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Correctional Nurses on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Omaha System Guidelines Documentation Case Study

Year: 2025

Type: erratum

Abstract: During a pandemic, basic public health precautions must be taken across settings and populations. However, confinement conditions change what can be done in correctional settings. Correctional nursing (CN) care, like all nursing care, needs to be named and encoded to be recognized and used to generate data that will advance the discipline and maintain standards of care. The Omaha System is a standardized interprofessional terminology that has been used since 1992 to guide and document care. In 2019, a collaboration between the newly formed American Correctional Nurses Association and the Omaha System Community of Practice began a joint effort with other stakeholders aimed at encoding evidence-based pandemic response interventions used in CN. The resulting guidelines are included and illustrated with examples from CN practice.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/bp76-6p84

Authors: Novacek, Lindsay, Monsen, Karen A., McLane, Tara M., Shelton, Deborah, Medley-Lane, B. Sue, Luethy, Rebecca

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation

Subfield: Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

OpenAlex ID: W4416200467

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