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<span class="user-name "><span class="user-name__text">Deborah Shelton</span></span>

Deborah Shelton
PhD, RN, NE-BC, CCHP, FAAN

Brevard, NC

Specialties

Correctional Nursing, Educational/Research, Psychiatric, Management/Admin/Leadership


Details

Professional Achievements:

I currently represent correctional nursing on national, state and regional workforce committees addressing the implementation of the Essentials for Nursing, the Professional Identity in Correctional Nursing, and the Future of Nursing Action Campaign.

My primary focus is upon recruitment and retention of correctional nurses by collaborating with other stakeholders to advance an adaptation of a career pathway program for national dissemination.

Favorite Thing About My Profession:

The passion of correctional nurses.  These are people who enter some of the most challenging work environments to serve individuals who might not have the benefit of access to nursing or health care without them.

Virtues:

Tenacity.  We are in process of developing partnerships for an evolving Center 4 Correctional Nursing which has

Our Mission:  To promote the professional role of the nurse in correctional healthcare settings.

​Our Vision: To improve access to resources and the growing body of evidence that supports the specialty of correctional nursing.​

​Focus Areas:  Correctional Nursing workforce development & Correctional Nurse Professional Development

 


Work History

Center 4 Correctional Nursing in Cedar Mountain, NC
Principal & Professional Development Professional — July, 2024
sheltonconsultingservices@gmail.com in North Carolina
Nurse Consultant — July, 2017

Education History

University of Virginia
January, 1995


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