I love the simple, yet powerful words of Dr. Seuss, but nurses might steer themselves in the wrong direction if…
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Patient Safety
Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: The Sharp End and Blunt End of Clinical Error
A 33 year old male patient from a maximum security state prison was admitted to a community hospital with flank…
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Correctional Nursing Practice Update: What Causes Clinical Error?
How easy it is to quickly blame the actions of staff as the cause of a clinical error. After all,…
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Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Correctional Nurse Fatigue
Research is growing to indicate that nurse fatigue can have a detrimental effect on patient safety.
Three Ways to Use Patient Grievances to Improve Health Care
Grievances are a standard mechanism for patients in a correctional facility to request changes and express discontent with a variety…
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Creating an Organizational Culture of Patient Safety in Corrections
According to the IOM, moving an organizational toward a patient safety culture can result in reduced clinical error and improved patient care outcomes. That is good news for our correctional health care settings.