The Correctional Nurse Manifesto

This short ebook describes the seven affirmations of a correctional nursing manifesto to live by. Correctional nurses have the challenging job of providing nursing care to vulnerable, marginalized patients in the low-resourced, ethically challenging criminal justice system - jails, prisons, or juvenile detention centers. It can be easy to lose your bearings in these dangerous waters.

Correctional Nurse Manifesto

As a correctional nurse, I will
*Treat inmates with the dignity and respect deserving of any patient
*Work within my scope of practice at all times
*Not become cynical to the health requests of my patient population
*Hold myself and my peers to the professional boundaries of practice
*Continually guard my own and other’s physical and mental safety
*Speak up when I see ill treatment of my patient population
*Be a force for good in the community in which I work

By reading this ebook you 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

Continuing Education Credit (1.0) available for an additional processing fee (explained in the text).