While I am on summer sabbatical for the month of July, catch up on some important info with this summer reading series of past Correctional Nurse posts. Medication administration is a common and frequent nursing task in most settings. There are plenty of opportunities to get things wrong….even when surrounded by fantastic resources like an onsite pharmacy and electronic information…
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June News Round Up (Podcast Episode 122)
Denise Rahaman and Margaret Collatt join Lorry to discuss recent correctional health care news. NICE releases draft guidelines for providing quality healthcare to prisoners First up is a story out of Britain where the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidelines on the proper care and support of people in prison. NICE is an…
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Correctional Nurse Dental Academy: Know Your Teeth!
This is Paige’s first week as a correctional nurse at a small state prison. While on night shift over the weekend one of the inmates urgently asks to see the nurse about a sore tooth. Paige needs to evaluate this patient’s condition to determine if the on-call physician contacted or if he can be scheduled to see the dentist on…
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