This episode’s guest is Margaret Noonan, Statistician with the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in Washington DC. She’s the program manager for the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program at BJS. The program began in 2000 with the passage of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act, which tasked BJS with collecting deaths occurring in jails, prisons and the…
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Correctional Health Care News Round-Up for February, 2012: Mental Health Focus
The February 2012 News Round Up focuses on Mental Health treatment in the correctional setting. Lorry is joined by regular panelist Sue Smith and guest Rosanne Harmon, a Psychiatric Mental Helath Nurse Practitioner with the Oregon Department of Corrections. In early February, MSNBC online reported on a huge jury award – $22 million – to a man held 22 months…
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Can We Talk? Communication and the Correctional Nurse
Communication is a key component of delivering correctional healthcare. Correctional nurses must overcome many communication barriers in order to manage patient care in a jail or prison. Various communication networks are necessary. Nurses must communicate well with other nurses, among the healthcare disciplines and with custody officers to accomplish paitent goals. Guest for this program is Nicole Heffner, BSN, RN,…
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