Implementation of nursing services in community corrections: A community-academic partnership.
Public Health Nurs
; 40(4): 511-516, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
Persons who are incarcerated (PWAI) suffer from a disproportionately higher number of physical and mental health conditions. While most jails and prisons provide onsite healthcare, community correctional centers often do not and accessing community healthcare is challenging due to insurance issues, inadequate health literacy, mistrust, and long waits for appointments. A registered nurse-led wellness clinic provides a viable solution to addressing the healthcare needs of PWAI in a community correctional setting. Through a community-academic partnership between a college of nursing and two community correctional transitional centers for men, a registered nurse (RN) faculty member and nursing students provide onsite healthcare. Services include, but are not limited to, acute and chronic disease management, case management, healthcare navigation, and health education. In the first 2 years of operation, there have been 587 new resident health assessments, 882 RN visits, and 152 group education sessions. RN visits have been primarily for connection to resources (42.6%), medication management (15.6%), and acute conditions (12%). A RN-led wellness clinic is an innovative way to address health needs for PWAI. While this model of care focuses on an academic RN faculty practice at community correctional centers it could be replicated across community settings.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
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1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
11_delivery_arrangements
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1_recursos_humanos_saude
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2_cobertura_universal
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Enfermería
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Enfermeros de Salud Comunitaria
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Servicios de Enfermería
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
Límite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Public Health Nurs
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos