(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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Understanding your patient’s life situation and cultural influences can help you be an effective nurse whatever patient population you care for. Recognizing the social and economic framework in which incarcerated patients live each day can help you be successful as a correctional nurse. Prisonization In another post, I discussed the criminal lifestyle. This is described as the mindset and influences…
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