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Understanding Incarcerated Populations
Author(s) -
Cooke Cheryl L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61178-2
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , perioperative , perioperative nursing , nursing , psychology , population , key (lock) , medicine , surgery , computer security , computer science , environmental health
ABSTRACT Approximately 1.3 to 1.8 million people are incarcerated in the United States at any given time. When providing emergency or elective surgical intervention, perioperative nurses may encounter incarcerated individuals, including many who require treatment for traumatic injury. Nurses, therefore, need to educate themselves about this patient population and understand the specific clinical and educational needs of this group. This article explores key concepts involved in caring for incarcerated individuals, including their characteristics and assumptions others make about them. The article concludes with a discussion of educational and policy implications. AORN J 75 (March 2002) 568–580.