This month’s news round-up has a bit of a twist. My panelists Gene Lincoln, Regional Infection Control Nurse for the New Mexico Prison System through Corizon and Sue Smith, Correctional Nurse Consultant from Columbus, Ohio, provided some fabulous insights into recent healthcare news. Unfortunately, ... Read More about August 2013 News Round Up (unpodcast)
The Correctional Nurse
Responding to Sexual Assault (podcast)
Guest Jayne Russell, MEd., CCHP-A, talks about how correctional nurses can respond to sexual assault and the new Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. According to reports from a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of inmates in adult and juvenile facilities, 4% of state and federal ... Read More about Responding to Sexual Assault (podcast)
July 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
Johnnie Lambert, Vice-President, Clinical Operations, Policy and Accreditation with Armor Correctional Health Services and Gayle Burrow, a correctional nurse consultant with extensive experience as Director of Correctional Health at Multnomah County Detention Center in Portland, Oregon join Lorry to ... Read More about July 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
Dental Issues for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Capt. Nicholas Makrides, DMD, MA, MPH, Chief Dentist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons/ US Public Health Service answers questions correctional nurses have about dental issues. What should nurses look for in a dental screening? A screening examination is to be brief. What you want to know is: Is ... Read More about Dental Issues for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
June 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
Here we are again at our monthly news round-up. This month, long-time correctional nurse experts Gail Normandin-Carpio, Margaret Collatt, and Jackie Moore share their views on correctional healthcare stories making the news in June. Story #1: Mental illness is a disease, not a crime, according to ... Read More about June 2013 News Round Up (podcast)