CorrectCare^™ Article Archive

This archive has PDFs of complete issues dating to Fall 2003
and selected articles dating to Summer 2001.

Winter 2012: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Crisis Intervention Teams: Improving Outcomes for Inmates With Mental Illness

• Constipation: Straight Talk on the Last Taboo Subject

• Suicide Prevention in Juvenile Facilities

Fall 2011: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• KOP Glucometers in Prison? It’s Working Great in California

• The Right Way to Deal With Outside Physicians

• Facility Profile: Small Jail Makes Big Strides in Care

Summer 2011: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Supreme Court OKs Overcrowding Reduction to Protect Inmate Health Rights

• Pain Treatment in Corrections: Striving for a Community Standard of Care

• Insulin Dosing Made Simple

Spring 2011: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Delegate It Right! The Five Rights of Delegation

• You Need an OTC Commissary in Your Facility!

• Trauma Assessment, Treatment Crucial for Youth

• What’s New in the 2011 Juvenile Standards

Winter 2011: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• The Health Care Reform Law: What Does It Mean for Jails?

• ‘I Can’t Eat That!’ Sorting Out Food Allergy Truth From Fiction

• Special Housing Unit Smooths Reentry

• CDCR Study Yields ‘Starter Set’ of Prison Health Care Quality Measures

Fall 2010: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Mumps! A Jail Outbreak and Public Health Response

• Acute Psychotic Delirium and Sudden Death in Custody: Tips for Prevention

• Reader Response: Violent and Agitated Inmates

Summer 2010: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Professionals Beware! No Deliberate Indifference Required for This Claim to Find You

• Violent and Agitated Inmates: A Review of Management and a Call for Research

• Work Ethics: Where Do They Come From and Do You Possess Them?

Spring 2010: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• The Looming Challenge of Dementia in Corrections

• Leadership Principles for Correctional Health Managers

• Correctional Nursing Practice: What You Need to Know

Winter 2010: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Sexual Abuse: What Is the Health Professional’s Role in Prevention and Response?

• ‘I Can’t Sleep’: Treating Complaints of Sleep Disturbances in Corrections

• Meta-Analysis Hones Estimate of Traumatic Brain Injury in Offenders

Fall 2009: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• EpiCrim 101: Why Epidemiological Criminology Matters to Health Professionals

• The Litmus Test of Electronic Health Record Performance

• Create a Mentor Program and Watch Your Staff Flourish

• Juvenile Voice: Emergency Contraception in Maryland

Summer 2009: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Flu Outbreak in Jail! How We Stopped H1N1 in Its Tracks

• The Nurse Is In: Designing Effective Nursing Sick Call Guidelines (with sample guideline)

• Going to Court With an EHR

• Juvenile Voice: HCV Infection in Youth and Young Adults (with tables and references)

Spring 2009: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: The Time Is Right!

• Holistic Care Offers Promise of Positive Health Outcomes

• Legal Affairs: Beware of the Specialist’s Recommendations

Winter 2009: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• All Systems Go? How to Select an EHR That Meets Your Needs

• Examining Cost: How Improving Operations Can Boost Your Bottom Line (part 2)

• Correctional Nursing: The Evolution of a Specialty

• Detained Youth Learn Life Lessons From Therapy Dog

Fall 2008: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Examining Cost: How Improving Operations Can Boost Your Bottom Line (part 1)

• Nursing Involvement Essential to Efficient Provision of Chronic Care

• Correctional Health Care Accreditation: From Vision to Imperative

Summer 2008: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Periodontitis and Diabetes: Defusing a Dangerous Duo

• Nurse Consultants Integrate Medical and Mental Health Care in California Prisons

• How Food Budgets Cuts Can Improve Diets

Spring 2008: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Infection Control Nursing: A Critical Role in Disease Prevention and Effective Intervention

• Into the Future: Skill and Competency Testing in Corrections

• Legal Affairs: Learning the Art of Successful Testimony

• 2008 Standards Strive to Advance Quality of Care

Winter 2008: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• How the Oregon DOC Provides High-Quality CME on a Shoestring Budget

• Fire! But Cool Heads Prevail at McLean County Jail

• Florida Jail Takes Creative Approaches to Nursing Care, Discharge Planning

• Legal Affairs

  — 10 Points to Remember for a Deposition
  — Tripping Doctors in the Witness Stand: A Sampling of Tough Questions

Fall 2007: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Helping Jails Do More ... With More: Smart Laws Alleviate County Health Care Costs

• Prevention in Practice: Access to Condoms in California

• It Takes a County: Integrated Care Eases Reentry

• New Health Services Standards On the Way

Summer 2007: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Homegrown Human Capital: One Facility’s Response to Its Nursing Shortage

• Dental Care for the Medically Compromised Patient

• Staff Health Fair Celebrates Quality Improvement

• Hand Hygiene: Can We Learn a Lesson From the OR?

