In continuation of our discussion about the Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions, this post discusses the meaning and importance of the fifth proposition: Correctional nurses continually guard their own and other’s physical and mental safety While professional boundaries can help protect a nurse’s safety (See Proposition Four Part I and Part II), correctional nurses must also be vigilant to…
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Manifesto Proposition Four: Maintaining Professional Boundaries-Part II
In a prior post, we suggested a Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. We are in the midst of discussing Proposition Four: Correctional nurses hold themselves and their peers to the professional boundaries of practice Our last post discussed why we need boundaries and signs that boundaries are being crossed. This post talks about the broken fences of boundary violation…
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Manifesto Proposition Four: Maintaining Professional Boundaries-Part I
In a prior post, we suggested a Correctional Nurse Manifesto with seven propositions. This post is Part 1 of a 2-part series discussing the meaning and importance of the fourth proposition: Correctional nurses hold themselves and their peers to the professional boundaries of practice I am sure we have all heard the adage by Robert Frost – “good fences make…
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