Cindy Peternelj-Taylor and Phil Woods are Professors of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing in Saskatoon. This post is based on their session “Correctional Nurse Roles, Responsibilities, and Learning Needs” taking place at the 2016 Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in Nashville, TN, April 9-12, 2016. Learn more about the conference and register HERE. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cornrstdy/CNT116_Correctional_Nurse_Roles.mp3 Correctional…
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Correctional nurses Mari Knight and Johnnie Lambert join Lorry to discuss the latest correctional health care news. What dying looks like in America’s prisons This first story is about prison hospice care and recounts the experiences of author Ann Neumann as she visits the Walsh Regional Medical Unit in northeastern New York State. The state prison has a large skilled…
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Mary Muse, Director of Nursing for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and ANA representative on the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Board of Directors shares her thoughts on the future of correctional nursing in this Correctional Nursing Today episode. Mary has extensive background in both jail and prison nursing and is active in the correctional nursing community. She will…
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