Have you ever felt traumatized at the end of your work day? Maybe you have gone through periods of feeling very burned out in your nursing practice. In this episode I talk with Tanya Munger about her research into vicarious traumatization in correctional nursing. She surveyed correctional nurses from around the country about their experiences with this phenomenon. Tanya Munger,…
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November 2013 News Round-Up: Pew Report on Prison Healthcare Spending (podcast)
Our panel of nurse experts drills deep into the recently published Pew Report on Prison Healthcare Spending to discuss implications and compare their experiences with the report’s recommendations. Panelists include Johnnie Lambert, correctional nurse and Vice-President, Clinical Operations, Policy and Accreditation with Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. ; Mari Knight, Mid-Atlantic Transition, Training and HSA Support Nurse for Conmed Healthcare…
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Understanding Professional Boundaries (podcast)
Cindy Peternelj-Taylor talks about professional boundary violations in this episode of Correctional Nursing Today. Cindy is Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Forensic Nursing. She has done extensive research into professional boundaries in the nurse-patient relationship and shares some of her findings in this interview. Cindy became interested in…
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