Bill Elliott, PhD, is Regional Mental Health Director for Wexford Health Sources, working in Illinois. This post is based on his session “Using the Three Rs to Defeat Inmate Resistance to Treatment” taking place at the 2017 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Chicago, November 4-8, ... Read More about Using the Three R’s to Defeat Inmate Resistance to Treatment
The Correctional Nurse
Inmates Don’t Lie
This CorrectionalNurse.Net guest post is from Rob Tilley, MD, MBA, an Oregon physician with extensive correctional experience. At first glance, this statement that inmates don’t lie seems to make no sense. Anyone who has worked with inmates gets quite used to altered truths being spoken on a ... Read More about Inmates Don’t Lie
Dispelling Myths About Correctional Nursing (Podcast Episode 138)
Brianna Kramer, a recruiter with Premier Medical Staffing Services in Milwaukee, WI, shares her list of common myths about correctional nursing practice. Brianna and her team often recruit healthcare staff for positions in correctional settings. That means she gets to answer plenty of questions ... Read More about Dispelling Myths About Correctional Nursing (Podcast Episode 138)
Life Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle
I recently spent a week with my Mom. When I visit we always pull out a jigsaw puzzle to set while we reminisce and chat about our extended family. As we moved through our usual ritual of sorting a pile of 500+ colorful oddly-shaped pieces of cardboard, I pondered how the many dilemmas of ... Read More about Life Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle
Book Review – Correctional Health Care: Practice, Administration, and Law
Another helpful correctional health care book was published this year. While definitely not beach reading, I have been digging into the various chapters over the last month and wanted to share my findings. Correctional Health Care: Practice, Administration, and Law was edited by Fred Cohen, a ... Read More about Book Review – Correctional Health Care: Practice, Administration, and Law