I am trying to remember the first time I came across the advice to be firm, fair, and consistent with inmate patients. It may have been during my orientation for my first position in corrections. While the terms are used in correctional officer, manager, and education literature, I have not seen these golden principles in the nursing literature on patient…
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The day shift nurse leaves the medication room door unlocked so she can get to the staff break room or the nurse’s station quickly. The evening shift nurse pre-pours all her medications for segregation rounds, even narcotics, although she takes the medication cart with her. The sick call nurse moved the patient’s chair to the side of his desk next…
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I have been in a number of jails and prisons as a health care consultant and, although the various environments may look similar, they can feel very different – even among prisons within the same system. Some settings seem to bristle with tension while others seem almost like working in a family business. What makes this difference? It’s the organizations…
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