Very few nurses decide on a nursing career with the thought “I want to be a jail nurse”
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Post Pepper Spray Care
Pepper spray is a popular option to subdue violent incarcerated persons when other de-escalation methods fail. It is preferred over options of lethal force in most correctional settings. A call just came in from cell block D. They are enroute with an inmate for evaluation after being subdued with several applications of pepper spray following an aggressive incident. Two officers also…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Excited Delirium
It is 5:00 pm on a Saturday night, and Mr. Joel arrives at Booking in the County Jail in the custody of four Deputies. The Deputies tell you that he was picked up at the train station because he was “acting crazy”, pulling his clothes off and screaming that he “did not want to go”. They tell you that he…
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