Communication is a key component of delivering correctional healthcare. Correctional nurses must overcome many communication barriers in order to manage patient care in a jail or prison. Various communication networks are necessary. Nurses must communicate well with other nurses, among the ... Read More about Can We Talk? Communication and the Correctional Nurse
The Correctional Nurse
Risky Business: Pre-Pour Meds in Jails and Prisons
The prison is on lock-down due to a suspicious inmate death. Cell searches are underway. The lock-down is expected to last several days and inmate movement is extremely limited. Medications need to be delivered cell-side. This might have been manageable, if not time consuming, if the prison was new ... Read More about Risky Business: Pre-Pour Meds in Jails and Prisons
I Cant Eat That! Food Allergies in Corrections
Originally aired December 22, 2011: Jeffrey Keller, MD, FACEP, discusses the thorny issue of self-reported food allergies in the correctional setting. There are many misconceptions about what consitutes a food allergy. In addition, food preferences can be inappropriately identified as an allergy. ... Read More about I Cant Eat That! Food Allergies in Corrections
Are Correctional Nurses Outcasts?
Originally aired October 4, 2011: Lorry chats with Kevin Connor, BSN, RN, CCHP, President of the California-Nevada Chapter of the American Correctional Health Services Association about the image of correctional nursing. Kevin is Communicable Diseases Coordinator for the San Bernadino Sheriff's ... Read More about Are Correctional Nurses Outcasts?
Aging Stressors and Inmate Health
Originally aired September 17. 2011: Lorry talks with Dr. Tina Maschi, assistant professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York City about her work on behalf of prisoners. She is a 2010 recipient of the competitive Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars ... Read More about Aging Stressors and Inmate Health