Not only is understanding dental health important for correctional nurses as they are typically the first healthcare professional responding to…
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Nursing Practice
Man-Down Emergencies: Are You Ready?
Emergency response, a fact of life in healthcare, has some interesting aspects to consider in a custody setting. Correctional nurses…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts IV, Dental Triage: What is an Emergency?
Correctional nurses regularly make decisions about the need for emergency treatment of dental conditions. These decisions occur during the triage…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts III: Common Dental Conditions
Many dental conditions can appear to be urgently in need of immediate attention when they really are not. Consider these…
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Correctional Nursing Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
Per the American Nurses Association, nursing is dedicated to protecting, promoting, and optimizing health, abilities, and well-being; preventing illness and…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Practice Update: Dental Concepts II, Dental Assessment at Intake
Nurses are the healthcare professionals most frequently performing health screening during an individual’s admission to the facility. Since the initial…
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