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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

Unmet needs for mental health care is creating opportunities for nurses, both new and experienced, in multiple care settings. With the demand for mental health nurses, the possibilities are wide-open, well-paying — and impressively diverse. The demand for mental health nurses is clear. Home health agencies.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Heartfelt Retirement Speech With an Advocacy Message

The Relentless School Nurse

We co-chaired the New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA) Spring Conference in 2019, before the world shut down. I have seen Kathy blossom from a novice school nurse to one of New Jersey’s most valued school nurse leaders, and now to her much deserved retirement. Nurses never really retire, especially school nurses.

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Staff Retention in Behavioral Health: Your Questions Answered

Relias

From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, your organization and the behavioral health professionals you employ perform a wide range of important work. As demand for behavioral health providers increases across the U.S.

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. February 27, 2019. It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. September 19, 2022. This is the state of nursing.

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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. Global Change Research Program: Climate change and human health ( health2016.globalchange.gov/climate-change-and-human-health

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Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.

American Nurse

We recognize that many older adults experience mental health conditions like anxiety” and “we are calling urgently for more research,” said Lori Pbert, associate chief of the preventive and behavioral medicine division at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and a former task force member who worked on the anxiety recommendations.

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Understanding and Navigating the Nurse Shortage

Premier Medical Staffing

There are a number of factors driving this shortage, including a retirement boom, lack of educators, and of course, burnout. WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions The retirement boom The retirement boom among older nurses has created thousands of job openings in nursing. Studies have projected that 1.2