Recently I was contacted by the wife of an inmate about his poor medical care. He is currently in a state prison. She wanted to interest a legal firm in taking on the case and was wondering what information she would need to gather. One of the first things I asked was about the actions her husband had already taken…
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Help celebrate correctional nursing by entering this essay contest to win an autographed copy of Essentials of Correctional Nursing. Originally posted on the Essentials of Correctional Nursing Book Blog: Do Correctional Nurses Care? How is the concept of caring unique in correctional nursing practice? Nurse theorist, Jean Watson, proposes several themes to describe caring in nursing practice. We discuss the concept…
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Live at the American Correctional Health Services Association National Conference in historic Philadelphia, panelists Inez Tann, Denise Panosky, Deborah Shelton,Catherine Knox, Sue Smith, Gayle Burrow, and JoRene Kerns discuss this month’s top correctional health care news stories. As states cut mental health care funding, prisons are becoming asylums In past episodes we have discussed the growing mental health issue in…
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