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The Correctional Nurse
Prison Intake Nursing
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7hxf9h5Xk] This video is a realistic presentation of nursing practice in a prison setting. Correctional health care is a nurse-run system. Much of the medical interventions and prescribing are done by nurse practitioners. Individuals in the corrections ... Read More about Prison Intake Nursing
Improving Medical Care – Chino Experience
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BiWg-0-5Lg] This brief video news clip of Health Care at Chino Prison Facility in California underscores some of the challenges of delivering health care behind bars. Note the medical records issues. Many jails and prisons still rely on paper charts but do ... Read More about Improving Medical Care – Chino Experience
Medical Compassionate Release Debate
LIFE IN PRISON: MEDICAL COMPASSIONATE RELEASE Click on the title about to see a short video showing various sides of the issue of compassionate release of medically disabled inmates in the California Prison System. Do you think inmates with severe disease should be moved to community facilities for ... Read More about Medical Compassionate Release Debate
End of Life Care
Many states and counties are reeling from the increased expenses to continue providing healthcare to an aging inmate population. As the average age of US inmates increases, chronic disease and cancers escalate. In an earlier post I talked about the basics of the aging inmate population. News ... Read More about End of Life Care