TY - BOOK ID - 77890657 TI - Essentials of correctional nursing AU - Schoenly, Lorry AU - Knox, Catherine M PY - 2013 SN - 0826109527 9780826109521 9780826109514 0826109519 PB - New York, NY Springer DB - UniCat KW - Prison nurses KW - Nursing KW - Clinical nursing KW - Nurses and nursing KW - Nursing process KW - Care of the sick KW - Medicine KW - Nurses KW - Standards UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890657 AB - Nurses have been described as the backbone of correctional health care. Yet the complex challenges of caring for this disenfranchised population are many. Ethical dilemmas around issues of patient privacy and self-determination abound, and the ability to adhere to the central tenet of nursing, the concept of caring, is often compromised. Essentials of Correctional Nursing supports correctional nurses by providing a comprehensive body of current, evidence-based knowledge about the best practices to deliver optimal nursing care to this population. It describes how nurses can apply their knowledg ER -