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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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Incorporating Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Training in Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum

American Nurse

Social determinants of health are directly related to adverse childhood experiences. Adverse childhood experiences spotlight specific events that are related to social determinants of health. CHAs lead to further examination of the social determinants of health (SDOH) for the client.

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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.

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A warming planet and human health

American Nurse

A warmer planet increases risks related to physical and mental health. Planetary warming combined with societal inequity result in disastrous impacts of wildfires, extreme temperatures, and severe storms on human health and well-being. Many people face greater risk of poor health outcomes just because of where they live.