Recently I noticed that Amazon is pairing our book, Essentials of Correctional Nursing, with the book EMS for Secure Facilities by Joseph Grafft and Ricard Sarff. I decided it would be a good idea to check the book out and here is my review. EMS for Secure Facilities is a 188 page softcover published by DelMar Cengage in 2012 as…
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Correctional Health Care News Round-Up: September, 2012
The September 2012 news round up with panelists Sue Smith and Denise Rahaman discusses correctional news involving professional nursing practice issues. Nursing Competency Our first story is about correctional nursing competency development and comes to us from Connecticut. The prison system has received a substantial grant to create a mobile competency program for correctional nurses working in their prison system….
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Soothing the Savage Beast: Music and Inmate Mood
I was driving home one hot summer day after a long shift where nothing went right. I was tired, irritated and frustrated with traffic. I switched on the radio and Seals & Croft sang out about a Summer Breeze rolling through the jasmine and suddenly memories of a wonderful summer day of long ago flooded my mind. In an instant…
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