Nursing Practice Proposal Paper
Identifying a Practice Problem in Need of Improvement
Suicide prevention amongst incarcerated inmates is a measurable patient-centered practice problem that I will address in my capstone paper. According to Nursing World (2015), suicide rates within the correction facilities is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Stated prisons, exceeding natural deaths and AIDS. It is estimated that at least one suicide attempt occurs every three seconds with one actual death every four minutes (American Journal of Nursing, 2015).
Inmates with a history of mental illness are at risk due to one’s inability to cope with the stress. Stressors, such as being incarcerated can bring forth unavoidable mental health problems that can cause the inmate to
Suicide prevention amongst incarcerated inmates is a measurable patient-centered practice problem that I will address in my capstone paper. According to Nursing World (2015), suicide rates within the correction facilities is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Stated prisons, exceeding natural deaths and AIDS. It is estimated that at least one suicide attempt occurs every three seconds with one actual death every four minutes (American Journal of Nursing, 2015).
Inmates with a history of mental illness are at risk due to one’s inability to cope with the stress. Stressors, such as being incarcerated can bring forth unavoidable mental health problems that can cause the inmate to