This is a short video with some examples of correctional nursing practice in a prison setting. The speaker, Dana Outtersetter, RN, is a nurse manager at this facility. She says nurses are apprehensive about working in corrections because of what is shown on TV. This is so true. The sensationalization of the prison experience by shows like Lock-up, Oz and Prison Break distort the actual situation and cause undue fear.

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Videos like this and others posted by various corrections entities help to demystify the correctional nursing experience. What ideas do you have to get the word out about the important work done by correctional nurses?