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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

Unmet needs for mental health care is creating opportunities for nurses, both new and experienced, in multiple care settings. With the demand for mental health nurses, the possibilities are wide-open, well-paying — and impressively diverse. The demand for mental health nurses is clear.

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Geriatric Nurse: Expert Insights and Career Guidance

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

million Americans reached the retirement milestone of 65, the most significant surge in U.S. 2 As the demand for healthcare increases, so does the need for nurses and other healthcare practitioners trained to care for an aging population a specialty known as geriatrics. In the United States, individuals over 65+ represented 17.3%

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She’ll graduate with her doctorate in nursing practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in December 2023.

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15 Reasons Why Nursing Positions Are in Abundance

Registered Nursing

In many parts of the world, the baby boomer generation is reaching retirement age. Older adults often have more complex healthcare needs, making the demand for skilled nursing care, both in hospitals and long-term care facilities, essential.

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Licensed Practical Nurses: Advancing, Succeeding & Achieving

American Nurse

Over 171,000 LPNs work in long-term care facilities, which is ranked as the number one field of nursing that LPNs are offered employment. Additional areas of nursing that LPNs work in are home health, retirement/assisted living facilities, psychiatric/mental health, substance abuse, and outpatient/ambulatory clinics.

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The tale of a broken heart

American Nurse

Examples of primary triggers include the loss of a spouse, retirement, birth of a grandchild, loss of a job, new job, bankruptcy, or a natural disaster. Long-term care to assess recovery of their left ventricular function includes lab work and echocardiography. This makes distinguishing one from the other difficult.

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7 Occupational Therapy Assistant Jobs

Joyce

Whether you work at a long- or short-term rehab center, you’ll make a difference in restoring your patients’ physical, emotional, social, and mental health. Occupational Therapy Assistant Jobs in Assisted Living Facilities OTAs are in demand at assisted living facilities, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes.