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1National Interfaith Coalition on Aging, Washington, DC, USA.
Abstract:
In establishing a new long-term care nursing service in a correctional health care setting, the director of nursing (DON) sets the organizational milieu with a holistic humanistic perspective. She is expected to demonstrate the leadership attributes of vision, creativity, and accountability as manifested through outcomes. Based on her 6-year experience, the author delineates the DON's role in collaboratively initiating a program at a new facility, devising a method to identify geriatric inmates in need, and establishing a hospice program in a federal medical center where security takes precedence.
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