Originally posted 01-21-10: Mary Muse, MS, RN, CCHP-A, joins Lorry to talk about the history of the correctional nursing specialty and its future direction. Mary has over 14 years of correctional healthcare experience and was the Chief Nursing Officer for the Cook County correctional system for a dozen years. She currently works in the Wisconsin State Prison System.
As the year draws to an end I’m doing a lot of looking back and looking forward. Thank you for being a part of CorrectionalNurse.Net by reading and commenting over this past year. I hope you will be even more active in the year ahead. My first blog post was 2.5 years ago when I asked the questions “Should You…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced recommendations for a new treatment option for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) this past week. These recommendations are welcome news for correctional nurses challenged with managing LTBI treatment for their inmate population. Correctional nurses are in contact with a significant portion of the more than 11 million people in the US who…
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