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)
The Correctional Nurse
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?
The Acid Bath of Cynicism (Podcast Episode 98)
Guest Robert Greifinger, MD, a correctional health care consultant and co-editor of the International Journal of Prison Health talks about the dangers of cynicism in correctional health care practice. Dr. Greifinger is editor of the book Public Health Behind Bars: From Prisons to Communities, ... Read More about The Acid Bath of Cynicism (Podcast Episode 98)
Should Correctional Nurses be Compassionate?
A while back a blog reader emailed me to thank me for providing visibility for our specialty and to take issue with my blog byline: Inspiring Compassionate Professional Nursing in the Criminal Justice System. Seems that the word ‘compassion’ was not sitting well with this nurse leader who actually ... Read More about Should Correctional Nurses be Compassionate?