The Correctional Nursing Scope and Standards is a document that defines and guides the specialty practice of nursing in the criminal justice system. A key section of the scope of practice is dedicated to identifying trends and issues that affect our particular specialty. Here is a synopsis of the issues and trends facing correctional nurses […]
Scope and Standards: Principles to Guide Correctional Nursing Practice
It has been a while since my last post on the Correctional Nursing Scope and Standards. Time to think again about the foundations of our professional practice in the criminal justice system. The scope of our correctional practice is guided by principles of our profession that transcend location or patient population. These 11 principles of […]
Scope and Standards: Five Tenets of Correctional Nursing
Correctional nurses practice in a unique setting with a unique patient population, however, the way we practice is based on tenets common to nursing across all settings. These five tenets of nursing practice are identified in all nursing specialties and here applied to our practice in the criminal justice system. This post is part […]
Scope and Standards: Five Correctional Nurse Roles
This post is part of an ongoing series discussing key components of the Correctional Nursing Scope and Standard of Practice, 2nd Ed. Review prior posts in this series here. Purchase your own copy of this highly recommended book through Amazon.* I love helping nurses discover the invisible specialty that is correctional nursing. In fact, that was my original purpose in […]
Scope and Standards: Care Settings
This post is part of an ongoing series discussing key components of the Correctional Nursing Scope and Standard of Practice, 2nd Ed. Review prior posts in this series here. Purchase your own copy of this highly recommended book through Amazon (affiliate link). The other day I was trying to explain correctional healthcare to an attorney who was considering taking on a […]
Scope and Standards: Population Served
This post is part of an ongoing series discussing key components of the Correctional Nursing Scope and Standard of Practice, 2nd Ed. Review prior posts in this series here. Purchase your own copy of this highly recommended book through Amazon. Many of us entered the nursing profession to help those in need. I can’t think of […]
Scope and Standards: Prevalence of Correctional Nurses
Before I accidentally became a correctional nurse, I didn’t even know the specialty existed. However, I soon learned that, although we work in a hidden practice setting, there are many correctional nurses. Unfortunately, we are almost invisible to the larger profession. Take any nursing survey that asks for your specialty area and you will see […]
Scope and Standards: New Definition of Correctional Nursing
How has professional nursing practice in the correctional setting changed and evolved over the last decade? When discussing any concept, the first place to start is with a definition. How has the definition of correctional nursing changed over the years? To start with, the very name of our specialty has moved from corrections nursing to […]
New ANA Scope and Standards of Correctional Nursing
Correctional nursing has been recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a specialty area of practice since 1985. A new edition of Correctional Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice was recently published by the ANA and highlights advances in the specialty practice. How has professional nursing practice in the correctional setting changed and evolved […]