Joe is back in the medical unit getting cleaned up and stitched up after another brawl in the housing unit. Even though he has been relocated several times, he is not adjusting well to his cell assignment. This time several young men in his pod ganged up on him after he, once again, wandered into another cell and started rooting…
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Panelists Gayle F. Burrow BSN, MPH, CCHP-RN and Gene Lincoln, BSN, MS, CCHP, join Lorry to discuss correctional health care news items. The first item is from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). This is a great resource repository of all things correctional and many things correctional healthcare. In mid-June they posted a resource page called: Veterans in the Criminal…
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Kathy Wild, RN, MPA, CCHP, Deputy Agency Director for Correctional Health Services at the Orange County Heath Care Agency in Santa Ana, CA discusses key element to creating an effective nursing protocol program. Kathy has a long history in correctional healthcare including 15 years as Health Services Administrator for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. She consults with detention…
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