In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting in a health record that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased. In the next post, we discussed which words and phrases implied bias and stigmatization, and so today I want to share one possible way (and there are many) the progress note could be written so…
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In a previous post, I shared an example of real charting that clearly included language that could be considered stigmatizing and biased, and today I wanted to review the words that make it so. Here is the progress note: “Patient is a 38-year-old black male who came to the medical unit via wheelchair after he allegedly had a seizure and fell off the top bunk….
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I recently re-listened to a discussion with nurse leaders working in the Idaho State Prison system on the Correctional Nursing Today podcast and I began to think about issues with clinical communication in our specialty. Correctional nurses, of course, are not the only nurses challenged to communicate effectively with providers to ensure safe and effective care delivery, but we must always…
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