Those of us working in correctional health care owe a debt of gratitude to early leaders who stepped forward to make a difference in the lives and health of our patients just a few short decades ago. One such leader was B. Jaye Anno. I was sad to learn of her unexpected passing on November 3. Although not a nurse,…
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Tara Taylor, BSN, RN, CCHP, Regional Director of Nursing, and Mariann Burnetti-Atwell, PsyD, Director of Operations, Behavior Health Services, for the Missouri State Department of Corrections through Corizon Health, join Lorry to discuss lateral violence and bullying in nursing. They presented the session Lateral Violence in Nursing: How to Prevent Bullying and Create a Healthy Work Environment at the National…
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Todd Wilcox, MD, MBA, CCHP-A, Medical Director of the Salt Lake County Jail System, joins Lorry to discuss managing some difficult correctional patient situations. He presented the session Intensive Medical Management: How to Handle Prisoners Who Self-Mutilate, Slime, Starve, Spit and Scratch at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Dallas, TX, October 17-21, 2015. Providing health care in…
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