This post is based on the Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, third edition, published by the American Nurses Association, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care website and the American Correctional Association website. Did you know that Correctional Nurses have the ability to become certified in our specialty? Continuing our review of Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of…
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The Bureau of Justice reports that 15% of persons in prison and 24% of persons in jail reported having thought disturbances. Psychotic patients have lost touch with reality and have unusual thought disturbances such as hallucinations and delusions. Thus, correctional nurses are likely to provide nursing care to psychotic patients during their career. The most common psychotic disorder is schizophrenia, but patients can…
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Carrie is passing medications for the morning pill line in a large medium security state prison. One of the women shuffles to the window looking tired and ill. Carrie asks the her “How are you doing?” as she prepares her prescribed medication and the patient says she hasn’t eaten or slept since she got here 3 weeks ago because the…
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