[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 system have lived hard lives and can appear 10 years older than their chronologic age. Up to 40% can have Hepatitis C due…
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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 not have enough staff to keep up with the filing, thus jeopardizing care delivery. What other challenges do…
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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 care? Post your thoughts in the comments section.