The week between Christmas and New Year is traditionally one of feasting, family and fun as we celebrate the season and the start of a new year. However, there are many reasons why this time of year is dangerous in our workplace. Correctional nurses need to be on high alert in the days ahead. Here are my three reasons for…
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Lorry talks with Anne Hanson, MD, about strides made to reduce suicide in corrections. At the time this podcast aired in May 2010, Dr. Hanson was the director of the University of Maryland’s forensic psychiatry fellowship program and chair of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law’s correctional psychiatry committee. She has worked in correctional psychiatry for almost twenty years….
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Originally Posted 04-14-2010: Becky Pinney, MSN, RN joins Lorry to provide an insider look at jail nursing. Becky is currently President, Metropolitan Corrections Systems, for Prison Health Services with multi-facility responsibilities for PHS sites and regions. In her current position, she is responsible for the oversight and direction to facility-based staff for the Rikers Island contracts and other DOC contracts….
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