The recent prison riot in Chino, CA brings to mind the need for a well prepared nursing staff to handle mass casualties. According to reliable reports, 250 inmates were injured, 55 seriously. How is nursing care during a prison riot? Nursing Care During a Prison Riot What is the role of the correctional nurse in a riot? Correctional healthcare staff…
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Caring for and about the inmate population has a variety of challenges to overcome. Besides the dilemma of caring for a criminal, there is the issue of showing care and concern to this population. Can Correctional Nurses Care for their patients? Can Correctional Nurses care? ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ is Not the Way to Care for Inmates Many healthcare environments allow, and…
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Quite a mouthful, and quite a challenge to deliver in a correctional setting. Some may ask if nurses working in corrections can truly care for their patients, considering the circumstances of their incarceration. The American Nurses Association defines nursing as …the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and…
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