As nurses, we can never have too many reminders to chart carefully. Correctional nurses should be on even higher alert. Thus, I would like to share some charting tips for correctional nurses. The litigious nature of our practice environment means we have high likelihood of having our documentation ... Read More about Charting Tips for Correctional Nurses
The Correctional Nurse
Deaths in Custody and Correctional Health Care
This episode's guest is Margaret Noonan, Statistician with the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in Washington DC. She’s the program manager for the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program at BJS. The program began in 2000 with the passage of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act, ... Read More about Deaths in Custody and Correctional Health Care
Correctional Health Care News Round-Up for February, 2012: Mental Health Focus
The February 2012 News Round Up focuses on Mental Health treatment in the correctional setting. Lorry is joined by regular panelist Sue Smith and guest Rosanne Harmon, a Psychiatric Mental Helath Nurse Practitioner with the Oregon Department of Corrections. In early February, MSNBC online reported ... Read More about Correctional Health Care News Round-Up for February, 2012: Mental Health Focus
Can We Talk? Communication and the Correctional Nurse
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
2011 Correctional Health Care News Round-Up
The correctional health care news from 2011 is discussed by Lorry Schoenly and regular panelists Catherine Knox and Sue Smith, correctional nurses with clinical, education and management experience. Key themes from the previous year were healthcare legal claims, medical cost shifting, medicaid ... Read More about 2011 Correctional Health Care News Round-Up