(PhD, RN, CPNP, APRN-BC, CFNS)
Interim Director of Graduate Nursing Programs and Associate Professor
AB 302
Decker School of Nursing
Binghamton University
Phone: (607) 777-5411
E-mail: mmuscari@binghamton.edu
Mary Muscari is an Associate Professor and Director of the O'Connor Office for Rural Studies at the Decker School of Nursing. She is also acting as interim Director of Graduate Nursing Programs. She received her PhD and postmasters in psychiatric nursing from Adelphi University, her postmasters in forensic nursing from Duquesne University, and her masters in pediatric nursing from Columbia University.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
Muscari, M. (In Press). Nursing Assistant Certification Exam, 5th Edition. Learning Express, Inc.
Muscari, M. (In Press for 2012). What Nurses Know: PTSD. Demos Health/Demos Medical Publishing.
Muscari, M. & Brown, K. (2010). Quick Reference Guide to Child & Adolescent Forensics. Springer Publishing.
Brown, K. & Muscari, M. (2010). Quick Reference Guide to Adult & Older Adult Forensics. Springer Publishing. (Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award 2010)
Muscari, M. (2009). Becoming a Nurse. Learning Express, Inc.
Muscari, M. (2009). Nursing Assistant Certification Exam, 4th Edition. Learning Express, Inc.
McCarthy, M., with Muscari, M. (2008). Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls. Adams Media.
Weiss, R. with Muscari, M. (2008). Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys. Adams Media.
Muscari, M. (2006) Let Kids Be Kids: Rescuing Childhood. Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press.
Muscari, M. (2005). Pediatric Nursing Review, 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott/Raven, Co. (Solicited)
Muscari, M. (2004) Not My Kid 2: Protecting Your Children from the 21 Threats of the 21st Century. Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press.
Muscari, M. (2002) Not My Kid: 21 Steps to Raising a Nonviolent Child. Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press.
Muscari, M. (2001). Advanced Pediatric Clinical Assessment. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Muscari, M. (2001). Pediatric Nursing Review, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott/Raven, Co. (Solicited)
Muscari, M. (1996). Pediatric Nursing Review, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott/Raven, Co.
RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS:
Muscari, M. (In press). The Problem of Child Abuse and Neglect. In A. Burgess & P. Clements (Eds). Nursing Approach to the Evaluation of Child Maltreatment 2E.New York: GW Publishing.
Muscari, M. & Cole, A. (In press). Forensic Psychiatric Nursing. In P. Crane (Ed). Forensic Nursing. FA Davis.
Muscari, M., & Campbell, K. (2010). Elders and Animals. (In S. Gueldner & M. Wykle, Eds) .Healthy Aging: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Muscari, M. (2008). "Anorexia Nervosa." The 5- Minute Clinical Consultant: 2008. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, pp.76-77.
RECENT ARTICLES:
Muscari, M. (2011). When is Anxiety an Anxiety Disorder in Children? Medscape Ask the Experts, October 2011.
Muscari, M. (2011).What are the Effects of Salvia in Adolescents? Medscape Ask the Experts, April, 2011. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/739840.
Muscari, M. (2010).Should we be Concerned about Teens' Online Identity? Medscape Ask the Experts, December 2010. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/733957.
Muscari, M. (2010).What is Self-Embedding Disorder? Medscape Ask the Experts, November, 2010. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/731122.
Muscari, M. (2010). What Should I Know about Status Offenses. Medscape Ask the Experts, June, 2010. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/723866
Muscari, M. (2010). A Tough One To Chew On: Smokeless Tobacco and Teens. July, 2010 Medscape Public Health & Prevention, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/724317
Muscari, M. (2010). How Does Exposure to Violence Affect Children? Medscape Ask the Experts, January, 2010. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/715781
Muscari, M. (2009). How Healthcare Providers Can Prevent Bullying: A Form of Youth Violence. Medscape Public Health, September, 2009. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/708250
Muscari, M. (2009). Sexting. Medscape Public Health, May, 2009. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702078
Muscari, M. (2009). How Can I Detect the Warning Signs of Extreme Violence in My Patients?. Medscape Ask the Expert, September, 2009. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/708159
Muscari, M. (2008). How can I help teens who are victims of cyberbullying? Medscape Ask the Experts, September, 2008. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579988
Muscari, M. (2008). How can I recognize Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Medscape Ask the Experts, April, 2008. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569739
Muscari, M. (2007). How can I help the family of a convicted pedophile?. Medscape Ask the Experts, October 2007. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/563572
Muscari, M. (2007) Belenophilia. Medscape Ask the Experts, April 2007. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555513
Muscari, M. (2007). School Gun Violence Prevention. Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 4/12/07. http://nurse-practitioners.advanceweb.com/common/Editorial/Editorial.aspx?CC=87700#AnchorComment
RECENT PRESENTATIONS:
03/11/2011 – Muscari, M. Rural Nursing: It's Not Just About Dead People. Idaho State University The Northwest Rural Nurse Residency & The Rural Nurse Organization. Webinar.
