Correctional patients are often confused and uninformed about their health and healthcare needs. High levels of mental health issues can cloud judgment or contribute to this confusion. Some inmates take advantage of health services for secondary gains such as obtaining psychoactive medications, ... Read More about Responding to Crazy Sick Call Requests
The Correctional Nurse
Sleeplessness: A Major Inmate Health Issue
Julia Worrall, RN, CCRN, is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Airway and Craniofacial Excellence in La Jolla, CA. This post is based on her session “Sleep Quality: An Important Health Issue for Staff and Inmates” taking place at the 2018 Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in ... Read More about Sleeplessness: A Major Inmate Health Issue
Cultivating Moral Resilience in Correctional Nurses (Podcast 143)
In this episode, I talk with Sue Smith, MSN RN CCHP-RN and Mary Muse, MS, RN, CCHP-A, CCHP-RN. Sue is a correctional nurse educator with extensive past experience in a variety of roles in the Ohio Prison System. Mary is Chief Nursing Officer for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and member of ... Read More about Cultivating Moral Resilience in Correctional Nurses (Podcast 143)
Understanding Your Patients: What is the Criminal Lifestyle?
Understanding your patient’s life perspective can help you be an effective nurse whatever patient population you care for. Recognizing the mental framework of correctional patients is vital to both effectiveness and safety. One way to better comprehend prisoner patients is by grasping the concept of ... Read More about Understanding Your Patients: What is the Criminal Lifestyle?
Teaching Nursing Students to Care for Patients Who are Inmates (Podcast 142)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornrstdy/CNT142-Nursing_Students.mp3 Lorry talks with Kathleen S. Ashton, PhD, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Ashton penned an article published in the Journal of Nursing Education titled “Teaching ... Read More about Teaching Nursing Students to Care for Patients Who are Inmates (Podcast 142)