Cindy Domenici RN, BC, is the Nurse Case Manager/Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. She shares this true tale approved for publication with identifiers removed. There is no good time to hear that you have cancer. There is no good place to be in your life to hear that news. For Sonny, hearing this devastating news in prison,…
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Keeping patients safe from clinical error and unintended harm is a responsibility of every health care professional, system, and organization. While community health care settings have been instituting patient safety concepts since the 1990’s, correctional health care is just beginning to transfer these concepts to the unique setting and patient population of the criminal justice system. Safety experts in traditional…
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In an earlier post, I discussed the importance of quickly developing a trust relationship with inmates. We are often given only a short time to get to the bottom of a health issue. Respect, honesty, listening, and follow-through go a long way toward overcoming the inherent distrust our patients have for those in authority. There are ways we might naturally…
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