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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Knowledge is Power: Inmate Hepatitis Education
Rich Feffer, MS, CCHP, is Correctional Health Programs Manager for the Hepatitis Education Project in Seattle, WA. This post is based on his session “Providing Hepatitis Education to Inmates” 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. Hepatitis A, B, and C are…
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February 2016 News Round Up (Podcast Episode 115)
Correctional nurses Mari Knight and Johnnie Lambert join Lorry to discuss the latest correctional health care news. What dying looks like in America’s prisons This first story is about prison hospice care and recounts the experiences of author Ann Neumann as she visits the Walsh Regional Medical Unit in northeastern New York State. The state prison has a large skilled…
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