Congratulations to Heidi Green of Windsor Locks, infectious disease case manager at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, recipient of a 2013 Nightingale Nurse Award for Excellence in Nursing.
From her nomination:
“Heidi is one of a new breed of nurses within the correctional setting. At any given time she oversees the care of 45-50 HIV-positive patients and another 20 Hepatitis C patients, many of whom are in treatment… Her patients trust her and have come to depend on her to assist with navigating the correctional health system… When the outside health care monitors interviewed Heidi they were impressed with her knowledge of pathophysiology and the application of such to her individual patients… In her role of I.D. Nurse Case Manager she has completed long hours of classroom theory and testing. She has a way to make you laugh at yourself and when necessary, the world around you.”
Heidi is one of four 2013 Nightingtale Nurses from Correctional Managed Health Care, a division of the UConn Health Center, which is celebrating National Nurses Week through May 11.
Congratulations to Heidi, to all this year's Nightingale Nurses, and to all nurses, who make a profound difference in the lives of so many!
