Meet Our Newest Pedagogy Author Dr. Lorry Schoenly

She provides consulting services to 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 orthopedic specialties. Dr. Schoenly actively promotes correctional health care through social media outlets and increases the visibility of the specialty through her popular blog – correctionalnurse.net. Her podcast, Correctional Nursing Today, reviews correctional healthcare news and interviews correctional health care leaders. 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. When not writing, speaking and consulting on correctional nursing practice, Lorry can be found exploring civil war battlefields or building Lego towers with her toddler grandson.

Lorry’ first class release is a one hour online continuing education course covering the basics of correctional healthcare environments and details the characteristics of the patient population.  The Correctional Healthcare Patient and Environment prepares nurses for assignment at a local jail, state or federal prison providing insights into this specialized field of nursing. 

Click on the course title to view details of the course and to begin your journey into correctional healthcare.