Centering PrEP: utilizing ADAPT-ITT to inform group PrEP care for sex workers in Chicago.

Background: Sex workers, those who trade sex for monetary or nonmonetary items, experience high rates of HIV transmission but have not been adequately included in HIV prevention and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence program development research. Community-empowered (C.E.

Health Care Quality and Safety in a Correctional System: Creating Goals and Performance Measures for Improvement.

This article summarizes a collaboration between the Illinois Department of Corrections and an academic partner, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing (UIC Nursing), to deliver a quality improvement (QI) and patient safety plan to the state. Included is a description of the need for meaningful data-driven QI as a method to deliver health care to the incarcerated population. An overview of the assessment, gap analysis, and collaboration between partners to develop a mission, vision, and performance dashboard with a beginning set of measures is presented.

Privacy, or the Lack Thereof, and Its Implications for Dignity in Mobile COVID-19 Testing.

Introduction: Chicago's COVID-19 Rapid Response Team (CRRT) is a decentralized, interprofessional group of nurses, residents, students, and faculty who provide free COVID-19 testing for those living or working in congregate settings (i.e., shelters, long term care facilities, prisons and encampments) due to their increased risk.

Nursing Student-Led Health Education for Sixth Graders on Chicago's South Side.

Introduction: Partnerships between schools of nursing and grade schools providing health education to youth are shown to be advantageous. Using Community Based Service Learning for nursing students at a middle school in Chicago, IL, we were able to improve health education for adolescents in an underserved area.

Objective: This project aimed to improve and standardize existing health education efforts for sixth graders (n = 30) at a middle school by developing an evidence-based health education curriculum with nursing students.

Agranulocytosis Associated With Spironolactone Therapy: A Case Report.

Herein, we report a case where agranulocytosis occurred after spironolactone administration. Patient presented with non-descript constitutional symptoms suggestive of a viral etiology associated to new onset agranulocytosis with neutrophilic maturation arrest on bone marrow biopsy. Patient's medical history included chronic liver disease as well as new onset acute renal insufficiency.