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CE Home > Correctional Health Nursing > Course 30e Chronic Illness in the Correctional Setting
Course 30eb · 1.5 hrs
Chronic Illness in the Correctional Setting
Author: Lynn Heiss, RN, CCHP

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to provide information to nurses about the management of chronic illness for patients in correctional settings. After you study the information presented here you will be able to —

  • Discuss the nurse’s role in the management of chronic illness in the correctional setting, including identification, treatment planning, patient education, and discharge planning.
  • Describe national standards that address the provision of healthcare for the chronically ill in the correctional setting.
  • List the major issues unique to inmates in correctional settings
    that have diabetes, asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and HIV infection.
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