The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

Australia Witham, H. (2000). Forensic nursing under the

microscope. Australian Nursing Journal, 7(10), 19. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=3096242&db=aph Profiles Mark Beltchev, a custodial forensic nurse with the Victoria Crime Department's Forensic Procedure Implementation Team. Details on his nursing career; His role as a custodial nurse; His work at police cells in Victoria.

 

Canada	Required Reading(s)

CA Niskala, H. (1986). Competencies and skills required by

nurses working in forensic areas. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 8(4), 400-413. Retrieved December 28, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6237902&db=aph Studies the competencies and skills expected of nurses working in forensic areas in British Columbia. Importance of competencies and skills; Frequency the skills are used; Degree of competence or mastery expected; Additional practice required by forensic nurses; Nurses' preferences for programming and instruction in forensic nursing.

 

International	Required Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Required Reading(s)

Polczyk-Przybyla, M. & Gournay, K. (1999). Psychiatric

nursing in prison: The state of the art? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30(4), 893-900. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5866941&db=aph Psychiatric nursing in prisons has received criticism from within and outside the profession in recent years. In England and Wales this amongst other issues has prompted a review of forensic health care by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting (UKCC). The status of forensic psychiatric nursing as a specialty has also been disputed in the literature and the role of nurses working in this field is seen by some to be more about social control than caring.

 

United States	Required Reading(s)

Maeve, M. K., & Vaughn, M. S. (2001). Nursing with

prisoners: The practice of caring, forensic nursing or penal harm nursing? ANS, 24(2), 47-64. Retrieved December 20, 2002, from from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6682074&db=hch Note the challenges for nurses working in corrections.

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words: correctional and nurse

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

Doyle, J. (2001). Forensic nursing: A review of the

literature. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18(3), 32-39.

Droes, N. S. (1994). Correctional nursing practice.

Journal of Community Health Nursing, 11(4), 201-210

 

Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

Niskala, H. (1986). Competencies and skills required by

nurses working in forensic areas. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 8 (4), 400-413. Note the 13 general competencies Niskala (1986) found in the study for forensic nurses in British Columbia, Canada (p. 402).

Norens, G. (1971). Nurses in prison. Canadian Nurse,

67 (5), 37-39. Note, this article is a historical classic, written in 1971 about Drumheller Penitentiary, it is a collectable for the history of correctional nursing in Canada. Note the reference to the change that was made in federal penitentiary tradition by hiring a woman in the role of nurse (Norens, 1971, p. 37).

 

International	Recommended Reading(s)

International Association of Forensic Nurses & American

Nurses Association. (1997). Standards of Practice for Forensic Nursing. (Publication # ST-4). Author, Washington, DC

 

United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Recommended

Mason, T., Williams, R., & Vivian-Byrne, S. (2002). Multi-

disciplinary working in a forensic mental health setting: Ethical codes of reference. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 9(5), 563-572

Norman, A. & Parrish, A.A. (1999). Prison health care:

What is it that makes prison nursing unique? British Journal of Nursing, 8(15), 1032-1033. Retrieved July 22, 2002 from Proquest database. Note: What does prison nursing mean to the average nurse? Different nurses interpret it in various ways. For example, it is seen as psychiatric nursing, primary healthcare nursing, community or forensic nursing. Prison nursing encompasses all of these specialties and more. It is as unique as the environment in which it is practiced (Norman & Parrish, 1999).

 

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:

  correctional - nurse - role

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/references

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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• Note in this website

Canada	Resources (Web)

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• Note in this website

International	Resources (Web)

International Council of Nurses. (1998). Position

Statement: Nurses' Role in the Care of Prisoners and Detainees 1998. Retrieved October 20, 2002, from the ICN website: http://www.icn.ch/psdetainees.htm

 

United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

Nursing Spectrum Career Fitness (2000). Correctional

Nursing. Careers in Nursing - Nursing Specialty. Retrieved from Nursing Spectrum Career Fitness Online: http://www.nursingspectrum.com/ CareersInNursing/Specialties/COR.htm Note the lists of roles and responsibilities of the correctional nurse.

Osten, J.A. (2000, September). Spotlight on

correctional facilities nursing. (Brief Article). Nursing Library. Retrieved July 14, 2002 from http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3231/ 9_30/65801794/p1/article.jhtml Note the roles of correctional nursing cited in this brief article. Note the locations or facilities where correctional nurse's work cited in this brief article. The prison bureau employs 625 nurses, primarily at its five medical centers, but also at clinics at its penitentiaries, detention centers, and federal correctional institutions. The bureau's 100 facilities serve 126,000 inmates, a population with a net growth of 10,000 inmates per year.

 

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• correctional - nurse - role

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/websites

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