Magola-Makina E, Abuzour A, Ashcroft D, Dunlop J, Brown P, & Keers R. (2022). Exploring the challenges to safer prescribing and medication monitoring in prisons: A qualitative study with health care staff. PLoS One, 17(11)https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275907
This article provides information regarding challenges to safer medication prescribing and monitoring to improve the quality of care in prisons. This piece of literature is relevant to the improvement plan as it is focused on decreasing medication errors and improving quality of care in correctional facilities. This article is useful for nurses to educate them on the healthcare disparities and preventable harm that incarcerated patient's may face.
Vandergrift, L. A., & Christopher, P. P. (2021). Do prisoners trust the healthcare system?. Health & justice, 9(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00141-x
This article delves deeper by exploratory study of the healthcare system that incarcerated individuals experience. This piece of literature explains the amount of distrust these individuals have for healthcare professionals and the healthcare system. This article, similar to the previous one, is relevant for the improvement plan to improve quality of care for incarcerated individuals. Nurses can benefit from this article by becoming more aware of the distrust these individuals have for healthcare professionals due to the substandard care these persons receive and aim to improve this vulnerable populations care.
Hewson, T., Minchin, M., Lee, K., Liu, S., Wong, E., Edge, C., Hard, J., Forsyth, K., Senior, J., & Shaw, J. (2024). Interventions for the detection, monitoring, and management of chronic non-communicable diseases in the prison population: an international systematic review. BMC Public Health, 24, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17715-7
This article provides insight on the health inequalities and chronic diseases in the prison population. This piece of literature correlates with the improvement plan due to the same goal of improving health outcomes by ensuring persons in prison receive the appropriate healthcare needed. This article is important for nurses to be aware of the high rates of health inequalities which puts these patients at increased risk of multi-morbidity and premature mortality.
Blackaby, J., Byrne, J., Bellass, S., Canvin, K., & Foy, R. (2023). Interventions to improve the implementation of evidence-based healthcare in prisons: a scoping review. Health & justice, 11(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-022-00200-x
This article explains the challenges of delivering high quality care in the correctional setting. This is literature is relevant to the improvement plan due to goal of improving patient care in incarcerated individuals. This article provides valuable information for nurses on the gaps between interventions and quality care such as staffing issues. This information is useful for nurses in their practice to be aware of these lapses in care in this ever growing population of patients.