Tuberculosis screening update

Affiliations

¹ Uletha M. Jones is an assistant professor at the College at Brockport, State University of New York in Brockport, N.Y. Also at the College at Brockport, Tamala David is an assistant professor, as well as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center and president and CEO of The Health Spot Family Health NP/RN, PC in Rochester, N.Y. Renee Jenkins is a case manager at the Monroe County Health Department TB Control Program in Rochester, N.Y.

Review

Uletha M Jones et al. Nursing. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;50(8):12-15.

doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000684244.35254.46.

¹ Uletha M. Jones is an assistant professor at the College at Brockport, State University of New York in Brockport, N.Y. Also at the College at Brockport, Tamala David is an assistant professor, as well as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center and president and CEO of The Health Spot Family Health NP/RN, PC in Rochester, N.Y. Renee Jenkins is a case manager at the Monroe County Health Department TB Control Program in Rochester, N.Y.

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