Spring 2007: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Managing Hepatitis C in Our Prisons: Promises and Challenges

• The Health Benefits of Going Green in Corrections

• Assessment: The Key to Your Success as a Nurse

Winter 2007: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Restoring Competency: One County's Solution

• How We Cut Our Medication Error Rate From 85% to 18%

• Facility Profile: Echo Glen Helps Youths Turn Their Lives Around

Fall 2006: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Pandemic Flu

  — Planning for the 'What If'
  — Meds in Pandemic Flu Planning: The Missing Puzzle Piece

• Pay Now or Pay Later: Why the Goal Is Control With Diabetes

• Facility Profile: Teamwork Helps County Jail Provide A-1 Care

Summer 2006: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Dual Loyalties: Our Role in Preventing Inmate Abuse

• 30 Years After Estelle v. Gamble: A Legal Retrospective

• Crash Course in MRSA Management in Broward County

Spring 2006: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• The TARGET Approach: Taking the Fear Out of Trauma Services

• Jail Lamaze Program Aids Anxious Mothers-to-Be

• The 3 a.m. Wake-up Call... A Microcosm of the All-important Nurse-Physician Relationship

Winter 2006: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• When Requests for ‘Comfort’ and Care Collide

• Legal Affairs: Don’t Let Outside Consultations Be a Liability Minefield

• Facility Profile: At Missouri Prison, Health Education Is ‘Fair’ Game

• A Framework for Correctional/Mental Health Partnership

Fall 2005: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Chronic Pain in Corrections (Part 2) — Pop! Pop! Fizz! Fizz! For Chronic Pain Relief, Look Past the Pills

• Sick Call Out of Control? This Jail Nurse Tamed the Beast

• Facility Profile: Whatcom County Jail’s Past Guides Its Future

Summer 2005: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Legal Affairs: When an Inmate Refuses Medical Care

• After the Zap: Taser Injuries and How to Treat Them

• Facility Profile: Rebuilding Health Services From the Ground Up

• Chronic Pain in Corrections (Part 1) — Plagued by Inmates' Pain Complaints? That's Normal

Spring 2005: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Clearing the Air on Tobacco Use in Corrections: Issues and Opportunities

• Facility Profile: Trailblazing Women’s Facility Earns OTP Accreditation

• Small Group Appointments: To Change Health Behavior, Change Health Beliefs

• Evidence-based Medicine — Prescribing Antihypertensives: Vanilla or Mocha Deluxe?

Winter 2005: Entire issue (pdf)

Selected articles (html)

Fall 2004: Entire issue (pdf)

Selected articles (html)

Summer 2004: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

— Corrections Copes With Care for the Aged
— Seeking Solutions in Florida
— Elder Care Busting Your Budget? Do the Math...Then Lobby for More

• Facility Profile: New Orleans Jail Attains the Holy Grail

• Preceptor Program Turns Students Into Colleagues

Spring 2004: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Horticulture Therapy: Letting Nature Nurture

• Facility Profile: One Size Does Not Fit All at Indiana Women’s Prison

• Evidence-based Medicine — Don’t Squander Your Antibiotics on Respiratory Viruses

• Clinical Performance Enhancement Made Clear

• It’s Official: New AMA Policy Backs NCCHC Standards, Accreditation

Winter 2004: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Prisoner Reentry: New Perspectives Foster Better Health Outcomes

• Evidence-based Medicine — Antibiotics for Pharyngitis? Rethink Your Protocols

• Anxiety Management Takes the Pain Out of Dental Care

Fall 2003: Entire issue (pdf)

      Selected articles (html)

• Community Provider Fees Too Steep? There Oughta Be a Law!

• Forced Psychotropics: The Sell v. USA Case

• Take a Bite Out of Jail Rx Costs: 6 Simple Strategies

• Facility of the Year: Bridgewater State Hospital a Model of Integration

Summer 2003

• LA Confidential: County Jail Solves MRSA Mystery

• Innovative Model Puts Public Health Services Into Practice

• Facility Profile: Male/Female Differences Loom Large at Lockhart

• Court Monitoring and Quality Assurance: A Happy Marriage or a Required Divorce?

Spring 2003

• Root Cause Analysis: A Systematic Approach to Managing Risk

• HIPAA Is Here. What Does It Mean For You?

• Facility Profile: TDCJ Estelle Unit—Huntsville

• The Correctional Physician as Defense Expert Witness (Part 2)

Winter 2003

• Transsexualism: A Correctional, Medical or Behavioral Health Issue?

• Special Needs and Mental Health Care: A Closer Look

• Facility of the Year: Perryville Complex

• The Correctional Physician as Defense Expert Witness (Part 1)

Fall 2002

• Controversy, Confusion Herald HIPAA

• Kicking the Tobacco Habit: Correctional Health Pros Share 'Smoke-Free' Stories

• Correctional Nursing: What’s Wrong With This Picture?
• Facility Profile: Davidson County Strives for 'Seamless' Care

Summer 2002

• Facility Profile: Juggling Is Part of the Job at Busy Youth Center

• Can We Talk? HIV Peer Counseling in Texas

• Inmate Co-Pay Finds Support in the Courts

• HIV Education: Juvenile Programs Share Best Practices

Spring 2002

— Jail Doulas Make Childbirth Less Laborious
— Prison Hospice Comforts the Dying, Touches the Living

• Facility Profile: Patching Bodies, Mending Minds in Key West

• New Emphasis in HIV Screening Guidelines

Winter 2002

• Biochemical Terrorism: Are You Ready?

• Take Care When Using Prisoners as Research Subjects

• The ‘Bottom Line’ Isn’t Always What It Seems

• Facility Profile: Talk About a Revolution! Jail Turnaround Turns Heads

Fall 2001

• 9-11: Day of Terror Triggers Emergency Response

• Driven by Duty and Goodwill, INS Clinicians Lend a Hand

• Meeting the Challenges of HIPAA: Are You Ready?

Summer 2001

• Rx for RN Shortages: Correctional Facilities Aim to Recruit and Retain

• Assessing Suicide Risk: Taking It Step by Step Is Your Best Bet

• You’ve Received a Subpoena. What Now?