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Legal Origins and Issues Behind Correctional Nursing - CE520
Legal Origins and Issues Behind Correctional Nursing by Catherine Duddy Sloan, RN, MS and Judith D. Johnson, RN, MN
CE520 l 1.00 contact hrs

Price: $ 10.00
Free for Unlimited CE Subscribers

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CE OVERVIEW REVIEWS     
Objectives:
The goal of this program is to describe the relationship between legislation and the correctional health nurse’s role in the evolution of healthcare in adult correctional facilities. After you study the information presented here, you will be able to —
  • Name the two constitutional amendments that govern the treatment of incarcerated people.
  • Relate the role of the nurse in delivering healthcare to inmates.
  • Name three issues that have an impact on healthcare in correctional settings.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 1/4/2014

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