In this monthly round-up of correctional healthcare news Lorry is joined by Sue Smith and Denise Rahaman. Story #1 Hepatitis C Prevalence and Treatment Communicable disease makes the news this month with research out of Emory University under the direction of Dr. Ann Spaulding; well–known in ... Read More about April 2014 Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up (podcast)
The Correctional Nurse
Nursing Care of End-Stage Liver Disease (podcast)
Richmond James Rada, MSN, RN, CCHP, a nurse consultant with the California Correctional Health Care Services in Sacramento, CA, talks about managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in a correctional setting. Richmond recently published an article on nursing care of end-stage liver disease in ... Read More about Nursing Care of End-Stage Liver Disease (podcast)
Managing Nursing Sick Call Requests (podcast)
Jessica D. Lee MSN CCHP, Vice President of Nursing Support Services for Corizon Health, shares key components of a well-managed nursing sick call process. She should know! In her position, Jessica manages policy and procedure development and implementation for nursing care provision in over 500 ... Read More about Managing Nursing Sick Call Requests (podcast)
February 2014 Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up (podcast)
Sue Smith and Gail Normandin-Carpio join Lorry Schoenly in discussing correctional healthcare news stories from the past month. Story #1: Nevada Prison Begins Charging for Services Our first story comes from Nevada where the Elk County Sherriff has started charging prisoners $10 per day for meals ... Read More about February 2014 Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up (podcast)
Nurse Perceptions of Correctional Health Care (podcast)
In this episode of Correctional Nursing Today Karen Marchand-Singleton discusses her research involving nurse perceptions of correctional health care. Karen performed this research as part of her master’s degree program and hopes to expand her sample in future research. Karen’s entry into ... Read More about Nurse Perceptions of Correctional Health Care (podcast)