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Why Nurse Practitioners Are Reluctant to Get Mental Health

Scrubs

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we are turning the spotlight on nurse practitioners. According to the Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2022 , six in 10 NPs are burned out and four in 10 are suffering from depression. Unfortunately, we live with this constant fear of losing our licenses.

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Why Become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner?

Post University

Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners have seen a rise in demand over the past few years. Working as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) could be the right path for you if you’re looking for steady work with plenty of opportunities available. percent out of all licensed NPs in the U.S.,

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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., 2021, 2022). 2023; Kirzinger et al.,

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How To Become a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

A psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner is a specialized healthcare role nurse practitioners can fulfill with advanced training and experience. If you want to know how to become a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, learn more about the nuances and requirements of this role.

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Collaboration: The key to patient care success

American Nurse

Despite the exceedingly high turnover rate of ICU nurses nationwide, Raritan Bay Medical Center’s ICU had an RN turnover rate of 3% in the third quarter of 2022. In the last quarter of 2022, and year to date in 2023, we have a 0% nurse turnover rate. The program, Grow Your Mental Health, focuses on mindful breathing.

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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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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. In a 2022 study, the American Hospital Association determined that nurses represented only 5% of hospital/health organization board members.