CCHP-RN study guide
CCHP-RN · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Certified Correctional Health Professional – Registered Nurse (CCHP-RN) is a specialty credential for nurses who practice in jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities, administered within the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's (NCCHC) Certified Correctional Health Professional program. Candidates should note one important change before they begin preparing: the CCHP-RN program now includes all levels of nursing practice and has been renamed CCHP-N. The CCHP-RN study guide has 7 sections and about 2,298 words.
01Correctional Health Care Environment and Standards
Correctional health care sits where constitutional law, accreditation standards, and state regulation overlap. The constitutional floor comes from Estelle v.
313 words, about 2 min02Patient Care and Clinical Nursing Practice in Custody
Most inmate contact happens at nurse sick call. Triage sorts requests into emergency, urgent, and routine, based on symptoms, not on the order they arrived or on who the patient is.
356 words, about 2 min03Health Record Management and Documentation
The health record is a legal document and the facility's evidence that care was delivered. Entries should be objective, dated, timed, signed with credentials, and written at the time of care or as soon as possible after it.
345 words, about 2 min04Medication Management and Pharmacy Services
Prescribing authority rests with the provider. Nursing administers, monitors, teaches, and documents within scope.
323 words, about 2 min05Infectious Disease, Chronic Disease, and Public Health
Intake screening is the public health gate: tuberculosis symptoms, chronic disease history, mental health and suicide risk, current medications, and communicable disease risk. TB screening typically includes symptom review plus, per policy, chest radiograph and/or IGRA.
320 words, about 2 min06Mental Health and Special Populations
Suicide is a leading cause of death in custody. Screen at intake, after segregation placement, after bad news (new charges, sentencing, loss of visits), and whenever behavior changes.
309 words, about 2 min07Professionalism, Ethics, and Legal Considerations
Correctional nurses serve the patient while working inside a security organization. The professional obligation runs to the patient's health.
332 words, about 2 min