Recent research on correctional nursing in Montana, published in the Journal of Correctional Health Care has some interesting things to tell us about the unique issues of correctional nursing practice. This survey research aimed to shed light on the differences in the practice of correctional nurses compared to traditional nursing specialties as well as explore scope of practice boundaries. Study…
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As nurses, we can never have too many reminders to chart carefully. Correctional nurses should be on even higher alert. Thus, I would like to share some charting tips for correctional nurses. The litigious nature of our practice environment means we have high likelihood of having our documentation scrutinized due to a legal claim. Yet, the day in and day…
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This episode’s guest is Margaret Noonan, Statistician with the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in Washington DC. She’s the program manager for the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program at BJS. The program began in 2000 with the passage of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act, which tasked BJS with collecting deaths occurring in jails, prisons and the…
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