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Record Nr.

UNINA9910735790703321

Titolo

Nursing in Prison / / edited by Joanne Brooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-30663-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrookeJoanne

Disciplina

365.667

Soggetti

Nursing

Criminology

Intellectual disabilities—nursing

Mental health

Palliative treatment

Learning Disabilities Nursing

Mental Health

Palliative Care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Prison populations, culture, violence, and drug misuse -- Chapter 2: Healthcare in prison -- Chapter 3: The role of the nurse in prison -- Chapter 4: Primary healthcare in prison -- Chapter 5: Mental healthcare in prison -- Chapter 6: Learning disabilities in prison -- Chapter 7: Substance misuse in prison -- Chapter 8: Palliative and end of life care in prison -- Chapter 9: Recommendations and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This Textbook addresses a gap in the market, as currently there are no contemporary books exploring nursing within a prison setting. The main focus is the provision of healthcare in the Prison Service of England and Wales, although examples will also be drawn from the United States of America and Australia. Healthcare within prison settings has changed remarkably to address the needs of the changing prison populations. Thus, this text is clearly structured to support student nurses to understand the role of the nurse within prison and how the different specialities of nursing are applied in this unique setting. This textbook provides an overview of the context of prison,



prisoners, and healthcare, as well as the experiences of nurse specialists who work in this field, including adult, mental health, and learning disability nurses across primary care, mental health services, substance misuse and end-of-life care. This volume is informative for both undergraduate student nurses and for qualified nurses and dispels many myths regarding working as a nurse in a prison. Each chapter is written by experts within the field, including nurses who have worked or still working within the prison setting. An important objective of this work is to inform student nurses of the possibility and opportunity of a nursing career within a prison setting. .