Jersey correctional nurses Denise Rahaman and Susan Laffan join Lorry to discuss current correctional healthcare news items on this episode of Correctional Nursing Today. Lockdowns Disrupting Access to Mental Health Care for Inmates at Ottawa Jail Lockdowns and security issues in one Canadian jail are disrupting psychiatrist access to mentally ill inmates. The story indicates that an estimated 70% of…
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Pratap Narayan, MD, a forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience in the criminal justice system joins Lorry in this episode to talk about dealing with psychopathic patients. He currently lives and works in California. Originally from India, Dr. Narayan migrated to the US early in his career and completed fellowships in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychiatric Research. Psychopath is a common label…
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Laura Mish, RN, works in a medium security prison with an average daily population of 3300 male inmate. Here is one of her correctional nursing tales. Read another of Laura’s tales here. The Background Having been a correctional nurse at a state prison for nearly 16 years, I have many stories to tell. Some are sad, some are funny, and…
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