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Day in the life of a Forensic Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Break

This is a MUST read, especially if you’re interested in forensic nursing, sexual health nursing and correctional/mental health nursing. My nursing career to date spans over 25 years, across a diverse range of roles and practise settings including acute hospital, Detention Centres, Drug Court, Mental Health, Prison Health.

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Public vs private. Which is safer for childbirth?

Nursing Review

The study compared the outcomes of mothers and babies, as well as the costs, of standard public maternity care versus private obstetric-led care from 2016 to 2019 in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. These complexities are much more prevalent in the public system and impact on health outcomes.

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Transition to Practice: Are Students Ready to Join a Disengaged Workforce?

American Nurse

Background EVIDENCE COLLECTED DURING the pandemic suggests the newest generation of nurses are experiencing increasing mental health issues as well as a lack of resiliency compared to previous generations (Sherman, 2021). Due to a lack of mental toughness in novice nursing professionals, the risk for burnout and turnover is high.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. An over­view of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of poly­pharmacy. 1002798 World Health Organization. 2021;46(1):151-92. NCHS Data Brief, no 347.

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Urgent Action is Needed to Prevent Nurse Suicide

American Nurse

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, with more than 48,100 people losing their lives to suicide per year (National Institute of Mental Health, 2024). Unfortunately, only a small percentage of nurses will receive needed mental health services (Berlin et al., 2019, 2020). 2023; Kirzinger et al.,

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Improve Care for LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health

Relias

Disparities in LGBTQ+ youth mental health have been a growing concern among human services organizations for some time. Because of these disparities in mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth, it’s crucial that human services providers understand how to best serve this population. vs. 6.7%, respectively).

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Nursing’s role in lifestyle medicine

American Nurse

This aligns with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quintuple Aim of better health outcomes, lower costs, improved patient satisfaction, enhanced provider well-being, and advanced health equity. Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.