Patient safety is a growing field within traditional health care and an increasing emphasis in the correctional setting. A model for understanding and applying patient safety principles can help speed implementation of a patient safety program. A four-component model for correctional health care patient safety was created based on organizing principles from the work of physician Linda Emmaual and colleagues…
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Managing Alcohol Withdrawal
Andrea Moldstad, DNP, is a Nurse Practitioner with Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN and Renee Dahring, NP, CCHP, provides services at Ramsey County Adult Detention Center, St. Paul, MN. This post is based on their session “Alcohol Withdrawal Management Protocols and Staff Education” taking place at the 2017 Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in Atlanta, April 29-May2. Learn…
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Working with Patients with ADHD (Podcast Episode 135)
Marci Mackenzie, PhD, LCSW, and Marina Moshkovich, MD, join Lorry to talk about working with ADHD patients in prison. Dr. Mackenzie is a Clinician Administrator and Dr. Moshkovich is a psychiatrist with University Correctional HealthCare, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care Division, working in the New Jersey Prison System. They presented a session on ADHD Prevalence and Treatment Among Prison Inmates…
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