Questions for Discussion

Chapter 19: Correctional Nursing

1: What does the dress code adopted in a correctional setting, for staff as well as offenders, say about us?
2: How do the furnishings and layout of the physical setting affect emotions, perceptions, stress, and functional ability to carry out daily routines?
3: What does the vocabulary we use in the correctional setting say about our attitudes, beliefs, and philosophy of nursing care? Does it matter whether we use the terms inmate, patient, client, youth, felon, and perp?
4: What does the history of the institution tell you about how we nurse those in our care? What roles have nurses taken? What part of the budget has been given to nursing? At what meetings or activities have nurses regularly been included? Where and when are nurses mentioned in official documents? How often and in what context do nurses interact with administration?
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