Suicide is a leading cause of inmate death in both settings. According to the US Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, there are over 300 county jail suicides each year. That makes suicide the leading cause of death in jails. If you work in a jail or prison, preventing suicide is a ... Read More about Preventing Inmate Suicide: The Ultimate Patient Safety Measure
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nursing and Suicide Prevention
SUICIDE IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES The recent high profile suicide deaths in correctional facilities have brought a national focus on suicide and suicide prevention programs in corrections. Most recently, the statistics that we have (or do not have) about the incidences of suicide in ... Read More about Correctional Nursing and Suicide Prevention
Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
For the last twelve months I have been honored to be a part of the American Nurses Association workgroup that is reviewing and revising the Correctional Nurse: Scope and Standards of Practice 2nd edition. The 3rd edition is due to be published in book form in late 2019. I was also a part of the ... Read More about Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
Job, Career, or Calling? It’s Up to You
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” – Henry David Thoreau Correctional nursing can be a job, a career, or a calling based on your perspective – what do you see? If you see your work life as an endless string of shiftwork passing pills and triaging sick call slips then ... Read More about Job, Career, or Calling? It’s Up to You
Pender’s Model Could Transform Your Chronic Care Clinic – Honest!
It might be nutty, but I’m really getting into these nursing theorists and how to use their work in the correctional nursing specialty. I recently wrote about Orem’s Self-Care Theory with Nursing Sick Call and Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations with Intake Screening. So, why not ... Read More about Pender’s Model Could Transform Your Chronic Care Clinic – Honest!