Understanding the Domestic Rupture in Forensic Psychiatric Nursing Practice

This article will explore the contextual characteristics of psychiatric nursing practice in correctional settings, describe the alienating effects of this context on nursing practice, theorize nurses’ experience using Festinger’s theory on cognitive dissonance, and, finally, explore how some nurses engage in the reconstruction of their care to counter the effects of working in correctional settings.
Source: Journal of Correctional Health Care - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research