Consider this situation: A detainee admitted two days ago was complaining of nausea and vomiting at 3 am. An officer called the medical unit requesting a nurse evaluation. The nurse, however, was busy getting meds ready for the 5 am court call. The officer called several times over the next 3 hours, and the nurse finally arrived at the housing…
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Three Sources of Fast Correctional Nursing CE Hours for Recertification or Relicensure
Does this sound familiar? Notice arrives that your CCHP or CCHP-RN certification or your nursing license renewal is due next month. Plenty of time to get the required continuing education hours (CEs), right? The notice is set aside (if you are like me it gets printed and set on the pile on the right side of my desk) and the…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Chest Pain
Chest pain is a common complaint in the correctional environment, as it is in the larger community. We, perhaps, are better suited than our community colleagues to address complaints of chest pain, because we have the ability to monitor our patients closely. Many individuals today are aware that chest pain may signal a potentially life-threatening condition and quickly bring it to our…
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