Even good things have an ending. After nine years in operation, the Correctional Nursing Today podcast is closing. This episode – 150 - is the last for the show. On January 21, 2010, I had my first ever podcast using a platform called “Blogtalk Radio”. I recently loaded up that first ... Read More about The Final Episode (Podcast 150)
The Correctional Nurse
Caring for Women in Prison: Reproductive Health
Twenty-five-year-old Joanie found out she was pregnant during routine screening on intake to the city jail. She had been picked up during a street sweep over the New Year’s holiday. A series of poor decisions and an addiction to cocaine that she couldn’t shake had landed her on the street, sleeping ... Read More about Caring for Women in Prison: Reproductive Health
Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Incarcerated Patients (Podcast Episode 149)
Clarence Cryer, Jr, MPH, CCHP-A, Chief Executive Officer for the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran, CA, talks with Lorry about reducing hospital readmission rates. He published the article Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Incarcerated Patients in the ... Read More about Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Incarcerated Patients (Podcast Episode 149)
Correctional Nursing and the Ethic of Social Justice
Have you ever been asked what you do as a nurse and found yourself launching into a discussion of sick call and medication passes? It is easy to get lost in the weeds on our professional journey. That’s why it can be refreshing to periodically return to the defining qualities of the nursing ... Read More about Correctional Nursing and the Ethic of Social Justice
Improve Dementia Care by Communicating with R-E-S-P-E-C-T
This guest post is written by Jaime Todd, MBA, LNHA. His bio is found at the end. An elderly inmate was brought into the medical unit of a medium security prison to be checked for injury after an altercation in one of the housing units. He looked older than his 62 years and seemed disoriented. The ... Read More about Improve Dementia Care by Communicating with R-E-S-P-E-C-T