Bill Elliott, PhD, is Regional Mental Health Director for Wexford Health Sources, working in Illinois. This post is based on his session “Using the Three Rs to Defeat Inmate Resistance to Treatment” taking place at the 2017 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Chicago, November 4-8, 2017. Learn more about the conference and register HERE. Inmate patients can be…
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This CorrectionalNurse.Net guest post is from Rob Tilley, MD, MBA, an Oregon physician with extensive correctional experience. At first glance, this statement that inmates don’t lie seems to make no sense. Anyone who has worked with inmates gets quite used to altered truths being spoken on a routine basis. But, by the end of this post, I think you’ll agree…
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Brianna Kramer, a recruiter with Premier Medical Staffing Services in Milwaukee, WI, shares her list of common myths about correctional nursing practice. Brianna and her team often recruit healthcare staff for positions in correctional settings. That means she gets to answer plenty of questions about working behind bars. How does her list of common myths compare with questions you are…
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