This episode of Correctional Nursing Today was recorded on location in beautiful Fajardo, Puerto Rico at the International Association of Forensic Nurses 20th Annual Scientific Assembly. We have just finished up a meeting of the Corrections Taskforce and several taskforce members discuss professional nursing practice in our specialty. Around the microphone are Denise Panosky, Taskforce Chair and members Deborah Shelton…
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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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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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