Resource List
Below is a list where you can find more information about Nursing in Prisons.
Please feel free to use the forum at the end to add to the list!
This is an interest group which you can join ($30.00 for members of the RNAO or $15.00 for student members) The groups's goal is to empower those nurses who are working in a correctional setting. | |
| Custody & Caring International Conference | The University of Saskatchewan is hosting the 13th Biennial Custody & Caring International Conference next year October 5-7, 2013 in Regina. This conference provides a great way to network and learn more about this line of work. Some examples of topics that will be covered include, academic and community based partnerships, advocacy, aging offenders, chronic illness management and a variety more. There will be many guest speakers and presenters which will surely make this conference a success. |
This is program in the United States that has been developed as a continuing education course by the American Correctional Health Services Association. They found few continuing education courses that were pertinent to working in a correctional facility so they received provider status from the California Board of Registered Nursing and started their own. This website is only the beginning of their initiative but with support they will continue to educate those working in this environment. | |
Click to listen to a variety of podcasts from all over the world in relation to correctional nursing. | |
Journal of Correctional Health Care (JCHC) is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that features original research, case studies, and best practices on issues important to correctional health care professionals. JCHC covers a lot of different topics from continuous quality improvement and risk management, to medical-legal issues. This website also includes a podcast that you can listen to for each issue released. | |
This link leads to a module about the history of the Canadian Correctional System. An important part of Canadian history is the history of our correctional systems. It provides an overview of how this system has evolved over time and how Canada deals with crime and punishment. This module is also available as a PDF for teachers and students. | |
| Correctional
nursing: The evolution of a specialty |
This website is provided by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in America. Synopsis: Before the 1970s, much inmate health care was provided by other inmates, correctional officers and the occasional physician. The first documentation of correctional nursing may be a 1975 article by Rena Murtha, a director of nursing for a large correctional system. In her account, nurses were “a tool of the warden, a slave of the physician and an unknown to the patient.” |
"We have wanted to develop this site where correctional healthcare professionals could go for resources specific to their practice and to communicate with others who understand the special nature of Nursing behind the Wall for a long time." This is part of the introduction for this website which nicely sums up what they are about. It has been developed by Correctional Healthcare Consultants. | |
This website quickly lists the role of a nurse in the correctional facility and the importance of having nurses working in such an environment. | |
This website provides the specifics about the job description and requirements of a correctional nurse. It also clearly outline the type of environment and responsibilities will be taken on as a part of this career. |
