Richmond James Rada, MSN, RN, CCHP, a nurse consultant with the California Correctional Health Care Services in Sacramento, CA, talks about managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in a correctional setting. Richmond recently published an article on nursing care of end-stage liver disease in CorrectCare, the magazine of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Here is a link to…
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Jessica D. Lee MSN CCHP, Vice President of Nursing Support Services for Corizon Health, shares key components of a well-managed nursing sick call process. She should know! In her position, Jessica manages policy and procedure development and implementation for nursing care provision in over 500 jails and prisons. She has helped many jails and prisons improve sick call delivery. Nursing…
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Sue Smith and Gail Normandin-Carpio join Lorry Schoenly in discussing correctional healthcare news stories from the past month. Story #1: Nevada Prison Begins Charging for Services Our first story comes from Nevada where the Elk County Sherriff has started charging prisoners $10 per day for meals and $6 for doctor visits. Inmate co-pay for some health services. This is a…
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