Transgender inmates are over-represented in the correctional settings. If you work in corrections, you are likely to come face-to-face with your attitudes and emotions about these individuals. Nursing ethical principles require those of us in the profession to provide nursing care with concern and respect for human dignity, no matter the life choices the individual has made. THE SITUATION: You’re…
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Correctional Nursing Today on BlogTalkRadio Janice B Hill, RN, MPH, is a correctional nurse leader with nearly 3 decades of experience with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in Largo, FL. She is an active nurse educator frequently presenting on juvenile standards for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. She was instrumental in the development of Florida’s Model Jail Standards…
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In this podcast, recorded in 2010, Lorry talks with correctional health care leader, Becky Pinney, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN. At that time she was President, Metropolitan Corrections Systems, for Prison Health Services with multi-facility responsibilities for PHS sites and regions. She, like so many of us, became a correctional nurse by ‘mistake’ when asked by a relative to work in a…
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