This article describes key findings from a UK/U.S. prison health researcher exchange in September 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: N95 respirators, together with eye protection, form vital elements of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers (HCW) caring for patients with respiratory infections, such as COVID-19. Duckbill N95 respirators are widely used but have a high failure rate when Fit Tested. The commonest site for inward leaks is the region between the nose and maxilla.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe number of older people in UK prisons has increased significantly in recent years and most of them have at least one health condition. Research has shown that the physical and mental health of older people living in the community is positively correlated with resilience, but there is limited research on how to promote resilience in older prisoners. This systematic literature review offers a synthesis of interventions, practices and processes that may improve resilience in older prisoners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: N95 respirators and safety goggles are important components of personal protective equipment to reduce the spread of airborne infections, such as COVID-19, among healthcare workers. Poor N95 respirator seal may reduce its protective effect, thereby increasing transmission. Quantitative fit testing is an established way of assessing the N95 respirator fit, which provides a quantitative measure for seal, called the fit factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Crit Care Med
September 2021
Aim And Objective: Fogging of eyeglasses while wearing N95 respirators is common. It is commonly held that the N95 respirator has a poor fit if there is fogging of eyeglasses. We conducted this prospective, pilot study to determine if fogging of eyeglasses predicts poor fit of N95 respirator.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Forensic Nurs
January 2021
In this article, a selection of emotionally charged situations encountered while conducting an ethnographic research project in a prison in the United Kingdom are outlined and analyzed. With reference to three impressionistic field notes, the researcher's responses to interpersonal challenges, and subsequent attempts at impression management, particularly in relation to maintaining a broadly "neutral" and "credible" status are described. The challenges were experienced in the context of the researcher's position within the hierarchical and gendered nature of prison culture; it is argued that the subsequent subjective feelings of ambivalence are characteristic of the relational uncertainties found within prison settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe number of aging and chronically ill prisoners continues to rise within the United Kingdom prison demography; consequentially, many institutions face health and social care crises of immense proportions. The needs of this group are both complex and costly, and in the United Kingdom, this is set to a backdrop of overcrowding, increasing violence, and public spending cuts in line with government austerity targets. In this context, the development of prisoner peer caregiving is proposed as an approach to mitigating the effects of aging, disability, and illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To undertake a service evaluation to assess the effect of peer social support training using two separate learning programmes, which were designed to assist prisoners to support older prisoners and prisoners with disabilities.
Method: The service evaluation used an action research approach to support planning, delivery and data collection. Eleven interviews with nine prisoners who had undertaken the peer social support training programmes and two members of prison staff (one nurse manager and one prison officer) were recorded and transcribed by the researchers.
Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is of critical concern for the military because of its potential impact on military readiness, the health and well-being of military personnel, and associated health care costs. The purpose of this study is to summarize insights gleaned from a series of activities that the RAND Corporation undertook for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness to address this important health and military readiness issue. The authors completed a review of U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim To explore the role of prisoner caregivers in providing peer social care to older prisoners and to identify methodological information and challenges to conducting research in prisons, to inform future research in this setting. Method The literature review was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, a systematic literature review was undertaken to retrieve articles related to prisoner caregiving.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This is a review and evaluation of the current clinical guidelines and empirical literature in relation to the Department of Defense (DoD) policies and directives regarding prescription drug misuse (PDM).
Methods: Sources were 11 clinical guidelines and consensus statements, 20 DoD Directives and the published literature from 2000 to 2012. Articles were included if they specifically focused on the prevention or treatment of PDM.
Aim: To identify which educational interventions reduce burnout and promote wellbeing in nurses and care workers in secure settings.
Method: A systematic review of health, educational and criminal justice literature was undertaken to appraise relevant studies and identify educational interventions that were effective in reducing burnout.
Findings: There is some evidence that clinical supervision and psychological intervention training are successful in reducing burnout in nurses and care workers in secure settings.
Custodial environments have traditionally been overlooked as centres of learning for students from all health and social care backgrounds. Recent research has identified many advantages of placements in custodial settings, both in terms of student learning and developing good practice within custodial environments. This article aims to alert nursing students to some of the unique clinical experiences that can be gained within prison healthcare settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrit Care Nurs Clin North Am
June 2003
A chemical or biologic attack probably will be covert, rather than overt. Because presenting signs and symptoms may mimic minor nonspecific illnesses or naturally produced disease syndromes and may not appear for several days, it is likely that nurses in emergency rooms and primary care settings will be among the first to come into contact with victims of a chemical or biologic agent exposure. Early recognition, reporting, decontamination, self-protection, prophylaxis, and treatment are imperative.
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