Diagnosis and Treatment in a Correctional Setting Can Pose a Challenge

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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