Maintaining a Nursing Perspective in Correctional Practice

Course overview

Working in a correctional environment as a nurse can be very challenging. Without awareness, nurses can absorb the perspective of the surrounding culture - both of the officer staff and the patients. By necessity, custody officers have a different perspective on their role and differing goals than that of health care providers. This module will point out important nursing perspectives that must be consciously embraced to effectively deliver nursing care in a correctional environment. By pondering your professional nursing role, you can avoid being absorbed into the dominant culture of the criminal justice community and discover your place of healthcare advocacy. While this course mainly focuses on nursing practice in the criminal justice system, the information is helpful for nurses in all practice settings who come into contact with prisoner patients.