The Prevalence And Our Facilitys Recidivism - 1866 Words

My proposition to decrease some of the prevalence and our facility’s recidivism is to promote mental health and education on mental illness and continuity of care. I believe mental health promotion will increase our population’s awareness of signs and symptoms to reach out for help when needed and by receiving continuity of care, this population won’t suffer as much when released. Promoting wellness can reduce illness (Cloninger, Zohar, Cloninger, 2010). Psychiatric care to promote well-being reduces the stigma and increases recovery of mental health. Therefore, mental health care appears to be more effective than mental illness care (Cloninger, Zohar, Cloninger, 2010) Mental Health Promotion when patients arrive at the jail and†¦show more content†¦Second, granted that I have all the required research and rationale as to why my change will benefit our population (which it will), if the medical Lieutenant agrees on it, he passes it to the captain for r eview. Once the captain reviews it and sees the positive outcome the change can bring to the facility, then it is finally passed on to the HSA approved. Depending on approval, the HSA and I would educate the staff on the new change that is being proposed for our patients leaving room for questions and answers. Following that, I would explain how this will benefit our correctional population and when the expected change will take place if everyone agrees on it. I propose to have an extra handout in our intake packets to promote mental health. We may or may not receive health people, regardless of the inmate, I would like for our nurses’ intake packets to have an extra handout for them to obtain mental health awareness and promotion. During the intake process, we ask questions, medical/mental/custodial, etc. Once finished with all the questions and vitals are taken, we can proceed to our mental health education. During this time, the nurse will show the inmate a handout with encouraging coping skills and who to reach within the jail for further resources. The nurse will explain the inmates the process of communicating with the nurses through the kite system (an electronic emailing system throughout the jail offered to inmates) and the deputies to address their