The mental health system is increasingly reliant on psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) to meet the psychiatric needs of Medicare patients, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
"We were surprised by the degree to which PMHNPs are the de facto mental health prescribers in parts of the country," said corresponding author Michael Barnett, an associate professor of health policy and management at Harvard Chan School. "In the states where PMHNPs have no restrictions on prescribing medications, these providers account for 50 percent of all mental health prescriber visits in rural areas, which was much greater than we had anticipated."
Topeka nurses want to go the extra mile to give you the best care. That's what Carolyn Wittman, RN, a certified emergency nurse at Stormont Vail found in a recent research project she undertook.
She launched a research project, partnering with a fellow staff member and a mentor at Washburn University. She emailed 1,181 Registered Nurses in Stormont's system, and about 30 percent responded. She learned a significant number held certifications.
Thousands of Minnesota nurses will strike for three days later this month, the Minnesota Nurses Association said Thursday.
The strike, which will begin Sept. 12, will involve 15,000 nurses at 16 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth. Union leaders said they have filed the requisite 10-day notice with hospital employers.
The past two years have been stressful for hospital workers and that includes nurses who have been burning out due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has been followed by a monkeypox outbreak and a rise in polio infections.
To help its personnel, the Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, which is a part of the Northwell Health System, gives its some of its nurses a virtual break from their workday stress via the Oculus Quest 2, a virtual headset that takes its users to the battlefield in a galaxy far, far away to a sandy beach or to other picturesque destinations.
INTEGRIS Health and Southwestern Oklahoma State University are partnering to establish tuition support opportunities for first-semester enrollees in SWOSU's nursing program.
A bill by California Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, D-San Diego, to allow qualified nurse practitioners to perform first- trimester abortions without a supervising physician was approved by the state Senate Tuesday.
Senate Bill 1375 passed by a vote of 31-9 and is a component of several reproductive health bills introduced this year by the California Legislative Women's Caucus.