By: Kim Getsinger
I believe that even though the street value of the medication is a motivating factor, inmates have other reasons for cheeking. One of these reasons is control. Once they are in jail they have lost the...
View ArticleBy: Gail George
I think the control issue is significant. It impacts many facets of day-to-day living in the correctional system.
View ArticleBy: DOTs and Dashes: Direct Observation Therapy Pointers for Correctional Nurses
[...] a custody officer, is checking that the medication is swallowed. Jeff Keller, over at the JailMedicine.com blog has a great piece on ways inmates ‘cheek’ medication for use for other [...]
View ArticleBy: Donna Juliano RN
Our inmates are informed at their initial medical screening that “Inmates found to be sharing, hoarding, or cheeking medications will have the medication discontinued until review by provider”....
View ArticleBy: Kim Getsinger
I believe that even though the street value of the medication is a motivating factor, inmates have other reasons for cheeking. One of these reasons is control. Once they are in jail they have lost the...
View ArticleBy: Gail George
I think the control issue is significant. It impacts many facets of day-to-day living in the correctional system.
View ArticleBy: DOTs and Dashes: Direct Observation Therapy Pointers for Correctional Nurses
[...] a custody officer, is checking that the medication is swallowed. Jeff Keller, over at the JailMedicine.com blog has a great piece on ways inmates ‘cheek’ medication for use for other [...]
View ArticleBy: Donna Juliano RN
Our inmates are informed at their initial medical screening that “Inmates found to be sharing, hoarding, or cheeking medications will have the medication discontinued until review by provider”....
View ArticleBy: The Agitated Patient in the ED - Moderate & Severe Agitation - BoringEM |...
[...] have a slightly faster onset and because they can not be cheeked. As an aside, check out this slightly gross but very interesting post on creative methods of cheeking from an intriguing FOAM site...
View ArticleBy: Sheila Miller, RN, CRRN
We have implemented the use of crushing medications and adding them to about 1 oz of applesauce. This makes it much less likely the patient will cheek the medication. This diminishes irritation to the...
View ArticleBy: DOTs and Dashes: Direct Observation Therapy Pointers for Correctional...
[…] a custody officer, is checking that the medication is swallowed. Jeff Keller, over at the JailMedicine.com blog has a great piece on ways inmates ‘cheek’ medication for use for other […]
View ArticleBy: Medication Diversion in Jails and Prisons (Podcast Episode 136) -...
[…] Cheeking is a common means of pretending to swallow a medication but, instead, holding the pill in the cheek pocket for use later. Patients skilled in sleight-of-hand may pretend to put pills in...
View ArticleBy: S.D.
Can you be charged with negligent homicide if an inmate cheeks a med, that is supposed to be crushed but is not, and then overdoses and dies?
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