Correctional Health Nursing Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
What is the difference between prison and jail? - Answer Jail - may or may not have been
through court system person is awaiting their sentence. If sentenced they spend less
than a year in a jail
Prison- person has already been charged with their crime and gone through the court
and will be serving a year or more of time
what do you call people in jail? - Answer inmates - have been through the court system
and have been sentenced
detainees- awaiting trial
The main difference between a prison and jail is - Answer the length of sentence the
inmate must serve determines which they will go to
What are the ANA scope of standards for correctional health nursing? - Answer
Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (Nursing Process)
Health Education
Suicide Prevention
Communicable Disease Control u Demir
Environmental Health
what does the 8th amendment state? - Answer prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
DUTY TO CARE
, What does the 5th Amendment protect? - Answer right not to self incriminate and right
to silence
"I plead the 5th"
What does the 14th amendment do? - Answer right to vote
what does the Federal Prisoner Health Care Co-payment Act of 1999 state? - Answer
Locally inmates pay $5 to $7.50 to see Nurse
with who can you potentially work - Answer correctional officers (part of health care
team)
other health care providers
employers if inmate is on work release
what is professional practice in correctional nursing? -Answer DUTY TO CARE
otherwise breaking the 8th amendment
what do most medications occur in a correctional facility? -Answer mental health
related drugs
80% have some form of mental illness
what are 3 skills Needed by Correctional Nurses? - Answar Engage the unmotivated
Empathetic yet firm attitude
Communication skills
What is motivational interviewing? - Answar A client-centered, directive approach for
elicitating intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
do inmates/detainees have the right to refuse a medication and what do you do as
nurse? - Answar Yes, they have the right to refuse.
As nurse you document it and let the provider know.
Correct Answers
What is the difference between prison and jail? - Answer Jail - may or may not have been
through court system person is awaiting their sentence. If sentenced they spend less
than a year in a jail
Prison- person has already been charged with their crime and gone through the court
and will be serving a year or more of time
what do you call people in jail? - Answer inmates - have been through the court system
and have been sentenced
detainees- awaiting trial
The main difference between a prison and jail is - Answer the length of sentence the
inmate must serve determines which they will go to
What are the ANA scope of standards for correctional health nursing? - Answer
Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (Nursing Process)
Health Education
Suicide Prevention
Communicable Disease Control u Demir
Environmental Health
what does the 8th amendment state? - Answer prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
DUTY TO CARE
, What does the 5th Amendment protect? - Answer right not to self incriminate and right
to silence
"I plead the 5th"
What does the 14th amendment do? - Answer right to vote
what does the Federal Prisoner Health Care Co-payment Act of 1999 state? - Answer
Locally inmates pay $5 to $7.50 to see Nurse
with who can you potentially work - Answer correctional officers (part of health care
team)
other health care providers
employers if inmate is on work release
what is professional practice in correctional nursing? -Answer DUTY TO CARE
otherwise breaking the 8th amendment
what do most medications occur in a correctional facility? -Answer mental health
related drugs
80% have some form of mental illness
what are 3 skills Needed by Correctional Nurses? - Answar Engage the unmotivated
Empathetic yet firm attitude
Communication skills
What is motivational interviewing? - Answar A client-centered, directive approach for
elicitating intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
do inmates/detainees have the right to refuse a medication and what do you do as
nurse? - Answar Yes, they have the right to refuse.
As nurse you document it and let the provider know.
