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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Wise Use of Nursing Protocols in Corrections (Podcast)
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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Watch Those Kids! Juvenile Inmates in Adult Prisons
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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