Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN, CNE is a nurse author and educator specializing in the field of correctional health care. She has provided healthcare assistance and consultation for dozens of jails and prisons across the country on projects to improve professional nursing practice and patient safety. She began her corrections experience in the NJ Prison system where she created and implemented education for nurses, physicians, dentists, and site managers. Before “accidentally” finding correctional healthcare, she practiced in critical care and orthopaedic specialties. 

Lorry is co-editor and chapter author of Essentials of Correctional Nursing, the first primary practice text for the correctional nursing specialty, published in 2012 and available on amazon.com. Lorry is also the author of 3 books: Correctional Healthcare Patient Safety Handbook, Essentials of Correctional Nursing, and The Wizard of Oz Guide to Correctional Nursing. Lorry and her husband live in northwestern Pennsylvania.