There has been a significant change in the involvement of women with the criminal justice system over the last 20 years. This has been attributed to greater law enforcement efforts, more stringent drug sentencing laws, and post-arrest reentry barriers that only affect women. Between 1980 and 2019, the number of incarcerated women increased over 700%, from 26,378 (1980) to 222,…
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As we turn our hearts and minds toward a new year, a fresh start, I wanted to share with you the five most-read Correctional Nurse.Net posts during 2021. The Abdominal series seems to have been the most popular overall, with more than 28,000 reads last year! #1 – Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Abdominal Assessment – Percussion In this post, we…
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Dental conditions can be a great concern for correctional nurses, yet most received little or no training about dental conditions in nursing school. Most traditional nursing positions don’t involve dental assessments and so many nurses enter the correctional specialty unprepared. Why Do Correctional Nurses Need to Know How to Complete a Dental Assessment? Most often, the first person an incarcerated…
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