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Eight former ANA presidents urge nurses to consider nursing's values when they vote.
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American Nurses' Association , COVID-19 , Ethics, Nursing , Health Policy , Leadership , Professionalism/standards , Health Services Accessibility , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
Given the current professional behavioral health workforce shortage, nursing professional development practitioners require educational resources to fully support registered nurses across settings in responding to patients with behavioral health symptoms. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training to help nonprofessional bystanders assess a mental health crisis, provide initial help, and connect to supports and self-help resources in the local community. Mental Health First Aid was acceptable and useful to 60 RNs and can be supplemented with additional content.
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Clinical Competence/standards , First Aid/nursing , Mass Screening/nursing , Mental Disorders , Nurses/supply & distribution , Psychiatric Nursing/education , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Mass Screening/methods , Middle Aged , Staff DevelopmentABSTRACT
Mental health research funding priorities in high-income countries must balance longer-term investment in identifying neurobiological mechanisms of disease with shorter-term funding of novel prevention and treatment strategies to alleviate the current burden of mental illness. Prioritising one area of science over others risks reduced returns on the entire scientific portfolio.
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Biomedical Research/economics , Mental Health/economics , HumansABSTRACT
This article explores some of the issues surrounding safeguarding vulnerable adults, examines some of the related legislation and literature, and outlines the responsibilities of those who care for this patient group. The article describes how one hospital that specialises in caring for people with early-onset dementia, Huntingdon's disease and alcohol-related brain injury who require additional support, has provided staff with appropriate evidence-based information about safeguarding adults.
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Neurodegenerative Diseases/nursing , Patient Safety , Adult , Humans , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Quality of Health Care , United KingdomSubject(s)
Adolescent Health Services/organization & administration , Child Health Services/organization & administration , Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Health Policy , Health Services Research/organization & administration , Adolescent , Child , Community Participation , Consumer Advocacy , Cooperative Behavior , Health Services Needs and Demand/organization & administration , Humans , Interdisciplinary Communication , Leadership , United StatesABSTRACT
In this interview, Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, MSN, RN, FAAN, a former American Nurses Association (ANA) president who has served in leading national health policy roles, discusses her current role and experiences as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
