The September 2012 news round up with panelists Sue Smith and Denise Rahaman discusses correctional news involving professional nursing practice issues. Nursing Competency Our first story is about correctional nursing competency development and comes to us from Connecticut. The prison system has ... Read More about Correctional Health Care News Round-Up: September, 2012
The Correctional Nurse
Soothing the Savage Beast: Music and Inmate Mood
I was driving home one hot summer day after a long shift where nothing went right. I was tired, irritated and frustrated with traffic. I switched on the radio and Seals & Croft sang out about a Summer Breeze rolling through the jasmine and suddenly memories of a wonderful summer day of long ago ... Read More about Soothing the Savage Beast: Music and Inmate Mood
Multicultural Awareness for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Mark Fleming, PhD, Licensed Psychologist and Director of Reentry Services for the Missouri Prison System, talks about the need for multicultural awareness in correctional healthcare practice. Multicultural awareness involves a greater understanding, sensitivity and appreciation of the history, ... Read More about Multicultural Awareness for Correctional Nurses (podcast)
Correctional Health Care News Round-Up August, 2012 (podcast)
Sue Smith and Jane Grametbaur join Lorry to talk about news items involving pregnancy care in a correctional setting. The first news headline reads: Premature Birth in TX Jail. Dawson State Jail is a 2000 inmate facility in Dallas Texas. Most of the inmates are female. A premature birth took place ... Read More about Correctional Health Care News Round-Up August, 2012 (podcast)
Correctional Nurse Legal Briefs: Understanding Deliberate Indifference
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