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Public Health Nurse: Role, Responsibilities & Career Path

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

A public health nurse is critical in improving population health outcomes by educating communities and delivering care. public health nurses served on the frontlines, treating patients and educating them about the virus, tracing their contacts and delivering self-isolation guidance. What Does a Public Health Nurse Do?

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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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Nurses With Disabilities: Still a Lot to Give

Daily Nurse

Dalzell are all public figures who have leveraged their disabilities for the good of the wider world, there are countless other nurses and healthcare professionals who live with autoimmune disorders, chronic pain, mental health conditions, cancer, and all manner of conditions that directly or indirectly impact their personal and professional lives.

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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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A Nurse’s Journey Through Grief, Action, and Story Sharing

Nurse.com

Q: You’ve recently brought attention to maternal mental health and related standards of care. This is when I realized how little attention maternal mental health had really been given. Awareness and education are crucial for nurses, providers, and the public to improve maternal health outcomes.

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LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forward

American Nurse

The opposite also is true: Shame and social stigma can lead to negative, at times catastrophic, health outcomes. LGBTQ+ health disparities ultimately lead to cardiovascular disease and mental health issues; these need to be integrated into the core nursing curriculum, not isolated as a special interest topic.

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Implementation of Trauma-informed Principles in Nursing Education: An Appeal for Action

Minority Nurse

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, 2014), the “3 E” conceptualization of trauma are Event (single or cumulative), Experience ( neglect, abuse, betrayal), and Effects (anxiety, loneliness, depression, feeling unsafe ) are manifested in various ways in people with exposure to trauma.