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		<title>Correctional Nurse Professional Update: Implicit Bias &#8211; Recognizing What We Don&#8217;t See</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Correctional nurses pride themselves on objectivity, fairness, and professionalism. Yet like all humans, we carry unconscious assumptions that can influence our decisions in ways we may not even recognize. These automatic attitudes and stereotypes, known as&#160;implicit bias, shape how we interpret patient behaviors, assess symptoms, and make clinical decisions. Behind the wall, where stigma and ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-professional-update-implicit-bias-recognizing-what-we-dont-see/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Professional Update: Implicit Bias &#8211; Recognizing What We Don&#8217;t See</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions IV Psychosis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The&#160;Bureau of Justice reports&#160;that 15% of persons in prison and 24% of persons in jail reported having thought disturbances. Psychotic patients&#160;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.&#160; The most common psychotic disorder ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-mental-health-conditions-iv-psychosis/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions IV Psychosis</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions III Mood Disorders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional healthcare]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-mental-health-conditions-iii-mood-disorders/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions III Mood Disorders</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions II Anti-Social Personality Disorder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional mental health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Personality is the emotional and behavioral characteristics that make up a person. Personality traits are said to be present at birth or develop early in life. Personality influences the way we see and relate to the world. Correctional patients often have disordered personalities that have led to criminality and incarceration. Although there are many forms ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-mental-health-conditions-ii-anti-social-personality-disorder/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions II Anti-Social Personality Disorder</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions I: &#8220;The Patient is Going Nuts!&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[correctional mental health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[About 37 percent of incarcerated individuals in prison have a history of mental health problems, according to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice (latest available). More than 24 percent have been previously diagnosed with major depressive order, 17 percent with bipolar disorder, 13 percent with a personality disorder and 12 percent with post-traumatic ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-mental-health-conditions-i-the-patient-is-going-nuts/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Mental Health Conditions I: &#8220;The Patient is Going Nuts!&#8221;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update:  Post Pepper Spray Care</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pepper spray is a popular option to subdue violent incarcerated persons when other de-escalation methods fail.&#160;It is preferred over options of lethal force in most correctional settings. A call just came in from cell block D. Officers are enroute with an incarcerated patient for evaluation after being subdued with several applications of pepper spray following ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/pepper-spray-in-your-face/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update:  Post Pepper Spray Care</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Three Ways to Use Patient Grievances to Improve Health Care</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grievances are a standard mechanism for patients in a correctional facility to request changes and express discontent with a variety of conditions of confinement such as housing, officer treatment, and inadequate healthcare. &#160;Although many in correctional health care see the grievance process as a tedious necessity, medical grievances can be a rich source of information ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/three-ways-to-use-inmate-grievances-to-improve-health-care/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Three Ways to Use Patient Grievances to Improve Health Care</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nursing Practice Update:  The Basics of Caring for Incarcerated Persons</title>
		<link>https://correctionalnurse.net/the-basics-of-caring-for-criminals/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Inmate Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caring for incarcerated persons]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Providing health care to incarcerated patients is different than other types of nursing practice; yet nursing principles remain the same. Nurses entering the world of correctional practice can have apprehensions and misconceptions about the patient population and expectations of their practice. Here is an overview of the similarities and differences of correctional nursing practice as ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/the-basics-of-caring-for-criminals/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nursing Practice Update:  The Basics of Caring for Incarcerated Persons</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Nursing Interventions for the Patient with Nausea and Vomiting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Abdomen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abdominal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Correctional Nurse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prison]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[[**These are nursing interventions researched and chosen based upon&#160;current&#160;best practices.&#160; If your facility has Nursing Guidelines/Protocols approved by your Medical Director&#160;for nausea and vomiting&#160;that differ, then It is important to&#160;follow&#160;your facility’s&#160;guidelines/protocols.]&#160; Initial care for the patient complaining of nausea/ vomiting:&#160; Obtain Vital signs, including orthostatic measures as indicated by patient complaint and condition. Monitor for ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-nursing-interventions-for-the-patient-with-nausea-and-vomiting/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Nursing Interventions for the Patient with Nausea and Vomiting</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Nausea and Vomiting II</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Roscoe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinical Practice]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today we continue our discussion of the patient presenting with nausea and vomiting, In our last post, we discussed the importance of obtaining a thorough history from our patient. Nausea is an unpleasant sensation vaguely referred to the epigastrium and abdomen, with a tendency to vomit.&#160; Nausea may be a symptom of a variety of ... <a href="https://correctionalnurse.net/correctional-nurse-clinical-update-nausea-and-vomiting-ii/" class="more-link" data-wpel-link="internal">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about  Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Nausea and Vomiting II</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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