A well-informed patient can be a great assistance in reducing medication error. The more patients understand about the medications they are prescribed, the better they can assist with monitoring treatment practices and questioning when unfamiliar medication is offered. Here are four ways to engage your correctional patient in the medication process to avoid error. Be Sure Your Patients Know the…
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Top Ten Skills for Correctional Nurses, Part 2
In this post, we continue our discussion about the Top Ten Skills that Correctional Nurses should have as they care for their patients. We have begun the discussion in our previous post, Top Ten Skills for Correctional Nurses, Part I. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for you to practice with the equipment before being in a situation…
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Bullying and Incivility for the Correctional Nurse II
In our previous post, we discussed that bullying and incivility can occur everywhere, but the healthcare environment has an inherent stressfulness that may be even more intense in the correctional environment, where healthcare is not the primary mission. In this post, we are continuing the discussion to include the consequences of bullying and incivility, both individually and organizationally, and how we…
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