Improving Access and Timeliness of Employee Annual Exams.

Background: Access to preventive healthcare improves health outcomes and reduces risk of chronic disease. Annual examinations were integrated into an underutilized clinic at the University of Utah to improve access to preventive care.

Methods: Nurse practitioners conducted these examinations, which included history, physical examination, age-based screenings, and immunizations.

Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Youth Correctional Facilities, Utah, USA.

We reviewed data obtained in October 2021-May 2023 from youth who reported a history of sexual activity upon admission to 1 of 12 juvenile justice facilities in Utah, USA, that offered screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Urinalysis revealed C. trachomatis positivity of 10.

NPs caring for people who are incarcerated and negatively impacted by social determinants of health.

This article explores roles filled and care provided by NPs in diverse carceral settings along with the impact of health disparities experienced as a result of social determinants of health on the chronic disease burden of people who are incarcerated. Opportunities abound for NPs to positively influence this patient population's health, but specialized education is needed.

Leadership in Correctional Nursing: The First Step.

Correctional nurses fulfill many roles in the provision of health care to incarcerated individuals. The role most readily visible is health care provider, but today's nurses are also expected to fill a variety of different leadership roles. Leadership is recognized as a fundamental characteristic of nursing by the nursing organizations that set professional standards.

Screening for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors in Utah's Juvenile Justice Population: Results and Implications for Practice.

Compared with adults, sexually active adolescents are at higher risk of acquiring chlamydia and gonorrhea (CT/GC). Additionally, sex trafficking and sexual violence are serious public health problems. Before this project, no data on the sexual behaviors of adolescents within Utah's Juvenile Justice System had been gathered in a systematic manner that provided a population-based perspective.

Innovation in Faculty Practice: A College of Nursing and Juvenile Justice Collaboration.

Residential Juvenile Justice Services (JJS) facilities are located in every state and, in general, represent an underserved and diverse adolescent population. The JJS centers present an exciting and innovative opportunity for collaboration with colleges of nursing to initiate faculty practice sites. The University of Utah College of Nursing has been serving 5 JJS centers for 14 years and recently doubled its services to incorporate 10 different JJS Centers in the state of Utah.

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2008: What clinicians should understand.

Purpose: To explain the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), what it covers, and what it does not cover to aid primary care practitioners in advising their patients.

Data Sources: Governmental agencies, congressional records, and various nongovernmental agencies, press releases, and journal articles.

Conclusions: The GINA will protect patients from employment and insurance information in multiple ways.

Hair loss with use of the levonorgestrel intrauterine device.

Background: The levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD) has associated systemic side effects. However, there is little published information about the risk of alopecia.

Study Design: Review of both the New Zealand Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme (IMMP) data on alopecia associated with levonorgestrel IUD and the international evidence.