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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Becky Luethy, Operational Development Director for MHM Services; Krissy Ziegler, Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Envolve; and Cheryl Word, Director for Analytics and Client Services at Envolve join Lorry to talk about correctional nurse support services and a lifestyle management program for incarcerated patients. This discussion is based on their presentation “Lessons from Managed Medicaid on Use…
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Cindy Peternelj-Taylor and Phil Woods are Professors of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing in Saskatoon. This post is based on their session “Correctional Nurse Roles, Responsibilities, and Learning Needs” taking place at the 2016 Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in Nashville, TN, April 9-12, 2016. Learn more about the conference and register HERE. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornrstdy/CNT116_Correctional_Nurse_Roles.mp3 Correctional…
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