These occur much more frequently in correctional nursing due to the situation and the setting
What are ethical issues?
100
They work in correctional facilities, providing community health nursing interventions that direct care, health promotion, disease prevention, inmate advocacy, & crisis intervention.
What is a Correctional Nurse?
100
General or psychiatric hospitals, health science centers, correctional institutions, and clinics.
What is the work place of a forensic nurse?
100
One who is acted upon and usually adversely affected by an outside incident.
What is the Victim?
100
Working with vulnerable persons as well as the stigma behind being a forensic nurse (perhaps not portrayed as being the most desirable career/atmosphere) pose as _________.
What are challenges?
200
These must have health care when they need it.
What are Inmates?
200
They have additional education in forensic science that allows them to provide special care to individuals who have experienced trauma or death from violence, criminal activity, or traumatic accidents
What is a Forensic Nurse?
200
Fundamental (registered nurse) and specialized nursing knowledge and skills, including an understanding of the healthcare, social, legal systems, knowledge about forensic and public health sciences.
What is the Scope of practice of a forensic nurse?
200
Voluntary agreement given by a person or a responsible proxy for participation in a study, immunization program, or treatment regimen, after being informed of the purpose, methods, procedures, benefits, and risks.
What is Informed Consent?
200
These are the three main challenges a correctional nurse would face:
Safety of the nurse is important and requires these three things:
What is proper PPE, emergency plans, and mental health training?
300
A primary role of the forensic nurse.
What is sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE)?
300
The nurse integrates forensic and nursing sciences in the assessment and care of ___________ affected by physical, psychological, or social violence or trauma.
What is populations of all ages and genders?
300
Injury which can be physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, financial, or social; it can include loss of trust, safety, or security.
What is Trauma?
300
This employs more than 700 nurses in Canada:
What is the Correctional Service of Canada?
400
This is responsible for providing every inmate with essential health care and reasonable access to non essential health care that will contribute to the inmates rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community.
What is Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA)?
400
The standard tool to collect and handle forensic evidence of DNA.
What is a sexual assault evidence kit (SAEK)?
400
The nurse must have special training in this:
What is Forensic science?
400
Occurs when one person uses power and
control over another through physical, sexual, or emotional threats or actions, economic control,
isolation, or other kinds of coercive behavior.
What is Interpersonal Violence?
400
CNA does not currently offer certification for this specialty...
What is Forensic Nursing?
500
The nurse in the emergency department is caring for a young female victim of sexual assault. The client's physical assessment is complete, and physical evidence has been collected. The nurse notes that the client is withdrawn, confused, and at times physically immobile. How should the nurse interpret these behaviours? 1. Signs of depression. 2. Normal reactions to a devastating event 3. Evidence that the client is a high suicide risk 4. Indicative of the need for hospital admission
What is Normal reactions to a devastating event (2)?
500
A client being seen in the emergency department immediately after being sexually assaulted appears calm and controlled. The nurse analyzes this behaviour as indicating which defense mechanism? 1. Denial 2. Projection 3. Rationalization. 4. Intellectualization.
What is Denial?
500
When talking with a patient about their thoughts about suicide what is the best way to go about it?
A. Indirectly talking about suicide and facts about suicide
B. Questioning them about how they feel today
C. Directly ask about their suicidal thoughts
D. Ignore the topic of suicide completely
What is C. Directly asking about their suicidal thoughts?
500
The Nurse has been observing a client closely who has been displaying aggressive behaviors. The nurse observes that the behavior displayed by the client is escalating. Which nursing intervention is LEAST helpful?
1. initiate confinement measures
2. acknowledge the client's behavior
3. assist the client to an area that is quiet
4. maintain a safe distance from a client
What is initiate confinement measures
500
Which statement demonstrates the best understanding of the nurse's role regarding ensuring that each client's rights are respected? 1. "Autonomy is the fundamental right of each and every client." 2. "A client's rights are guaranteed by both state and federal laws." 3. "Being respectful and concerned will ensure that I'm attentive to my clients' rights." 4. "Regardless of the client's condition, all nurses have a duty to respect client rights."
What is "Being respectful and concerned will ensure that I'm attentive to my clients' rights." (3)?