University of Connecticut School of Nursing

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 OBJECTIVESBy 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

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CMHC CORRECTIONAL COMPETENCIES FRAMEWORK

Inputs Throughputs Outputs

Learning /Practice Educational Process Acquisition of:Environment

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*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