title: Nurse-Led Trauma-Informed Correctional Care for Women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Incarcerated women are a vulnerable and unique population of special concern to nurses as they have high rates of mental illness. In this article, the authors discuss how trauma exposure contributes to mental illness in incarcerated women through abuse, socioeconomic factors, and the prison environment, how this trauma exposure manifests in the inmate survivor, and the related implications for practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A history of trauma and victimization is related to complex mental health issues which affect the majority of justice-involved women. The correctional environment can exacerbate these issues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing implications include discussion of the trauma-informed care model. The authors recommend a model of trauma-informed care named "the 4 Es" that can guide nurses in preparing a trauma-informed correctional environment and discuss the importance of nurse-led policy change in finding alternatives to incarceration for women with mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Bryan College of Health Sciences, Lincoln, Nebraska.|University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing-Lincoln Division, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mollard
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing-Lincoln Division, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brage Hudson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Incarcerated women; prison; trauma, trauma-informed care