Lorry talks with Ian Rummery the Prison and Offender Management Nurse for HMP (Her Majesty's Prison) Jamestown on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ian is a transplant to the island from Australia and also works as a Community Psychiatric Nurse with the population there. It ... Read More about Correctional Nursing on a Remote Island (Podcast Episode 129)
The Correctional Nurse
The Challenges of Medication Verification
Lawrence Mendel, DO, CCHP, Leavenworth Detention Center and Nicholas Jellots, PharmD, Diamond Pharmacy Services presented the session “Medication Verification: Perils, Pitfalls and Best Practices” at the 2016 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas, October 22-26, 2016. This ... Read More about The Challenges of Medication Verification
October 2016 Correctional News Round Up (Podcast Episode 128)
Correctional nurses Margaret Collatt, C. J. Young, and Mari Knight join Lorry to talk about the latest Correctional Health Care News. Pricey Hepatitis C Drugs Can Have Deadly Side-Effect for Some: FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a Black Box Warning to new Hepatitis C ... Read More about October 2016 Correctional News Round Up (Podcast Episode 128)
Self-Injury: One System’s Approach
Robert D. Canning, Ph.D., CCHP, is Sr. Psychologist Specialist, Quality Management Program, Statewide Mental Health Program for California Correctional Health Care Services. This post is based on his session “Self-injury: Public Health Surveillance for Quality Improvement” taking place at the 2016 ... Read More about Self-Injury: One System’s Approach
Why Food Matters in Corrections (Podcast Episode 127)
Vinneth Carvalho MD, Assistant Chief of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut-Correctional Managed Health Care, and Amy B. Smoyer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT join Lorry to discuss the importance of food for ... Read More about Why Food Matters in Corrections (Podcast Episode 127)