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How Climate Change is Affecting Your Mental Health

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Eventually, she began working in building sustainability, where she helped businesses reduce their energy and water consumption. In that vein, Dr. Janet Lewis, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester in New York, recommends building relationships within a like-minded group.

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What is Neurodiversity? Understanding Neurodiversity

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Many businesses now have neurodiversity hiring programs. Elizabeth Pellicano and Jacquiline den Houting, Annual Research Review: Shifting from normal science to neurodiversity in autism science, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 3, 2021: 63(4), 381396, [link]. Caroline Miller, What Is Neurodiversity?

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The diversity of mental health nursing is enormous. Q&A with Monica Taylor

The Nurse Break

Monica has expertise in emergency psychiatry and undertook state projects where she led the development of the WA framework for clinical supervision in public mental health services and was project lead for national forensic benchmarking.

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Achieving Work/Life Synergy in Healthcare

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Whereas our friends in Psychiatry may be able to work from home more often, those in General Surgery likely do not have this option. If we are expected to be available after normal business hours, it is important to ensure that there is then flexibility during the workday. One idea is to arrange time to work from home.

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Canadian Nurse Practitioner Strives to Make a Difference with DNP – Educational Leadership Specialization

Post University

For Norma Hilsmann, nursing was something of a family business. “My Discovering Her Life’s Purpose Norma started her nursing career in psychiatry, palliative care and respiratory medicine. That ‘something else’ was becoming a violinist, and Norma started college at the University of British Columbia as a music major.

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What Can You Do with a Psychology Major?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

They may work for nonprofit organizations, government agencies or the business sector. Get certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Businesses often hire them to help with leadership development, diversity initiatives and ensuring their employees have a healthy work-life balance. Earn an MD or DO.

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A Passion for Breast Cancer Advocacy and Unique Perspective on Survivorship: Meet The Pink Warrior 

Daily Nurse

I practice clinically at the Columbus Free Clinic on Thursday evenings, which is a clinic that serves the uninsured and underinsured population of the Columbus, Ohio area, providing primary care services and specialty services, including gynecology, urology, neurology, and psychiatry.

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