One reason correctional nursing is a specialty is that we deal with a unique patient population. We need to know how to work with inmate patients. Many of our inmate patients have lived much of their lives on the margins of society. These individuals have learned to deal with life, many times, ... Read More about How to Work with Inmate-Patients Part 1: Be Alert for the Con
The Correctional Nurse
Maintaining Perspective with Inmate Patients
Guest for this episode is Gordon R. Bouchard, RN, BSN, CCHP, Director of Nursing Services, RI Department of Corrections. Gordon has been a correctional nurse for over 18 years and has been Director of Nursing Services at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections since 2008. Maintaining perspective ... Read More about Maintaining Perspective with Inmate Patients
Correctional Health Care News Round Up for April 2012
This episode was recorded live from the national conference of the American Correctional Health Services Association (ACHSA) in San Antonio, TX. The episode includes commentary from regular panelist, Catherine Knox, MN, RN, CCHP-RN, an independent consultant with nursing and leadership experience in ... Read More about Correctional Health Care News Round Up for April 2012
An Inside Look at Correctional Health Nursing: A Review
Correctional nursing is a specialty practice that gets little attention in mainstream nursing publications. That’s why I sit up and take notice when an article about our practice is published in Nursing2012, Kudos to Lippincott Williams and Wilkins for publishing the article “An Inside Look at ... Read More about An Inside Look at Correctional Health Nursing: A Review
When Nurses See Degrading Treatment: The ICN Position Statement on Care of Detainees and Prisoners
It was painful to read the account of practices in a Michigan Women’s Prison where inmates were required to submit to a vaginal inspection for drug smuggling or not be permitted to receive visitors. According to the news story “Michigan's is the only prison system in the nation to routinely use such ... Read More about When Nurses See Degrading Treatment: The ICN Position Statement on Care of Detainees and Prisoners