How Safe Is Correctional Nursing?

How Safe Is Correctional Nursing?

Without knowing all of the facts, correctional nursing and its environment may seem intimidating at first. Nurses and healthcare providers often feel hesitant about accepting an offer to work in a correctional facility caring for inmate patients. Have you considered...
Are There Too Many X-rays?

Are There Too Many X-rays?

“It hurts” is not an indication for an X-ray (plain film imaging). In the correctional medicine environment, we hold ourselves to a higher standard. At CorrHealth, we practice evidence-based – and not defensive-driven medicine. In other environments, using plain film...
Brandon Fennell, LVN, Wichita County, TX

Brandon Fennell, LVN, Wichita County, TX

We’d like to introduce Brandon Fennell, LVN, at the Wichita County, Texas facility. Brandon has been in healthcare since 2008.  He began at North Texas State hospital in Vernon, Texas, as a psychiatric nurse assistant performing routine clinical tasks and basic...
Gabapentin- The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Gabapentin- The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Due to its dissociative and euphoric effects, Gabapentin is a major drug of abuse, especially within correctional settings. So why not ban it completely? Great questions and one we’ll only be able to answer after a discussion about the management of Gabapentin within...