Hope you are including some fun in your summer. Correctional nursing is stressful. Relaxation, humor, and entertainment go a long way to keeping us sane in our crazy world. Nurses have a wild sense of humor, probably generated from a need to break the intensity of our work helping those who are ... Read More about Summer Fun: Top 5 Reasons You Know You Are A Correctional Nurse
The Correctional Nurse
Correctional Nurse Guide to the Code of Ethics: Relationship to Patients
Jason has been working intake screening at a county jail for over a year now. He has seen some unusual conditions and participated in many an emergency situation, especially when he is on night shift. This Saturday night is uneventful and he finds himself, once again, performing an intake screening ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Guide to the Code of Ethics: Relationship to Patients
Art Therapy in the Prison Setting (podcast)
Sue Ethridge, an art therapist from North Carolina with over 25 years of experience working with a variety of patient populations, talks about the advantages of art for incarcerated patients. For many years she provided art therapy at the medical facility at the federal prison in Butner, North ... Read More about Art Therapy in the Prison Setting (podcast)
Five Mistakes New Correctional Nurses Make
I’ve worked with a lot of new correctional nurses over the years; many of them succeeded and embraced the unique nature of our specialty. Some, however, quickly abandoned their positions even before they gave themselves time to adjust to their new role. Sometimes it is just not a good fit. For ... Read More about Five Mistakes New Correctional Nurses Make
May 2014 Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up (podcast)
Dig into the correctional healthcare news with Lorry and guests C. J. Young, Gayle Burrow, and Johnnie Lambert. This month’s news items include female inmate growth, shackling pregnant woman, dealing with summer heat, and housing issues. Female Inmate Growth Outpaces Males in Jails Our first story ... Read More about May 2014 Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up (podcast)