Richmond James Rada, MSN, RN, CCHP, a nurse consultant with the California Correctional Health Care Services in Sacramento, CA, talks about managing end-stage liver disease (ESLD) in a correctional setting. Richmond recently published an article on nursing care of end-stage liver disease in CorrectCare, the magazine of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Here is a link to…
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Last fall I was appointed to the American Nurses Association advisory committee to the distinguished panel of nurses who will be revising the Code of Ethics for Nurses. I am honored to represent the correctional nursing perspective and provide input to the panel as they update the 2001 version of the Code. I’d like you to come along with me…
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Jessica D. Lee MSN CCHP, Vice President of Nursing Support Services for Corizon Health, shares key components of a well-managed nursing sick call process. She should know! In her position, Jessica manages policy and procedure development and implementation for nursing care provision in over 500 jails and prisons. She has helped many jails and prisons improve sick call delivery. Nursing…
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