As a Guest Speaker for a Group of Community Health

Multiple Choice

As a guest speaker for a group of community health nurses who are considering correctional nursing as a career, a correctional nurse provides an overview of the history of correctional nursing. Which aspect would the nurse describe as the historic view of correctional nursing?

A) Health care to inmates occurred primarily as emergency treatment.
B) Inmates were viewed as not deserving care paid by public dollars.
C) The emphasis was on corrections, not punishment.
D) Prisons provided safe havens from communicable diseases.