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All RIghts Reserved Information for nurses working in jails, prisons and juvenile confinement facilities. jail,health,nursing,nurse,care,prison,correctional, Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/cnt-podcast_cover_art-144x144.jpg http://correctionalnurse.net http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/05/14/research-findings-on-correctional-nurse-retention/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-findings-on-correctional-nurse-retention http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/05/14/research-findings-on-correctional-nurse-retention/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:17:57 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=2025 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/05/14/research-findings-on-correctional-nurse-retention/feed/ 0 Correctional,correctional healthcare,Correctional Nurse,correctional nursing,Corrections,Jail,jail nursing,Lorry Schoenly,prison health,prison nursing W. Sue Chafin, DNP, FNP-BC, a board certified family nurse practitioner and nurse researcher from Mountain City, TN, talks about her research published in the February 2013 issue of Journal of Correctional Health Care titled – Nurse Retention in a Corr... W. Sue Chafin, DNP, FNP-BC, a board certified family nurse practitioner and nurse researcher from Mountain City, TN, talks about her research published in the February 2013 issue of Journal of Correctional Health Care titled – Nurse Retention in a Correctional Facility: A Study of the Relationship Between the Nurses’ Perceived Barriers and Benefits. This study was designed to evaluate nurses’ perceived barriers and benefits to remaining in the current correctional facility practice setting and to assess the likelihood of continued employment for 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years. Although this is a small study focused at a single Tennessee prison, implications for correctional nurse retention in other settings can be considered. The Stamp’s Index of Work Satisfaction was used to survey RN and LPN nursing staff regarding barriers and benefits of employment in correctional nursing. Subscales included pay, professional status, interaction, task requirements, organizational policies, and autonomy. Using a 7-point Likert-type scale, respondents rated statements from strongly agree to strongly disagree. There were some interesting findings including that the nurses did not feel that nursing was viewed as a profession, although the majority would choose nursing as a profession if they were entering into a career today. Another interesting finding was that staff nurses did not feel that they were involved in organizational policy development and that there was a gap between management and the everyday issues nurses face. The most significant factors correlating with intention to stay in the position were the treatment of nursing staff by physicians and comparability of pay with other nursing positions. 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Correctional Suicides - Doing Time Takes Its Toll All of us in corrections are aware of the high suicide rate among our inmates, but reports of increased suicide among corrections officers are alarming the community. We work in a very stressful environment. Panelists share thoughts on this story and experiences with correctional stress? Texas Youth Reported Mental Health Problems Grow Substantially A report out of Texas emphacizes the growing number of mentally health problems of detained juveniles. They report that 56% of their 1000 juveniles in custody have had a mental illness diagnosis in 2012 compared with 39% in 2007. Is this number growing or are we better able to detect and treat now? Prison Methadone Policy Sends Inmates Back to Heroin Research recently published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment highlight concerns over forced methadone withdrawal in the correctional system. Study participants said they would rather withdraw from heroin than from methadone so they are unlikely to return to methadone treatment after release. The study is critical of a standard correctional practice of withdrawing inmates from methadone while incarcerated, suggesting that this practice is similar to withdrawing diabetics from insulin. Health Care Costs for Older Inmates Skyrocket Our last story is about the cost of correctional healthcare – a continuing public concern as tax dollars are used to provide all aspects of incarceration. Correctional healthcare news does not often make the mainstream, but this story is out of USA Today and is about how older inmates are skyrocketing correctional health care costs. The New Jersey Prison system is sited as having an average healthcare cost of $71,000 for older inmates – double the cost of the younger population.  Lorry Schoenly clean 35:14 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/27/5-ways-correctional-nurses-can-land-in-court/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-ways-correctional-nurses-can-land-in-court http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/27/5-ways-correctional-nurses-can-land-in-court/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:08:50 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=2001 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/27/5-ways-correctional-nurses-can-land-in-court/feed/ 4 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/16/correctional-nurse-legal-briefs-prison-rights-litigation-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=correctional-nurse-legal-briefs-prison-rights-litigation-act http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/16/correctional-nurse-legal-briefs-prison-rights-litigation-act/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:52:18 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1996 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/16/correctional-nurse-legal-briefs-prison-rights-litigation-act/feed/ 1 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/11/caring-and-correctional-nursing-nurses-week-essay-contest-may-1-deadline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caring-and-correctional-nursing-nurses-week-essay-contest-may-1-deadline http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/11/caring-and-correctional-nursing-nurses-week-essay-contest-may-1-deadline/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:51:10 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1991 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/11/caring-and-correctional-nursing-nurses-week-essay-contest-may-1-deadline/feed/ 0 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/06/march-2013-news-round-up-podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=march-2013-news-round-up-podcast http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/06/march-2013-news-round-up-podcast/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:03:32 