So you are thinking about correctional nursing and even have an interview set up at a local facility. How should you prepare for your interview and what questions should you ask? Today I would like to share some Correctional Nurse Interview Prep Guide. Of course, all the standard principles for successful interviewing apply here. Good tools for general interview preparation…
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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? Can Correctional Nurses care? ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ is Not the Way to Care for Inmates Many healthcare environments allow, and even encourage, physical…
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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 correctional nurses care trully for their inmate-patients, considering the circumstances for which they are incarcerated. Thus is the generation of several ethical dilemmas for this nursing specialty. The American Nurses Association defines nursing as …the protection, promotion, and optimization of…
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