Sonya Khilnani, PhD, CCHP, a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral health manager for Corizon in Brentwood, TN, joins Lorry to talk about compassion fatigue in correctional health care practice. This was the topic of an article she wrote for the Spring 2015 CorrectCare magazine. Telltale ... Read More about Compassion Fatigue (Podcast Episode 100)
The Correctional Nurse
Book Review: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses
This spring marks the second anniversary of the release of the Cleveland captives. The horrendous story of the teenage girls abducted and sexually abused for a decade is hard to think about. My heart goes out to them as they struggle to come to terms with what they have experienced. At about the ... Read More about Book Review: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses
May 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 99)
CJ Young, Sue Smith, and Gayle Burrow join Lorry to talk about the latest correctional health care news. Mentally ill inmate died of water intoxication in Michigan prison, lawsuit says In the first story, a mentally ill inmate in a Michigan prison died of water intoxication caused by psychogenic ... Read More about May 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 99)
Worth the Risk? Double-Checking High Risk Medication Calculations
Oliver usually worked the pm shift at the prison but was helping out in a staffing pinch over the summer vacation period. He regularly does the evening medication round so volunteering to do morning medications didn’t seem like a bad deal. Everyone is hurried as there was a man-down called for one ... Read More about Worth the Risk? Double-Checking High Risk Medication Calculations
Crushing Injury: Are You Helping or Harming When You Crush Pills?
Inmate Dexter was found cheeking his psyche meds. The facility has a blanket policy that all narcotics are crushed and, in addition, all pills are crushed for patients found to divert their medications. This morning he is to receive Effexor XR, Ery-Tab, and Kaletra. Now what? Some correctional ... Read More about Crushing Injury: Are You Helping or Harming When You Crush Pills?