My guest on this episode is Ava Chavez, RN, Senior Nurse with Correctional Health Services (CHS) in Orange County, CA, where she oversees the daily nursing operations in the various clinical units located within the Orange County Jail system. She created a wound care team and manages the wound care ... Read More about Excellence in Correctional Nursing: An Interview with Ava Chavez, RN (podcast)
The Correctional Nurse
September 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
This monthly news round-up includes comments from Pat Voermans, advanced practice nurse recently retired from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Mari Knight, Mid-Atlantic Transition, Training and HSA Support Nurse for Conmed Healthcare Management. Story #1: Indiana Inmates Provide ... Read More about September 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
Understanding Administrative Segregation and Mental Health (podcast)
The effects of isolation on the mentally ill is a topic of much discussion in the correctional community. Legal action is being taken in many settings to reduce this practice. Just a few examples include these news items from Colorado, New York, and California. In the case of California, concerns ... Read More about Understanding Administrative Segregation and Mental Health (podcast)
August 2013 News Round Up (unpodcast)
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)
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)