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
The Correctional Nurse
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
Building a Trust Relationship with Inmates: Booby Traps
In an earlier post, I discussed the importance of quickly developing a trust relationship with inmates. We are often given only a short time to get to the bottom of a health issue. Respect, honesty, listening, and follow-through go a long way toward overcoming the inherent distrust our patients have ... Read More about Building a Trust Relationship with Inmates: Booby Traps
How to Tactically Speak with Inmates (Podcast Episode 134)
Jim Martin, MPSA, CCHP, Accreditation Specialist with the National Commission Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), joins Lorry to talk about communication with incarcerated patients. He presented a session on Strategic Bedside Manner: How to Tactically Speak with Inmates at the NCCHC Spring Conference ... Read More about How to Tactically Speak with Inmates (Podcast Episode 134)
Drugs and Bugs: Principles of Antibiotic Use in Corrections
Stephen Ford, BS, PharmD, BCGP, is a Clinical Pharmacist with Diamond Pharmacy in Indiana, PA. This post is based on his session “Bug and Drug: Principles of Antibiotic Use” taking place at the 2017 Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in Atlanta, April 29-May 2. Learn more about the ... Read More about Drugs and Bugs: Principles of Antibiotic Use in Corrections