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
The Correctional Nurse
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)
Top 5 Posts of 2014
Thank you for being a part of CorrectionalNurse.Net this past year! Your comments and suggestions make this blog a helpful resource for nurses new to the specialty and those interested in keeping abreast of the latest news and information important to working in jails and prisons. In fact, my goal ... Read More about Top 5 Posts of 2014
December 2014 News Round Up (podcast)
[AUDIO not available] Correctional nurse experts Gayle Burrow and Catherine Knox take a break from their busy holiday schedules to talk with Lorry about the latest correctional health care news. News Items WHO Preventing overdose deaths in the criminal-justice system - 2014 Update The World ... Read More about December 2014 News Round Up (podcast)