Encouraging Evidence-Based Nursing Practice in Corrections
Recent research published in the Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) confirms that nurses want to practice based on the best evidence but are not consistently putting that desire into action....
View ArticleEvidence-Based Practice: Asking the Right Questions
A detective circles the body of a slain business man watching the pathologist work. She considers the angle of the body and the trajectory of the bullet based on the wound. Work completed, the...
View ArticleEvidence-Based Practice: Where to Look
Framing a good question points us in the right direction, but how do we find good evidence to answer this question? In my last post, I used the PICOT method to create this search question: Are heel...
View ArticleAssessing Health Literacy in Correctional Health Care
Among the characteristics of the incarcerated population described in Chapter 1 of the Essentials of Correctional Nursing the following are also associated with low health literacy: Lower educational...
View ArticleHealthy Workplace = Quality + Patient Safety
A few weeks ago we summarized features in the new edition of the Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2013). The scope and standards are described first, as the foundation for...
View ArticleFactors effecting adherence and more evidenced based strategies
We were introduced to your patient, Jessie, in the post last week on medication adherence. She had come to sick call because she was feeling depressed and anxious. She was only taking about half of...
View ArticleInmate satisfaction with health care services during incarceration
Last week’s post summarized the results of the most recent survey of inmates’ health published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This survey also reported on inmates’ experience with the...
View ArticleAntibiotic Stewardship has Four Rights
The subject of antibiotic stewardship was touched upon in last week’s post about Superbugs. The goal of these programs is to avoid unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics to prevent...
View ArticleStewardship involves the health care team
The last two posts have been about the challenge we all face in preventing the development of antibiotic resistance and treating those who have antibiotic resistant diseases. In today’s world of...
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