Which nursing intervention would be appropriate for the nurse to implement when working with incarcerated adults who are being released from prison?
a. Connect offenders with community-based mental health programs.
b. Provide community supervision for mentally ill offenders.
c. Advocate for increased prison time to decrease recidivism rates.
d. Educate about available state resources.
A
Connecting offenders with community-based mental health programs at the time of release from prison can decrease recidivism rates, as many incarcerated adults experience major psychiatric disorders. It would be impossible for the nurse to supervise all mentally ill offenders in the community. Increased prison time is not shown to decrease recidivism rates and education about available state resources is not the most important nursing intervention to provide for this popu-lation.
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