Correctional nurses must quickly develop a trust relationship with their patients in order to collect accurate data and effectively evaluate symptoms and requests. Yet, many incarcerated persons distrust almost everyone. They may have spent their lives using deceit and coercion to order their world, and so assume others do the same thing. As staff in a correctional facility, nurses are…
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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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