I’ve written before about the literacy level of our patients. This is not meant in any way to belittle or trivialize their plight. However, they DO send us some interesting messages via sick call slips with some frankly funny requests. I gleaned these gems from my friends over at the correctional nursing forum on allnurses.com. This is a great community…
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This is a short video with some examples of correctional nursing practice in a prison setting. The speaker, Dana Outtersetter, RN, is a nurse manager at this facility. She says nurses are apprehensive about working in corrections because of what is shown on TV. This is so true. The sensationalization of the prison experience by shows like Lock-up, Oz and…
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This is a nice video presentation of the many aspects of correctional nursing from the Florida Department of Corrections. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPK93k2U7Y&feature=player_embedded]