I’m at the Custody and Caring Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada this week networking with correctional nurses from various Canadian settings along with correctional nurse leaders from the UK, US, Australia, Sweden, and Germany. Keynote speaker, Dawn Freshwater, shared her developing ... Read More about Struggling Against Instant Disbelief
The Correctional Nurse
Understanding Administrative Segregation and Mental Health (podcast)
The effects of isolation on the mentally ill is a topic of much discussion in the correctional community. Legal action is being taken in many settings to reduce this practice. Just a few examples include these news items from Colorado, New York, and California. In the case of California, concerns ... Read More about Understanding Administrative Segregation and Mental Health (podcast)
August 2013 News Round Up (unpodcast)
This month’s news round-up has a bit of a twist. My panelists Gene Lincoln, Regional Infection Control Nurse for the New Mexico Prison System through Corizon and Sue Smith, Correctional Nurse Consultant from Columbus, Ohio, provided some fabulous insights into recent healthcare news. Unfortunately, ... Read More about August 2013 News Round Up (unpodcast)
Responding to Sexual Assault (podcast)
Guest Jayne Russell, MEd., CCHP-A, talks about how correctional nurses can respond to sexual assault and the new Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. According to reports from a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics survey of inmates in adult and juvenile facilities, 4% of state and federal ... Read More about Responding to Sexual Assault (podcast)
July 2013 News Round Up (podcast)
Johnnie Lambert, Vice-President, Clinical Operations, Policy and Accreditation with Armor Correctional Health Services and Gayle Burrow, a correctional nurse consultant with extensive experience as Director of Correctional Health at Multnomah County Detention Center in Portland, Oregon join Lorry to ... Read More about July 2013 News Round Up (podcast)