Guest post by Sherley Alaba: As a correctional nurse, you’ll likely experience times where prisoners seek specific medications for their own uses. Many prescription drugs are of great value in the prison economy. Also, plenty in the incarcerated population have issues with substance abuse. When illegal substances are out of reach, prescription drugs provide a way to get a ‘fix’….
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Jan is the only nurse working in a medium security rural prison. The warden runs a tight ship and is especially concerned with contraband. The prison system Medical Director agrees and is very careful with the types of medication prescribed to inmates, especially psychotropics. When inmates are booked into the prison from urban jails Jan has a written protocol to…
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Masonda Wheatly, RN, CCHP, is the SANE Nurse Coordinator for Corizon Health in its Missouri Regional Office, serving the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC). She is also the CQI Coordinator and Clinical Educator for the Region. In this episode, Masonda joins Lorry to talk about implementing a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program in a prison system. The Prison Rape…
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