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Nursing Practice
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 Clinical Update: Chronic Care Guideline Resources
Chronic disease is common among our patients. In fact, 43% of federal inmates, 51% of state inmates, and 40% of…
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Struggling to Define Caring in Correctional Nursing
Correctional nurses face a daily struggle to care for their patients while delivering much-needed healthcare in a restricted environment. How…
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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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