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
The Correctional Nurse
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
Stress Reduction Through Yoga During Reentry (Podcast 148)
Lorry’s guest for this episode is Alexandra Wimberly, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore. She and her colleague, Dr. Malitta Engstrom, published the article Stress, Substance Use, and Yoga in the Context of Community Reentry Following ... Read More about Stress Reduction Through Yoga During Reentry (Podcast 148)
Older Women in Prison: Menopause and Osteoporosis Concerns
Hazel is a diminutive 56-year-old state prisoner serving a life sentence for murder. She has been incarcerated for 18 years now and recently fell on the icy path while heading from her housing unit to breakfast early one morning. She sustained Colles fractures of both wrists. While being treated for ... Read More about Older Women in Prison: Menopause and Osteoporosis Concerns
Factors that Promote and Hinder Medication Adherence in a Correctional Setting (Podcast 147)
In this podcast episode, Lorry talks with Keith Courtney, DO, CCHP, Alberta Health Services Facilities - Medical Director for Correctional Health Services, in Alberta, Canada. He and his colleagues (Dr. Lauren Cuthbertson, Dr. Karolina Koalewski, and Dr. Jennifer Edge) have published the ... Read More about Factors that Promote and Hinder Medication Adherence in a Correctional Setting (Podcast 147)