A lot has been going on in correctional health care these last 12 months and we have selected our top picks for review moving into the New Year. Regular panelists Catherine Knox and Sue Smith provide insight into these past events. Affordable Care Act Numero Uno on our list has to be the Affordable Care Act. With passage in 2010…
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Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, Associate Professor at Fordham University and President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work talks about dementia in the prison population in this episode of Correctional Nursing Today. She recently published, along with several colleagues, an article in The Gerontologist entitled Forget me Not: Dementia in Prison. Dementia is a significant concern for…
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The November monthly news round up features correctional nurse experts talking about the correctional nursing implications of news stories from the last month. Returning panelist, Sue Lane, RN, CCHP is Infection Control Coordinator with Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. at the Broward County Detention Centers in Fort Lauderdale, FL. In addition she is an NCCHC Surveyor and just completed a…
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