National Nurses United

Registered Nurse July-August 2007

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Cover 4:2 8/15/07 3:40 PM Page 1 Calling all Correctional RNs! Feeling frustrated by the lack of patient advocacy in your correctional medical setting? Want to help shine more attention on the problems inherent in correctional nursing? Want to meet and network with other correctional nurses to discover workable solutions for strengthening nursing practice in your institutions? Then you need to attend our first-ever CE course dedicated to the challenges of nurses working in jail or prison settings, "Correctional Advocacy: Critical Social and Patient Advocacy Issues Facing Correctional RNs." We'll explore many topics, including the state of correctional nursing; privatization of correctional healthcare; imprisonment of older and aging inmates; the links between mental illness, homelessness, and incarceration; and how to build a national single-payer healthcare movement for excellent care in all settings. Sign up today! The deadline to preregister is Sept. 15. For more information on the course and how to register, visit the CNA/NNOC website at www.calnurses.org and check under the "nursing practice" link. Correctional Advocacy: Critical Social and Patient Advocacy Issues Facing Correctional RNs (13 ceh) October 8 & 9, 2007 Marriott Oakland City Center Oakland, Calif.

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