Diagnosis and Treatment in a Correctional Setting Can Pose a Challenge

question 8

Multiple Choice

Diagnosis and treatment in a correctional setting can pose a challenge to the nurse because treatment considerations such as medication distribution must be balanced with the institution's security safeguards. Strategies to ensure success of medication administration include: (Select all that apply.)

• A) Directly observed therapy.
• B) Give the inmate a day's worth of medication to self-administer.
• C) Place the inmate who will receive medication in the hospital wing of the facility.
• D) Combine or simplify medication regimens for fewer doses.
• E) Partner an inmate with another inmate receiving medication to ensure monitoring and compliance of medication administration.

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