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1984 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/04/06/march-2013-news-round-up-podcast/feed/ 0 Correctional,correctional healthcare,Correctional Nurse,correctional nursing,Corrections,ethical dilemma,inmates,Jail,jail nursing,Lorry Schoenly,Nurse,Nursing Live at the American Correctional Health Services Association National Conference in historic Philadelphia, panelists Inez Tann, Denise Panosky, Deborah Shelton,Catherine Knox, Sue Smith, Gayle Burrow, and JoRene Kerns discuss this month’s top correcti... Live at the American Correctional Health Services Association National Conference in historic Philadelphia, panelists Inez Tann, Denise Panosky, Deborah Shelton,Catherine Knox, Sue Smith, Gayle Burrow, and JoRene Kerns discuss this month’s top correctional health care news stories. As states cut mental health care funding, prisons are becoming asylums In past episodes we have discussed the growing mental health issue in corrections and we regularly see news items about it. Earlier this month, ThinkProgressive, a political website, posted an article linking this crisis to state budget cuts of mental health services between 2009-2011. I had always assumed a cumulative effect from the deinstitutionalization of the mentally in in the late 1980-early 90’s. Have I been wrong? A tale of two prison systems: Whither the future? Our second story is an astounding comparison of the US prison system and that of Norway. The contrast is amazing. Should the US system emulate that of Norway? Lee inmate's widow settles with sheriff's office, jail health care provider for $4 million Our next story is the result of lawsuit against a Florida jail where an inmate from Ohio died after being restrained and pepper sprayed. This story was reviewed in an earlier episode when it was a developing story. Here is a link to a full presentation of the case. The case settled for $4 million awarded to the inmate’s widow. This is an example of a death following the use of a restraint chair for an unruly inmate. They seem popular, still, in some jails. Our panelists definitely have opinions about restraint chair use. In Memoriam: R. Scott Chavez, PhD, MPA, CCHP-A Our final story is the sad news of the passing of a stalwart advocate for correctional health care, Scott Chavez. Scott was the longtime Vice President of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and was a mentor, colleague, and friend to many of us in the field. I wanted those of us here who knew Scott to have an opportunity to share their memories of his fine work on the behalf of our patient population and correctional health care professionals. Lorry Schoenly clean http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/25/misconceptions-about-traumatic-brain-injury-in-correctional-health-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misconceptions-about-traumatic-brain-injury-in-correctional-health-care http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/25/misconceptions-about-traumatic-brain-injury-in-correctional-health-care/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:42 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1977 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/25/misconceptions-about-traumatic-brain-injury-in-correctional-health-care/feed/ 0 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/07/february-2013-news-round-up-podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-2013-news-round-up-podcast http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/07/february-2013-news-round-up-podcast/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:16:15 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1960 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/07/february-2013-news-round-up-podcast/feed/ 0 Correctional,correctional healthcare,Correctional Nurse,correctional nursing,Corrections,inmates,Jail,jail nursing,Lorry Schoenly,Nurse,Nursing,nursing ethics Episode 51 of Correctional Nursing Today is our monthly news round-up for February, 2013. Panelists include Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, Senior Manager, Clinical Education and Training for Corizon Health, Inc. and Gail Normandin-Carpio, Episode 51 of Correctional Nursing Today is our monthly news round-up for February, 2013. Panelists include Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, Senior Manager, Clinical Education and Training for Corizon Health, Inc. and Gail Normandin-Carpio, a correctional nurse consultant with administrative, and corporate-level experience in prison, jail and juvenile systems mainly in the north eastern states. Our first story is about research published in the American Journal of Public Health about the impact of prison time on mortality. This study of New York State parolees found that each year of prison produced a 15.6% increase in the odds of death. The risk was highest upon release from prison and declined over time. Safety is also an issue in prison and our next story talks about reducing prison rape. The prison rape elimination act (PREA) was enacted by congress back in 2003 and has just this spring finally released standards that must be met by jails and prisons. These standards are meant to reduce the likelihood of sexual coercion and harassment behind bars. The sheer number of requirements can seem daunting. Our third story comes out of Missoula Montana where two detention officers prevented an attempted suicide. The inmate was being escorted back to his cell on an upper level tier when he broke free from the officer and started climbing over the railing intending to jump. Suicide rates are highest among jail inmates and especially smaller jails. The officers in the housing unit acted quickly and averted the inmate’s demise. That isn’t always the way it turns out, though. Correctional nurses need to be alert to the real dangers of suicide among our patient population. Let’s file this last story under “Inmates can be the most interesting patients” category. Researchers at the University of New South Wales were looking into sexual risk behaviors in Australian prisons and heard from nurses about genital skin infections that were the consequence of foreign bodies inserted under the skin of the penis. Seems this practice is more prevalent than you might think and has cultural and safety implications. Lorry Schoenly clean http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/04/nurse-managed-chronic-pain-in-corrections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nurse-managed-chronic-pain-in-corrections http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/04/nurse-managed-chronic-pain-in-corrections/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:01:46 +0000 Lorry Schoenly http://correctionalnurse.net/?p=1964 http://correctionalnurse.net/2013/03/04/nurse-managed-chronic-pain-in-corrections/feed/ 0