An example of a trauma informed substance abuse program [youtube=http://youtu.be/y-042I7NeD8] ... Read More about Trauma Informed Programs
The Correctional Nurse
Trauma Informed Care
Can an understanding of your inmate’s traumatic past help with current management issues? You bet! According to Stephanie S. Covington, Ph.D., L.C.S.W, you can keep things under control by looking behind erratic behavior and violent outbursts to see what is going on inside an inmate’s thought world. ... Read More about Trauma Informed Care
Improve Health Care to Save Money? Who Knew?
Attending the Association of Health Care Journalists Conference this week has given many opportunities to consider the application of current health issues and trends to the correctional setting. A discussion of the Affordable Care Act by CMS Director Donald Berwick, MD, in a Newsmaker Briefing does ... Read More about Improve Health Care to Save Money? Who Knew?
Prison Intake Nursing
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7hxf9h5Xk] This video is a realistic presentation of nursing practice in a prison setting. Correctional health care is a nurse-run system. Much of the medical interventions and prescribing are done by nurse practitioners. Individuals in the corrections ... Read More about Prison Intake Nursing
Medical Compassionate Release Debate
LIFE IN PRISON: MEDICAL COMPASSIONATE RELEASE Click on the title about to see a short video showing various sides of the issue of compassionate release of medically disabled inmates in the California Prison System. Do you think inmates with severe disease should be moved to community facilities for ... Read More about Medical Compassionate Release Debate