Possibly more than any other nursing specialty, correctional nursing practice is lawsuit-prone. Our patient population, already in the criminal justice system, frequently seeks legal action when they feel they have not received rightful healthcare. Correctional nurse experts Kathy Wild, RN, MPA, CCHP and Royanne Schissel, RN, CCHP, have decades of experience in the specialty as staff nurses, managers, and legal…
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Recently I was contacted by the wife of an inmate about his poor medical care. He is currently in a state prison. She wanted to interest a legal firm in taking on the case and was wondering what information she would need to gather. One of the first things I asked was about the actions her husband had already taken…
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Help celebrate correctional nursing by entering this essay contest to win an autographed copy of Essentials of Correctional Nursing. Originally posted on the Essentials of Correctional Nursing Book Blog: Do Correctional Nurses Care? How is the concept of caring unique in correctional nursing practice? Nurse theorist, Jean Watson, proposes several themes to describe caring in nursing practice. We discuss the concept…
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