In a prior post, we suggested a Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. This post discusses the meaning and importance…
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Ethical Issues
Manifesto Proposition One: Treating Incarcerated Persons like Patients
In our last post, we discussed the Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. This post discusses the meaning and importance…
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Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Ethical Dilemmas in Correctional Nursing
Ethical dilemmas are common in correctional nursing. Working in a secure environment where health care is not the primary mission…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Is My Patient Faking?
Anyone who knows me even a little knows that I don’t like the use of the words faking and feigning…
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Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: Impaired Nurses in Corrections
One in ten doctors and nurses abuse drugs or alcohol. Is this surprising to you? It was to me when…
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Four Myths About Hangings in Jails and Prisons
The radio calls a 10-99, Medical Emergency on unit 6-B. Arriving with the emergency bag, the nurse finds a crime…
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