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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. September 2020. 2020; 86(1):29-38. 2020; 28(8):3557-69.

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10 FAQs About Nurse Practitioners

Board Vitals - Nursing

As a nurse practitioner practicing in California in 2020, I can prescribe medication, including controlled substances, and currently have a supervising physician who co-signs my work as an advanced practice provider. However, since NP prescriptive authority is “solely regulated by state boards of nursing,” it varies from state-to-state.

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How to Become a Travel Nurse in Seven Steps

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The nursing field is currently experiencing a shortage that is expected to get worse: studies show 100,000 nurses have left the field since 2020, and more than half a million plan to leave by 2027. They also provide health insurance and retirement benefits you wouldn’t receive working a short-term job.

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Comprehensive Final Rule Expected in 2024

Healthcare Law Insights blog

In the United States, mental health (“MH”) and substance use disorder (“SUD”) (collectively “MH/SUD”) have continued to represent areas of intense concern. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MH struggles of essential workers and health care professionals were pushed to the forefront. 1] Substance Abuse Mental Health Servs.

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Nurses Are Closing Gaps in Care of LGBTQ Patients

Nurse.com

Fellowship offers culturally responsive training The Keith Haring Nurse Practitioner Postgraduate Fellowship in LGBTQ+ Health focuses on training NPs to provide compassionate care to members of the LGBTQ+ communities, through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion , and with an anti-racist approach.

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Crusading for Mothers

American Nurse

Primarily a rural state, Missouri has ten rural counties with the highest rates of maternal morbidity (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2021; The Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review, 2018). Yet, perinatal mental health has yet to be brought to the ballad. Retrieved from [link] Luca, D. Margiotta, C.,