Inspiring compassionate professional nursing in the criminal justice system
How easy it is to seek out ‘bad apple’ employees as the cause of a clinical error. After all, most errors come down to a specific staff member missing an important assessment finding or miscalculating a medication dose. Unfortunately, clinical events … [Continue reading]
Provision 2: The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population. Having a primary commitment to the patient means stepping up to collaborate with the healthcare team and other … [Continue reading]
If you are new to the blog, you may not know that I was not always a correctional nurse. No, I started nursing in the 1980’s like many new graduates – on a med/surg floor of an urban hospital learning how to manage 20 patients on the night shift. I … [Continue reading]
I don’t know about you, but I struggle with being a people-pleaser. I want patients to leave an encounter happy. Yet, we’ve all had an experience where a patient comes into sick call reciting symptoms right out of a medical book and requesting a … [Continue reading]
It is Monday morning and the health services administrator of a small rural jail is investigating an unexpected death over the weekend. The patient had just been seen on Friday afternoon by the medical director for heart palpitations and lethargy. He … [Continue reading]
Lorry’s guest on this podcast episode is Donna Jackson-Kohlin, MSN, CNM, CCHP, a Certified Nurse Midwife providing obstetric and gynecology care at the Western MA Regional Women’s Correctional Center. She is presenting a session called Benefits to … [Continue reading]
Anna Munoa, MD, CCHP, is Medical Director of the Correctional Care Medical Facility, Denver Health and Hospital Authority. This post is based on her session “Illicit Drug Body Packing, Body Stuffing and Their Consequences” taking place at the 2017 … [Continue reading]
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein Lorry’s guest on this podcast episode is Kenneth Faiver, MPH, CCHP, a correctional health … [Continue reading]
Jim Martin, MPSA, CCHP, is Accreditation Specialist with the National Commission Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). This post is based on his session “Working Together: Health Services and Custody Fostering Better Relationships” taking place at the … [Continue reading]
Melissa Caldwell, PhD, CCHP, a clinical psychologist and Director of Mental Health Services for Advanced Correctional Healthcare in Peoria, Illinois, joins Lorry to talk about this important correctional health care concern. She is presenting a … [Continue reading]
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