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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The recent Supreme Court decision on mandatory life sentencing for juveniles is a reminder to all of us that there are youth with special needs in our adult prison populations. In fact, you may have more youth in your inmate patient population than you think. A study done by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin found that 22 states…
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Regular panelist, Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN, and guest panelist Sue Lane, RN, CCHP, join host Lorry Schoenly in a discussion of recent infection outbreaks in the news this month. Our first story comes from Oklahoma, where the State Department of Corrections reports the need to make contact with about 60 former inmates who are believed to have had contact…
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