Nurse Training Curriculum

An introduction to health care in the jail environment. This course includes an overview of ethics and constitutional considerations involved in responding to the medical requests of incarcerated persons. 

In this two-part training, you will learn about handling PHI, including when and how to share PHI, how to manage PHI security, and destruction and de-identification of PHI. You will learn about release of PHI to both patients and others as well as how to maintain confidentiality.

This course emphasizes the partnership between medical and security staff in the jail environment, outlining core values and guiding principles of the correctional nursing practice. 

This course outlines appropriate documentation practices for nurses. Emphasis is placed on timely, accurate, and factual charting, as well as how to correct charting errors.

In this training, you will learn the basics of conducting a health assessment for a recently booked patient, including what to do if a medical issue arises and how to use the Ask Suicide Screening Questions (ASQ) form.

An introduction to the Medication Administration Record (MAR) and the med pass process. Emphasis is placed on how to read and fill out the MAR. 

This training will review what it means to “do the right thing,” in corrections and empowers nurses to act when they become aware of potential staff misconduct.

This course provides a broad understanding of man down situations and the role of custody and medical staff during a man down crisis. Emphasis is placed on reviewing site-specific man down policies, procedures, and equipment.