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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Episode 51 of Correctional Nursing Today is our monthly news round-up for February, 2013. Panelists include Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, Senior Manager, Clinical Education and Training for Corizon Health, Inc. and Gail Normandin-Carpio, a correctional nurse consultant with administrative, and corporate-level experience in prison, jail and juvenile systems mainly in the north eastern states. Our first story is about…
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