Great new video from Johnson & Johnson's Campaign for Nursing's Future. A tribute to the art and science of our profession. Celebrate who you are this week - contemplate the nurse you will be as you move forward in your ... Read More about Featured Video: The Charm of Nursing
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nurses: Trusted to Care
This year’s National Nurses Week theme is “Nurses: Trusted to Care”. I’m always excited to see what the year’s Nurses Week theme is and how it might relate to our specialty practice. This year is no exception. Correctional Nurses: Trusted to Care Correctional Nurses: Trusted to ... Read More about Correctional Nurses: Trusted to Care
Trauma Informed Programs
An example of a trauma informed substance abuse program [youtube=http://youtu.be/y-042I7NeD8] ... Read More about Trauma Informed Programs
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?