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Exploring learning opportunities for nursing students in prison settings.

Warren Stewart¹

¹Faculty of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University. warrense@lsbu.ac.uk

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Custodial environments offer unique learning opportunities for health and social care students. Prison healthcare settings provide valuable clinical experiences, enhancing student learning and professional development.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare education
Correctional healthcare
Student clinical placements

Background:

Custodial environments are often overlooked as educational settings for health and social care students.
Emerging research highlights benefits of placements in custodial settings for student learning.
These placements can foster the development of good practice within correctional environments.

Purpose of the Study:

To inform nursing students about the distinct clinical experiences available in prison healthcare.
To emphasize the educational value of correctional healthcare settings.
To encourage exploration of non-traditional clinical placement opportunities.

Main Methods:

This article is a review and commentary based on existing research and expert opinion.
It synthesizes findings on the advantages of custodial placements.
It focuses on the unique learning aspects relevant to nursing students.

Main Results:

Prison healthcare settings offer diverse and unique clinical experiences for nursing students.
Placements contribute to enhanced student learning and skill development.
These experiences can improve the quality of care within custodial environments.

Conclusions:

Nursing students should consider prison healthcare settings for valuable clinical experience.
Educational institutions should recognize and promote opportunities in custodial environments.
Further integration of correctional settings into health and social care curricula is recommended.