Denise Rahaman and Margaret Collatt join Lorry to discuss recent correctional health care news. NICE releases draft guidelines for providing quality healthcare to prisoners First up is a story out of Britain where the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidelines on the proper care and support of people in prison. NICE is an…
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This is Paige’s first week as a correctional nurse at a small state prison. While on night shift over the weekend one of the inmates urgently asks to see the nurse about a sore tooth. Paige needs to evaluate this patient’s condition to determine if the on-call physician contacted or if he can be scheduled to see the dentist on…
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Patricia Reams, MD, MPH, CCHP-P, joins Lorry to discuss the health consequences of solitary confinement and key concepts from a new NCCHC position statement that provides guidance for correctional health professionals about the practice. The full position statement can be found HERE. Dr. Reams is a pediatrician from Richmond, VA, and immediate past chair of the National Commission on Correctional…
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