Catherine Knox, Sue Lane, and Kim Pearson join Lorry for this last news roundup of 2015. News Items Hepatitis C Screening of Prison Inmates Would Benefit Wider Community, Be Cost-Effective Our first story is about Hepatitis C Screening of inmates. There is much in the news about treating Hepatitis C ... Read More about December 2015 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 111)
The Correctional Nurse
Top 10 High Risk Clinical Practices (Podcast Episode 110)
Rebekah Haggard, MD, CHCQM, CCHP, Chief Quality Officer for Corizon Health in Nashville joins Lorry to talk about 10 high risk clinical practices that can derail your correctional practice. Through her extensive work in correctional health care risk management and patient safety Dr. Haggard ... Read More about Top 10 High Risk Clinical Practices (Podcast Episode 110)
November 2015 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 109)
CJ Young, Director of Nursing, Merrimack County Department of Corrections, Boscawen, NH, and Johnnie Lambert, correctional health care consultant, from Port Royal, SC, join Lorry to discuss recent correctional health care news. Number of Older Prisoners Grows Rapidly, Threatening to Drive Up Prison ... Read More about November 2015 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 109)
Managing Correctional Stress (Podcast Episode 108)
In this episode of Correctional Nursing Today, Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH, joins Lorry to talk about a real occupational hazard when working in the criminal justice system – correctional stress. Dr Barboza is a consultant for correctional behavioral healthcare and the Vice President of Clinical ... Read More about Managing Correctional Stress (Podcast Episode 108)
B. Jaye Anno: Legendary Correctional Health Care Pioneer (1947 -2015)
Those of us working in correctional health care owe a debt of gratitude to early leaders who stepped forward to make a difference in the lives and health of our patients just a few short decades ago. One such leader was B. Jaye Anno. I was sad to learn of her unexpected passing on November 3. ... Read More about B. Jaye Anno: Legendary Correctional Health Care Pioneer (1947 -2015)