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A New Kind of Nursing: Walking the labyrinth of Cook County Jail
Author(s) -
Gorman Geraldine
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12387
Subject(s) - punitive damages , perspective (graphical) , public health , public health nursing , nursing , medicine , sociology , gerontology , political science , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
This paper examines the application of public health nursing education with an emphasis on the social determinants of health within a correctional facility. The innate tension between public health practice and the punitive nature of correctional confinement is discussed through the perspective of student involvement. Exemplars of unexpected contingencies endemic to this practice setting are provided as are insights gleaned from this pilot collaboration between a college of nursing and a county correctional system.