Most of us work in jails and prisons by accident. We discovered the invisible world of correctional nursing through a job notice, a friend, or by necessity when other nursing jobs in our locale were scarce. I have yet to come across a correctional nurse who wanted to be one from childhood or remembered a parent commenting “I hope you…
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CJ Young, Director of Nursing, Merrimack County Department of Corrections, Boscawen, NH, and Johnnie Lambert, correctional health care consultant, from Port Royal, SC, join Lorry to discuss recent correctional health care news. Number of Older Prisoners Grows Rapidly, Threatening to Drive Up Prison Health Costs Our first story is a report by the PEW Charitable Trusts about the rapidly growing…
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“Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity” – Pema Chodron One of the many advantages of working behind bars is the amazingly appreciative patient population. Not only are our patients delighted with our services, but they only access health care when absolutely necessary. This is because, as a rule, correctional patients avoid drugs and have healthy lifestyles. Oh,…
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