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A clinical error happens in the layers of protection to allow penetration of the safety system resulting in correctional clinical processes.

Are Your Correctional Clinical Processes Like Swiss Cheese?

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I love Swiss Cheese, don’t you? It makes everything taste better, be it a ham sandwich or a spinach omelet. Yes, Swiss cheese is welcome at my table any day of the week. However, one place Swiss cheese is not welcome is in your correctional clinical processes. No, I don’t mean you shouldn’t eat your lunch while doing Nursing Sick…
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Richmond James Rada, MSN, RN, CCHP, talks about managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in a correctional setting.

Nursing Care of End-Stage Liver Disease (podcast)

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Richmond James Rada, MSN, RN, CCHP, a nurse consultant with the California Correctional Health Care Services in Sacramento, CA, talks about managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in a correctional setting. Richmond recently published an article on nursing care of end-stage liver disease in CorrectCare, the magazine of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Here is a link to…
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The Correctional Nurses’ Guide to the Code of Ethics should be applied in the unique environment of the specialty.

The Correctional Nurses’ Guide to the Code of Ethics

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Last fall I was appointed to the American Nurses Association advisory committee to the distinguished panel of nurses who will be revising the Code of Ethics for Nurses. I am honored to represent the correctional nursing perspective and provide input to the panel as they update the 2001 version of the Code. I’d like you to come along with me…
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