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ENHANCING THE COMPETENCY OF THE CORRECTIONAL NURSING WORKFORCE THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH: PROCESS AND PROGRESSLouise Reagan MS, APRN, ANP-BCAssistant Clinical ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut School of Nursing
Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN, CCHP, FAANE. Jane Martin Professor Associate Dean for Research & PhD Programs West Virginia University, School of NursingDesiree Diaz PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Clinical ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut School of Nursing
Michael Nicholson, RN, MBADirector of Education and TrainingUniversity of Connecticut Health CenterCorrectional Managed Health Care
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
By the end of this presentation, participants will: Describe challenges for implementing a
competency program for nurses within a statewide prison system.
State the processes and components for establishing a correctional nursing competency system.
Identify how various education modalities and delivery options including on-line modules, high and low fidelity simulation, mobile simulation van and skill based sessions are used within the described correctional nursing competency system.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE
“We do not have any relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.”
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TEAM:
University of Connecticut Health Center: Constance Weiskopf, PhD, RN, APRN
CT Department of Correction Partner:
Tracey Butler, MA
University of Connecticut School of Nursing: Denise Panosky, DNP, RN, CNE, CCHP, FCNS
Funded by Health Services Resources Administration(HRSA #)
CORRECTIONAL NURSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Shelton, 2009
CMHC CORRECTIONAL COMPETENCIES FRAMEWORK
Inputs Throughputs Outputs
Learning /Practice Educational Process Acquisition of:Environment
Shelton, 2009
*Prison, Jails, half way houses
*Partnerships
*High Fidelity Mobile Simulation
* Orientation
* EBP/PPP
* Competency Program
*Knowledge
*Skills and attitude
*Professional Role Competence
WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES?
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES?
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Getting to know the partners Unpacking the Grant
PARTNERSHIPS: OUR TEAM
REFERENCES
American Nurses association (2007).Corrections Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Silver Springs,MD:author.
Institute of Medicine (2010). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington D.C.: The National Academies Press:
Shelton, D., Weiskopf, C., & Nicholson, M. (2010). Correctional Nursing Competency Development in the Correctional Managed Health Care Program. Journal of Correctional Health, 16:299.DOI: 10.1177/1078345810378498
Shelton et al., 2010L