Patient safety is a growing field within traditional health care and an increasing emphasis in the correctional setting. A model for understanding and applying patient safety principles can help speed implementation of a patient safety program. A four-component model for correctional health care ... Read More about A Patient Safety Model for Correctional Practice
The Correctional Nurse
Managing Alcohol Withdrawal
Andrea Moldstad, DNP, is a Nurse Practitioner with Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN and Renee Dahring, NP, CCHP, provides services at Ramsey County Adult Detention Center, St. Paul, MN. This post is based on their session “Alcohol Withdrawal Management Protocols and Staff Education” taking ... Read More about Managing Alcohol Withdrawal
Working with Patients with ADHD (Podcast Episode 135)
Marci Mackenzie, PhD, LCSW, and Marina Moshkovich, MD, join Lorry to talk about working with ADHD patients in prison. Dr. Mackenzie is a Clinician Administrator and Dr. Moshkovich is a psychiatrist with University Correctional HealthCare, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care Division, working ... Read More about Working with Patients with ADHD (Podcast Episode 135)
Correctional Nursing Tales from Jails and Prisons: Sonny-Anyone’s Son
Cindy Domenici RN, BC, is the Nurse Case Manager/Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. She shares this true tale approved for publication with identifiers removed. There is no good time to hear that you have cancer. There is no good place to be in your life to hear that ... Read More about Correctional Nursing Tales from Jails and Prisons: Sonny-Anyone’s Son
Five Principles to Increase Patient Safety in Correctional Practice
Keeping patients safe from clinical error and unintended harm is a responsibility of every health care professional, system, and organization. While community health care settings have been instituting patient safety concepts since the 1990’s, correctional health care is just beginning to transfer ... Read More about Five Principles to Increase Patient Safety in Correctional Practice