Transcript Enhancing the Competency of the Correctional Nursing

University of Connecticut
School of Nursing
ENHANCING THE COMPETENCY OF THE
CORRECTIONAL NURSING WORKFORCE
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH:
PROCESS AND PROGRESS
Louise Reagan MS, APRN, ANP-BC
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Connecticut
School of Nursing
Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN, CCHP, FAAN
E. Jane Martin Professor
Associate Dean for Research & PhD Programs
West Virginia University, School of Nursing
Desiree Diaz PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Clinical Professor
University of Connecticut
School of Nursing
Michael Nicholson, RN, MBA
Director of Education and Training
University of Connecticut Health Center
Correctional Managed Health Care
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
Environment
Educational Process
Acquisition of:
*Prison, Jails, half
way houses
* Orientation
*Knowledge
*Partnerships
* EBP/PPP
*Skills and attitude
*High Fidelity Mobile
Simulation
* Competency
Program
*Professional Role
Competence
Shelton, 2009
WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES?
AND THE OPPORTUNITIES?
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Getting to know the partners
 Unpacking the Grant
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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
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