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“This website is amazing! Thank you for supplying a source of information and data to add to the correctional nurse information I send out to our staff.”
Patricia “Patty” Paterson
Nursing Supervisor, Washington State Department of Corrections
“Few leaders match Dr. Deborah Shelton’s blend of scientific rigor and service. For the 15 years I’ve worked with her, I’ve seen her set the standard for professional practice and humane, high-quality correctional care.”
Dr. Terri Kapetanovic,
Nursing Research Matters
“A workforce center like this is exactly what correctional nursing needs to move our specialty forward - strengthening our identity, supporting our professionals, and shaping the future of our field.”
Mrs. Heather Norman
President, American Correctional Nursing Association, Top 50 Women Chief Nursing Officers of 2025
“C4CN is the research-to-practice shortcut correctional nursing needed—credible, consolidated, and immediately practical.”
Dr. Louise Reagan
Associate Professor & Director, PhD Program, University of Connecticut School of Nursing
“C4CN unites correctional nurses to raise the bar. Through education, mentorship, and collaboration, C4CN empowers evidence-based, compassionate care—and advances health equity for people who are incarcerated.”
Dr. Jennifer Clifton
Professor (Clinical) University of Utah College of Nursing & Utah’s Juvenile Justice Services
“The Center 4 Correctional Nursing is a game-changer for correctional nursing. It is the perfect combination of clinical care and academia that has long been needed by correctional nursing. This website will provide the opportunity for correctional nurses to partner with correctional nurse educators and academic nurses to conduct research that will better prepare nurses for successful practice in correctional healthcare, to provide evidence-based health services to the justice-involved population, and to advance our specialty to stand proudly alongside all other nursing specialties.
Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN
Nurse Educator, ACNA Co-founder, ACNA Program Committee Chairperson Font
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