What exciting thing can be said about washing your hands? Even before becoming nurses, we heard this admonishment as youngsters in households across the fruited plain. Our Infection Control 101 lecture started with: Hand washing is the single most important infection control principle we have. Let’s see some Hand Hygiene Challenges for Correctional Nurses. Infection is rampant in most correctional facilities….
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Anita G. Hufft, PhD, RN, Dean of the College of Nursing at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA talks about her research into manipulation stressors for correctional nurses. Dr. Hufft is a nurse researcher and consultant in forensic psychiatric nursing as well as a forensic nurse educator. She became interested in this concept while consulting on forensic nursing at several…
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Joe is back in the medical unit getting cleaned up and stitched up after another brawl in the housing unit. Even though he has been relocated several times, he is not adjusting well to his cell assignment. This time several young men in his pod ganged up on him after he, once again, wandered into another cell and started rooting…
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