In this post, we continue our discussion of primary headaches that Correctional Nurses may encounter in the correctional environment. Migraine Headache Migraine is one of the two most common causes of episodic and recurrent moderate to severe headache. It is a primary headache disorder whose symptoms typically last 4 to 72 hours. Migraine headache is considered a neurovascular pain syndrome….
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Headache is a pain in any part of the head, including the face, scalp, and interior of the head. The pain is due to activation of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain, skull, face, teeth, or sinuses. It is the one of the most common types of pain seen in the correctional environment. Conditions like migraine and chronic headaches are…
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Last month we began our review of the new 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses published by the American Nurses Association with Provision 1. In this post, we will discuss Provision 2: A nurse’s primary commitment is to the recipient(s) of nursing care, whether an individual, family, group, community or population. Provision 2: A nurse’s primary commitment is to the recipient(s)…
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