I had some opportunity to think about inmate families over this last year and my heart goes out to them this Christmas season. So much of the holiday is about family and relationship. Yet, with around 2.4 million Americans spending Christmas behind bars, there are plenty of empty seats at Christmas dinner and many a child, parent, and even grandparent…
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Melissa Caldwell, PhD, a clinical psychologist and Director of Mental Health Services for Advanced Correctional Healthcare in Peoria, IL, shares tips for dealing with escalating patient anger or frustration. Do you practice Mental Health Standard Precautions at work? Dr. Caldwell relates this concept in the podcast as being continually aware that any patient situation could become volatile and prepare accordingly….
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This guest post is written by Sarah Medved, a senior nursing student at Grand Canyon University. She shares her story of finding correctional nursing as a specialty. Nearing graduation, I get a lot of congratulations and questions about where I want to work. I usually get raised eyebrows when I proudly state that I want to be a correctional nurse….
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