Laura Mish, RN, works in a medium security prison with an average daily population of 3300 male inmates. Here is her correctional nursing tales from Jails and prisons. The Background Having been a correctional nurse at a state prison for nearly 16 years, I have many stories to tell. Some ... Read More about Correctional Nursing Tales from Jails and Prisons: Something’s Not Right Here
The Correctional Nurse
December 2015 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 111)
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)
Top 5 Posts of 2015
It has been another great year here at CorrectionalNurse.Net. Thank you for your involvement and readership! In the past year, visitors to the site have increased by 35%. Correctional nursing is a growing specialty and I’m inspired by our increasing numbers and influence for good in the criminal ... Read More about Top 5 Posts of 2015
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)
6 Signs You Were Destined to Be a Correctional Nurse
Most of us work in jails and prisons by accident. We discovered the invisible world of correctional nursing through a job notice, a friend, or by necessity when other nursing jobs in our locale were scarce. I have yet to come across a correctional nurse who wanted to be one from childhood or ... Read More about 6 Signs You Were Destined to Be a Correctional Nurse