Deck 26: Correctional Health

Question 1

Ms. Blackstone, 19 years old, has been sentenced to an 18-month sentence. What type of facility will Ms. Blackstone be sent to?

A) Provincial correctional centre
B) Youth detention centre
C) Remand facility
D) Federal correctional centre

Answer 1

Provincial correctional centre

Question 2

What is an example of a primary prevention in a correctional facility?

A) Crisis intervention
B) Substance abuse program
C) Social skills training
D) Advocacy

Answer 2

Advocacy

Question 3

A nurse in a correctional facility learns that an individual is HIV positive. What should the nurse do?

A) Request that the person be transferred to hospital
B) Teach the correctional officers standard precautions
C) Tell the corrections officers of the HIV status
D) Have the person moved into a cell with another inmate who is HIV positive

Answer 3

Teach the correctional officers standard precautions

Question 4

Which of the following factors contribute to women experiencing incarceration? Select all that apply.

A) They often have limited education and job skills
B) They experience barriers preventing healthy lifestyles
C) They have significant trauma histories
D) They may be both victims and perpetrators of crime
E) None of above

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention in a correctional facility? Select all that apply.

A) Case finding
B) Pregnancy screening
C) Case management
D) Palliative care

Question 6

In Canada, nurses who practise in the criminal justice system work in which of the following settings? Select all that apply.

A) Healing lodges
B) Youth custody facilities
C) Prisons
D) Halfway houses
E) None of above

Question 7

Which of the following infectious disease is a concern in correctional settings? Select all that apply.

A) Sexually transmitted infections
B) Tuberculosis (TB)
C) Blood-borne diseases
D) Salmonella

Question 8

Kris, 22 years old, has been sentenced to five years in prison for trafficking. What type of facility will he be sent to?

A) Territorial correctional centre
B) Federal correctional institution
C) Provincial correctional centre
D) Remand centre

Question 9

How does a nurse in a correctional facility build trust with incarcerated people?

A) Becoming involved with disciplining an incarcerated person
B) Protecting confidential health care information
C) Meeting all requests for health care services
D) Having a correctional officer within hearing distance at all times

Question 10

Which statement is true about Indigenous people in correctional facilities?

A) They are sent to facilities that specialize in Indigenous offenders
B) A large percentage of Indigenous youth are underrepresented
C) In Quebec, Indigenous offenders are less likely to be incarcerated
D) Indigenous people are overrepresented in corrections

Question 11

What has contributed to the increase in people with mental illness being incarcerated?

A) An increase in violence on television and in society
B) Overcrowding in correctional facilities
C) An increase in stress in people's lives
D) The deinstitutionalizing of the mentally ill

Question 12

Nurses in correctional facilities are able to develop policy that will improve the health of incarcerated people. What is an example of such a policy?

A) Creating a methadone initiation program
B) Creating a needle exchange program
C) Implementing a ban on tattooing
D) Gender dysphoria policy

Question 13

Ms. Hopkins, 16 years old, has been sentenced to an 12-month sentence.The nurse does an intake assessment. What is true of youth who are incarcerated? Select all that apply.

A) Higher rate of chronic health conditions
B) Higher rate of sexually transmitted infections
C) Less likely to have anxiety compared to male inmates
D) Less likely to hurt themselves

Question 14

Which of the following is true of correctional facilities that provide mental health services?

A) Correctional facilities generally provide a higher quality of mental health services than those found within the community
B) Correctional facilities generally provide the same quality of mental health services as those found within the community
C) Correctional facilities generally provide a sub-standard quality of mental health services than those found within the community
D) Correctional facilities have the best mental health practitioners across the country

Question 15

What is an example of dynamic security in a correctional facility?

A) Managing professional boundaries
B) Personal protection alarms
C) Counting equipment
D) Video monitoring

Question 16

Ms. Blackstone, 19 years old, has been sentenced to an 18-month sentence. While conducting the intake assessment, Ms. Blackstone states that she will not be examined while the correctional officer is present. What should the nurse do?

A) Tell her that the correctional officer is required to be present
B) Request that the correctional officer leave
C) Postpone the examination
D) Ask another nurse to replace the correctional officer

Question 17

Which of the following is a widely used harm reduction approach in dealing with substance use issues in correctional facilities world-wide? Select all that apply.

A) Opioid agonist treatments such as methadone maintenance treatment
B) Opioid antagonist treatments such as naloxone treatment
C) Prison needle and syringe programs
D) Supervised injections sites

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of primary prevention in a correctional facility?

A) Immunization
B) Suicide risk assessment
C) Crisis intervention
D) Vocational training

Question 19

What infection is 30 times higher in the incarcerated population?

A) HIV
B) Chlamydia
C) Syphilis
D) Hepatitis C

Question 20

Ms. Pereira, 17 years old, has been sentenced to an 22-month sentence. Ms. Pereira is three months pregnant upon admission to the facility. What action would the nurse take?

A) Tell Ms. Pereira she will serve her sentence in the community
B) Arrange for Ms. Pereira to attend community prenatal classes
C) Make arrangements to have Ms. Pereira tested for Lyme disease
D) Work with community partners to develop a prenatal program

Question 21

Which of the following problems has become a critical issue among women in correctional facilities?

A) Suicides
B) Heart disease
C) Non-suicidal self-injuries
D) Diabetes

Question 22

Luc is an inmate in a provincial correctional facility. Discuss why being in custody may improve his health status.

Question 23

Which of the following can be classified as a harm-reduction strategy that is available to incarcerated persons if they request them?

A) Dental dams
B) Clean needles
C) Antibiotics
D) Isolation

Question 24

Which of the following contribute to conflict with the criminal justice system among Indigenous youth?

A) Self-harm
B) Suicidal ideation
C) Cultural assimilation
D) Tuberculosis

Question 25

Which of the following are challenges for nurses working in correctional facilities? Select all that apply.

A) Matters of security will often take precedence over nursing care
B) Nurses have to wait while officers complete security-related tasks
C) Nurses must abide by policies that govern all correctional employees
D) Nursing care will always take precedence over security

Question 26

List the key elements of the mental health strategy for corrections in Canada.

Question 27

Barbara is a nursing manager within Correction Services Canada. She has been asked to maximize public health opportunities within her nursing services. Discuss what would be required to move this issue forward.

Question 28

List three examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities that are applicable to correctional health.

Question 29

Nurses who work in the correctional system sometimes implement harm reduction programs. Describe two such programs, giving pros and cons for each.

Question 30

Which of the following is among the fastest growing groups subgroups found within correctional environments?

A) Children aged 12 years and younger
B) Youth between the ages of 14 - 24 years
C) Adults aged 35-45 years
D) Adults aged 50 years and older