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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Research published in the Journal of Correctional Health Care (JCHC) provides food for thought on our understanding of traumatic brain injury for our patient population. Here are my thoughts on the research and what it means for correctional nursing practice. The Article Yuhasz, J. E. (2013). Misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among correctional health care professionals. Journal of Correctional…
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