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For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need

Nursing Review

Logically, this should apply just as much to mental health as to other parts of the health system. But our new research finds Australia’s mental health care system is not equitable in this way. This clear link between mental distress and socioeconomic disadvantage exists both in Australia and globally.

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The Relentless School Nurse: The OpEd Nurses are Asking “Fellow Americans, Did We Sign Up for This?”

The Relentless School Nurse

. – The OpEd Nurses In the early days of President Trump’s second term, a series of executive orders have been issued that significantly impact health care policy in the United States. Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is a psychotherapist, advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurse, educator, and author.

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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. Only diabetes and blood pressure problems were included in medical complications controlled for in this paper.

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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

Some current examples of issues that nurse advocates are working on through federal legislative change are workplace violence, mandatory overtime, faculty shortages, workforce development, and modernizing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment systems for nursing care. and Virginia.

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Caring for adults with autism spectrum disorder

American Nurse

Working with the information technology/clinical systems department, the team created a trigger from a positive response on this question, which then initiates consults for the behavioral health intervention team (BHIT), integrated case management, and the dietary department. Behavioral health intervention team. J Autism Dev Disord.

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Doctor Burnout Levels Increasing as a Result of the Pandemic

American Medical Compliance

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) identified physician burnout as a national emergency and published a report in 2019 on solutions. In a release, Murthy stated that “the health of the country depends on the wellbeing of our health workforce.” .” Before the Pandemic.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Impact of clinical pharmacist’s interventions on pharmacotherapy management in elderly patients on polypharmacy with mental health problems including quality of life: A prospective non-randomized study. 1002798 World Health Organization. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865