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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In this episode of Correctional Nursing Today, Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH, joins Lorry to talk about a real occupational hazard when working in the criminal justice system – correctional stress. Dr Barboza is a consultant for correctional behavioral healthcare and the Vice President of Clinical Operations, Mental Health with MHM Services. She has a long history working in the correctional…
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