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The Iron Law of Imprisonment: Fostering Care for Inmates Post-Release: May 16, 2018:"What happens to inmates with chronic disease and/or mental illnesses after they have been released?” The answer: They go back to society along with their chronic conditions. Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, highlights this notion in a lecture in Taiwan:" http://in-training.org/iron-law-imprisonment-fostering-care-inmates-post-release-16200

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Report: Health care delays for prisoners at Vaughn partly due to staff shortage, May 16, 2018:"Understaffing of both correctional officers and nurses is straining the already-burdened James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna, according to an independent review of its health care services. The review, commissioned in the wake of the Feb. 1, 2017 uprising that left one correctional officer dead and two others badly beaten, found that the combination of an "inadequate electronic health record system" and too few nurses and health professionals creates delays in care or missed appointments."
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/05/16/report-staff-shortage-vaughn-prison-contributes-health-care-delays/614636002/

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Caring: The Essence of Correctional Nursing By: Jamie S. Brodie, MSN, RN, CS, ANP:"Correctional settings pose unique dilemmas for professional nurses accustomed to working in traditional healthcare settings where the purpose and mission is care. Nurses working in correctional facilities must accept that the fundamental mission of a correctional facility is first and foremost public safety and security. While the delivery of healthcare is an important component of the institutional program, it is not the primary reason that the facility exists. This mission incongruency may have profound impact on nursing practice, and can create role strain as nurses strive to provide professional care within the boundaries of the security environment. Nurses adapt to the correctional setting by modifying their behavior, values and beliefs in ways that reduce this role strain."
Tennessee Nurses Association
545 Mainstream Drive, Suite 405, Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1296
Phone: (615) 254-0350, Fax: (615) 254-0303
http://www.tnaonline.org/04-01_feature.html

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Correctional Health Services, Mark Bravery BN, RGN, RPN, MRCNA :"Welcome to a resource site for health professionals everywhere, but especially for Correctional Health /Forensic health staff. Forensic means 'to do with or pertaining to the Courts of Law'. I realise that in the USA 'Forensic Nurses' work with people who are 'assulted and victims of violence etc. In Australia we use the more broader definition and it is to all health staff working in corrections areas that I would like to help provide resources."
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Resort/2401/

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Correctional Nursing, Catherine Jones RN, MSA, Southern Regional Clinical Educator, University of Texas Medical Branch:"Correctional nursing is not any less stressful, or less demanding than working in a regular hospital, in fact it can be and many times is more stressful. Despite the fact that one must constantly be aware of their surroundings and be ever on the alert for “danger”, correctional nurses are still under the same guidelines as every other nurse to be professional, provide quality patient care, and to function as a patient advocate. Our patients don’t always arrive to see the doctor with a smile on their face. In fact many of the patients are angry, distrustful, and even afraid and are having a difficult time coping with their lack of freedom and privacy. Many times they may have difficulty “opening up” and discussing their health problems and concerns. The correctional nurse must have effective communication skills with the ability to listen and be patient. They must walk that fine line of empathy and sympathy and at the same time be able to provide the best possible care regardless of the present or past behavior of the patient."
The University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston TX 77555
(409) 772-1506
http://www.utmb.edu/cmc/cornursing2.htm

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Nurses Behind Bars, The Challenge of Correctional Nursing, By Angela Zimm, Correctional Medical Services:"The State's prison population represents a special challenge for healthcare workers. Much of the responsibility for meeting that challenge rests on the shoulders of nurses who work in the correctional facilities. Barbed wire, steel doors, gun-toting security guards, and a patient caseload that consists entirely of criminals. It sounds like an ominous place to practice nursing. But Joanne Mauldin, RN, BSN, says that when she joined the ranks of the healthcare professionals who work in Massachusetts' jails and prisons, she found a challenging and rewarding career."
Correctional Medical Services
12647 Olive Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63141
(800) 325-4809
http://www.cmsstl.com/nurses.html

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Nursing in California's Correctional Facilities, A Personal Story, by Carolyn A. Jayo RN, Working Nurse:"Near the completion of my LVN program, we had several guest speakers. One was a Registered Nurse and Ph.D. She strongly encouraged us to stay near home and to never even consider moving to California to practice nursing. She said that California was a very litigious state and very expensive. A few years later, while pursuing my RN degree, another instructor said the same thing about California: litigious and expensive. Despite these well-intended warnings, a decade later, I found myself not only nursing in California, but working within the California Prison System!"
Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526 Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781, Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com
http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=257&wn=1

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16 April 2005: Great Britain: Prison nurse tells of fight to save Shipman:"Paramedics not called to attend to mass killer. A NURSE told a court of her frustration that prison bosses failed to call an ambulance after mass murderer Harold Shipman was found hanged in his cell at Wakefield Jail. Annette Loftus described how she spent more than half an hour trying to resuscitate the former GP. But when she asked prison officer David Cooper when the emergency services would arrive, he told her a duty doctor had been summoned instead."
http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=1001419

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Nursing Discussion Board for Nurses - allnurses.com: Nursing Specialties: Correctional:
http://allnurses.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11

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Prison break, Correctional nurses enjoy greater degree of professional freedom behind bars, By Heather Stringer, NurseWeek:"The image of correctional nursing has improved,and more nurses are discovering the perks of treating inmates. For Margaret Collatt, RN, a certified correctional health professional who works for the Oregon Department of Corrections, the autonomy is one of the highlights of the field."
NurseWeek Publishing
1156-C Aster Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(800) 859-2091 Fax (408) 249-3756
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/01-03/correctional.asp

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