Elmer Dickens, JD, General Counsel for the Washington County Oregon Sheriff’s office and the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association joins Lorry to discuss the effect of power on staff-patient relationships in corrections. He presentied a session on Staff Misconduct and PREA: How Power Affects Employee Behavior at the 2017 NCCHC Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care. The Prison Rape Elimination Act…
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Unfortunately, many nurses working in our settings deal with incivility, disrespect, or even open hostility on a regular basis. The fragmented nature of correctional healthcare and the need to collaborate and negotiate care among a number of diverse disciplines contribute to communication difficulties. If you work in a hostile culture, you can’t always change it, but you can change the…
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While I’d love more nurses to enter the specialty of correctional nursing, it is not for everyone. Earlier I posted about signs that you were destined to be a correctional nurse. This time, I am turning the tables and listing some reasons this may not be the best fit. Recently I asked for input on this subject over at the…
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