This guest post by Mary Loos, BSN, MPH, shares her story of correctional nursing. Mary spent her correctional nursing career in the Multnomah County Health Department, providing care in the Multnomah County Jail System. Every person who discovers Corrections Health as a career has their own story ... Read More about My Story: Making the Right Turn to Corrections in My Journey to Public Health
The Correctional Nurse
Diabetic Self Care in Corrections (Podcast Episode 91)
Kelly Ranson, MSN, PHN, CCHP, Chief Nurse Executive at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, CA joins Lorry to discuss implementing diabetic self-care at her facility. Kelly recently graduated from the California State University MSN program. This project was part of her graduate studies. Tips for ... Read More about Diabetic Self Care in Corrections (Podcast Episode 91)
Correctional Nursing – Staying True to Yourself in a Strange Land
Just about every correctional nurse will tell you it is very different from traditional nursing. You can feel like you have been dropped into a foreign country where people are in strange outfits and speaking a strange language. Here’s the challenge of correctional nursing - stripped of the many ... Read More about Correctional Nursing – Staying True to Yourself in a Strange Land
January 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up
Gail Normandin-Carpio, Jane Grametbaur, and Kathy Wild discuss the latest correctional health care news with Lorry on this episode of Correctional Nursing Today.* Pennsylvania Overhauls Health Care for Mentally Ill Inmates Our first story is a report on a recent settlement arrangement between the ... Read More about January 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up
Correctional Nursing From Within (podcast)
Elizabeth Scala, a registered nurse and author of the book “Nursing From Within: A Fresh Alternative to Putting Out Fires and Self-Care Workarounds”, talks with Lorry about the challenges of maintaining a positive mental perspective in nursing. Elizabeth is a former psychiatric nurse who worked on ... Read More about Correctional Nursing From Within (podcast)