In many ways, dealing with incarcerated patients is like dealing with a patient in any setting. After all, diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis are conditions experienced by patients in general practice, too. However, correctional nurses must also interact with prisoners as our patients and it is the personality, motivations, and mindsets of our patient population that can often trip us up….
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(Podcast 146) Evelyn Bush, Correctional Program Specialist at the National Institute of Corrections in Washington, DC joins Lorry to talk about sex trafficking of female inmates. Some of her current work involves sex trafficking and the impact on the lives of women who come in contact with the correctional system. To more adequately educate medical and mental health professionals, she…
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In this episode, Lorry talks with Chris Cicuto, PharmD, Clinical Staff Pharmacist with Diamond Pharmacy. He presented a session on Drugs of Abuse: Not Always the Usual Suspects at the NCCHC Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in Minneapolis on April 21-24, 2018. A drug of abuse is one that is taken for non-medical reasons – usually to alter mood….
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