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Top Nursing Specialties in Demand for 2025

NexNurse

Skills Required: Advanced clinical skills, strong communication, and the ability to work independently. Mental Health Nurses Mental health nurses, also known as psychiatric nurses, specialize in caring for patients with mental health disorders.

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What is Neurodiversity? Understanding Neurodiversity

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Typically, those with autism experience differences in thinking, movement, sensory processing, socialization and communication. 30 , 31 Speech-Language Pathology (SLP): SLPs are experts in communication, supporting individuals with socialization cues and self-expression. Caroline Miller, What Is Neurodiversity? Kathy Leadbitter, et al.

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Researchers Offer New Paradigm for Managing Adult ADHD

Consult QD

Further, this transforms the ADHD problem from a perspective of mental health disorder existing inside the skin to a single, functional condition occurring outside the skin, (ie, in the world of manageable action and behavior). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2014; 53(1):34–46.e2. J Clin Psychiatry 2004; 65(suppl 3):8–11.

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A Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism | USAHS

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 1 is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by impaired social communication skills, restricted and repetitive behaviors and isolated areas of interest. OTs often begin the process by communicating directly with the patient and family to understand the patient’s individual needs.

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Body dysmorphic disorder is more common than eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, yet few people are aware of its dangers

American Nurse

We are a team of communication and mental health researchers and clinicians from Colorado State University Global , Hofstra Medical School and the University of Toronto. For comparison, at any point in time, bulimia is seen in roughly 1.5% of women and 0.5% of men in the U.S., and anorexia in 0.35% of women and 0.1%

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Integrative Medicine Relies on Trust, Collaboration to Succeed

Nurse.com

In our current system, we’re not very good at communicating among disciplines, having a plan, having somebody who’s quarterbacking that plan and bringing all the [disciplines] together,” which can lead to the successful collaboration patients need, she said. “We million in 2021) are living with a mental illness.

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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

My work as a psychiatric NP had been focused on child and adolescent psychiatry, but moving to Florida in 2013 hindered my ability to continue this practice. Staffers respond to constituent concerns and communicate them to the elected official. Currently, she provides outpatient telepsychiatry services in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

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