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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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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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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.,

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Behavioral Healthcare in Life After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relias

At the beginning of 2020, we never could have imagined that the development of a vaccine for a virus would be the highlight of our year. Some of the other hardships we endured that year also brought hope for positive changes in the behavioral health landscape. It gives us all hope for a better future in life after COVID-19.

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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

Relias

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% had no coverage at all. with 34.3%

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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.