The American Nurses Association (ANA) designated 2015 as the Year of Ethics for American Nurses. I have personally designated 2016 as the Year of Ethics for Correctional Nurses. This year I will be blogging regularly about the Code as I write a book to help correctional nurses apply the Code of Ethics in our challenging setting. So, let’s start by…
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Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: Nurse Radar
David Turner, RN, works in a maximum security receiving facility with an average daily population of 1600 male inmates. Here is his Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: Nurse Radar Correctional Nurse Tales from Jails and Prisons: Nurse Radar The Background I spent the first 20+ years of my nursing career in the Emergency Department (ED) – a role…
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January 2016 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 113)
Correctional nurses Gayle Burrow and Sue Smith join Lorry to discuss the latest correctional health care news. News Items: Disabilities Among Prison And Jail Inmates, 2011–12 The Bureau of Justice has published a special report on disabilities among prison and jail inmates. Using data from the 2011-2012 National Inmate Survey, this report quantifies self-reported prevalence of disabilities such as hearing,…
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