Inmate Barto is suing the medical director and nurses at your jail facility for not treating his leg ulcer that later developed osteomyelitis after release. He is charging deliberate indifference to his condition. While being confined to the jail for 10 days he did not mention the leg ulcer to any ... Read More about Correctional Nurse Legal Briefs: Understanding Deliberate Indifference
The Correctional Nurse
Manipulation: A Significant Stressor for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Anita G. Hufft, PhD, RN, Dean of the College of Nursing at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA talks about her research into manipulation stressors for correctional nurses. Dr. Hufft is a nurse researcher and consultant in forensic psychiatric nursing as well as a forensic nurse educator. She ... Read More about Manipulation: A Significant Stressor for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up – July, 2012 (podcast)
Panelists Gayle F. Burrow BSN, MPH, CCHP-RN and Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, join Lorry to discuss correctional health care news items. The first item is from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). This is a great resource repository of all things correctional and many things correctional ... Read More about Correctional Healthcare News Round-Up – July, 2012 (podcast)
Wise Use of Nursing Protocols in Corrections (Podcast)
Kathy Wild, RN, MPA, CCHP, Deputy Agency Director for Correctional Health Services at the Orange County Heath Care Agency in Santa Ana, CA discusses key element to creating an effective nursing protocol program. Kathy has a long history in correctional healthcare including 15 years as Health ... Read More about Wise Use of Nursing Protocols in Corrections (Podcast)
June News Round-Up (Podcast)
Regular panelist, Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN, and guest panelist Sue Lane, RN, CCHP, join host Lorry Schoenly in a discussion of recent infection outbreaks in the news this month. Our first story comes from Oklahoma, where the State Department of Corrections reports the need to make contact with ... Read More about June News Round-Up (Podcast)