10/28/2010 -- Muscari, M., Atav, A., & Siebold-Simpson, S. This Ain't That Cable Porn: Pornography and Sexual Offending. International Association of Forensic Nurses 18th Scientific Assembly. Ending Violence: Leading the Health Care Response October 27-30, 2010. Pittsburgh, PA.
06/25/2010 -- Hidden agendas: Munchausen and Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths. The 2nd Leir Conference on Child Maltreatment Prevention. Leir Retreat Center, Ridgefield, CT. (invited speaker)
06/25/2010 -- Vexting to Sexting: Teens, tech toys and cyberbullying. The 2nd Leir Conference on Child Maltreatment Prevention. Leir Retreat Center, Ridgefield, CT. (invited speaker)
05/12/2010 – "Let Kids be Kids: RPC Nurses Rescuing Childhood." Rockland Psychiatric Center,
Orangeburg, NY. (Keynote)
11/04/2009 – "Gazing at the Crystal Ball: Violence Risk Assessment." NYS Office of Mental Health Annual Psychiatric Nursing Conference. Ellensville, NY. (invited speaker)
09/16/2009 – "Let Kids be Kids: NFP Nurses Rescuing Childhood!" PA Chapter of Nurse Family Partnership Annual Conference. Gettysburg, PA, (Keynote)
07/01/2009 – "Mean People: Bullying Across the Lifespan." Bullying across the Lifespan: Recognizing its Many Faces. N.Y.S. Region of the Society of Pediatric Nurses. Valhalla, NY. (Keynote)
05/28/2009 – "Let Kids be Kids: A Positive Approach to Parenting." Lackawanna MH/MR. Scranton, PA. (Keynote)
05/18/2009 – "Crossing the Rainbow Bridge: Caring for the Caregivers of Dying Companion Animals." Fourth Annual Conference of the New Jersey End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (NJ-ELNEC). Atlantic City, NJ.
05/01/2009 – "Big Shootings in Small Towns: Mass Murder and Mental Health. Conversations in the Discipline: Mental Health Disparities in NY and Surrounding Areas. Binghamton, NY.
05/01/2009 – "Bad Boys, Bad Girls, What Ya Gonna Do? Raising Nonviolent Kids." Conversations in the Discipline: Mental Health Disparities in NY and Surrounding Areas. Binghamton, NY.
03/21/2009 – "Let Kids be Kids: School Nurses Rescuing Childhood." School Nurses: The REAL American Idols. NJS School Nurse Association (NJSSNA) Annual Conference, Etontown, NJ (Endnote Speaker)
03/21/2009 – "Rebels with a Cause: Adolescent Noncompliance. School Nurses: The REAL American Idols. NJS School Nurse Association (NJSSNA) Annual Conference, Etontown, NJ (invited speaker)
11/06/2008 – "Honey, I stunted the Kids! Factors that Inhibit Growth & Development in Children 0-5." Changing Issues in a Changing World. Susquehanna County Coalition for the Prevention of Child abuse & Children & Youth Services, Montrose, PA. (Keynote)
05/23/2008 – "Child Molesters; Keeping it All in the Family, or not." Danbury Hospital 10th Annual Child Abuse Conference. Danbury, CT (invited speaker)
SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS
Dr. Muscari's research and works have also been well publicized. She has been interviewed by such publications as: Parents Magazine, Family Circle, Christian Science Monitor, Better Homes & Gardens, The Futurist, USAToday, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times. She was also interviewed by national and Canadian radio programs, including NPR and Ask Heloise.
