Integrating correctional clinics with academic nursing programs creates mutual benefits by improving health care delivery and nursing education. This presentation will highlight a long-standing collaboration in Utah between a college of nursing and juvenile justice centers. Topics include nurse-led clinics, scopes of practice for nurse practitioners and RNs, and key facilitators and barriers to this partnership.

• Describe the benefits to a correctional facility/system of partnering with an academic nursing program for health care
• Explain the benefits to an academic nursing program of providing clinical leadership and staffing within a corrections facility/system
• Identify potential challenges to such a partnership and formulate plans to overcome them

Level: Intermediate