Cindy Peternelj-Taylor talks about professional boundary violations in this episode of Correctional Nursing Today. Cindy is Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Forensic Nursing. She has done extensive research into professional boundaries in the nurse-patient relationship and shares some of her findings in this interview. Cindy became interested in…
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Years ago, when I was young with a school-aged son and in graduate school, I worked night shift in the critical care unit of our local hospital. I would work two 12 hours shifts over the weekend back-to-back. This is still very common in many clinical settings. In fact, nurses frequently work up to 3 or 4 12 hours shifts…
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My guest on this episode is Ava Chavez, RN, Senior Nurse with Correctional Health Services (CHS) in Orange County, CA, where she oversees the daily nursing operations in the various clinical units located within the Orange County Jail system. She created a wound care team and manages the wound care program, in addition to her role as Case Manager at…
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