Unfortunately, many correctional nurses do not even realize that they are engaging in a specialty practice. Belonging to a specialty practice is very exciting and something to be proud of; but practicing in a specialty area also has significant responsibilities. Are Correctional Nurses Outcasts? Specialty areas are so designated by the American Nurses Association because the practice has unique aspects that…
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Featured Video: Can Meditation Help Inmates and Correctional Staff?
Even good prisons are terrible pressure cookers. Inmates have to live with this every day. Staff have to come into it every day. Could meditation help? This video describes some staff and inmate experiences with meditation. Do you think it is a good idea? [youtube=http://youtu.be/OwG77NXbJkE]
The Murky Past of Medical Research in Prisons
My clinical experience in a variety of settings always involved participation and application of clinical research. When I entered the correctional setting in the early 2000’s I was surprised at how closed the specialty was to research. Many departments of corrections have a hard and fast rule – no research involving inmates, no exceptions. With modern safeguards of participant informed…
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