Correctional Nurse Manifesto: Seven Affirmations to Guide Your Practice
An online continuing education course for nurses, medical health professionals, and other interested individuals working in a correctional setting.
Nurses in the criminal justice system work in an environment of conflicting priorities and shrinking resources. The patient population is vulnerable and marginalized but also often manipulative and deceitful. It is easy to become discouraged and disconnected from the professional nursing values that originally provided meaning to nursing practice. A Correctional Nurse Manifesto of seven key affirmations can provide a foundation for ethical professional nursing practice in correctional settings.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe key threats to professional correctional nursing practice.
- Identify ways to practice safe, effective, and compassionate nursing in the criminal justice system.
- Outline methods to avoid becoming a jaded, cynical, and dissatisfied correctional nurse.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Affirmations One and Two
Chapter 3: Affirmations Three and Four
Chapter 4: Affirmations Five, Six, and Seven
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Price: $10.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
Lorry Schoenly
Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN, CCHP-RN is a nurse author and educator specializing in the field of correctional health care. She provides consulting services to jails and prisons across the country on projects to improve professional nursing practice and patient safety.
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