Participants will learn about the ICE Health Service Corps' evidence-based clinical nursing guidelines, which were developed to standardize the evaluation and triage of acute care sick call and urgent/emergent complaints. These guidelines comply with state laws, regulations, and accreditation standards, providing symptom definitions, assessment guidance, nursing diagnoses, patient education, and care plans, as well as calling out red flags requiring immediate referral.

Educational Objectives

• Review the benefits of having standardized, evidence-based clinical nursing guidelines in correctional health care
• Summarize IHSC's clinical nursing guidelines and how to use them to guide nursing practice
• Discuss how nursing guidelines can improve patient care and outcomes

Level:Intermediate