Even good things have an ending. After nine years in operation, the Correctional Nursing Today podcast is closing. This episode – 150 – is the last for the show. On January 21, 2010, I had my first ever podcast using a platform called “Blogtalk Radio”. I recently loaded up that first episode and cringed at my delivery and hosting skills….
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Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Incarcerated Patients (Podcast Episode 149)
Clarence Cryer, Jr, MPH, CCHP-A, Chief Executive Officer for the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran, CA, talks with Lorry about reducing hospital readmission rates. He published the article Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Incarcerated Patients in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of Correctional Health Care. Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is a quality…
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Correctional Nursing and the Ethic of Social Justice
Have you ever been asked what you do as a nurse and found yourself launching into a discussion of sick call and medication passes? It is easy to get lost in the weeds on our professional journey. That’s why it can be refreshing to periodically return to the defining qualities of the nursing profession to see the big picture. The…
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