When asked by nurses wishing to learn about correctional nursing, the correctional nurse would
characterize the health problems of inmates as
a. simple, subacute health disorders.
b. chronic, long-term, and infectious diseases.
c. acute, short-term problems similar to the nonincarcerated population.
d. mostly preventable or correctable with diet, exercise, and violence prevention.
B
Correctional nurses provide care for inmates who have disproportionately high rates of tuberculosis,
AIDS, hepatitis, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses. Option A: The health problems of inmates are
more complex. Option C: Inmates have higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, diabetes, and
HIV than the nonincarcerated population. Option D: Most health problems of inmates are more
complex than this description implies.
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