenges for Correctional Nurses
Manipulation: A Significant Stressor for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Anita G. Hufft, PhD, RN, Dean of the College of Nursing at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA talks about her research into manipulation stressors for correctional nurses. Dr. Hufft is a nurse researcher and consultant in forensic psychiatric nursing as well as a forensic nurse educator. She ... Read More about Manipulation: A Significant Stressor for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Inmate Dementia: What’s a Correctional Nurse to Do?
Joe is back in the medical unit getting cleaned up and stitched up after another brawl in the housing unit. Even though he has been relocated several times, he is not adjusting well to his cell assignment. This time several young men in his pod ganged up on him after he, once again, wandered into ... Read More about Inmate Dementia: What’s a Correctional Nurse to Do?
Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up – July, 2012 (podcast)
Panelists Gayle F. Burrow BSN, MPH, CCHP-RN and Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, join Lorry to discuss correctional health care news items. The first item is from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). This is a great resource repository of all things correctional and many things correctional ... Read More about Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up – July, 2012 (podcast)