Unfortunately, many nurses working in our settings deal with incivility, disrespect, or even open hostility on a regular basis. The…
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Patient Safety
Correctional Nurse Challenge: Monitoring Medication Effects
A 32-year-old newly transferred inmate tells the medication nurse he sees blood in his urine. The nurse asked him to…
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Take Three Minutes to Learn About Civil Rights Claims
Working in the criminal justice system means working with patients who are detained by the government. Our patients have constitutional…
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Top 10 High Risk Clinical Practices (Podcast Episode 110)
Rebekah Haggard, MD, CHCQM, CCHP, Chief Quality Officer for Corizon Health in Nashville joins Lorry to talk about 10 high…
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Patient Identification: Is the Right Patient Getting That Medication?
Recently I reviewed the medication administration practices at a small city jail. The nurse had been there many years and…
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Are Your Correctional Clinical Processes Like Swiss Cheese?
I love Swiss Cheese, don’t you? It makes everything taste better, be it a ham sandwich or a spinach omelet….
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