School nurses can be an important source of mental health support for students, but most schools don’t have access to a full-time nurse. That is the case even though students’ mental health needs have ...
School nurses manage medications, provide first aid and care for students with chronic illnesses like diabetes, asthma and life-threatening allergies. They also play a critical role in supporting ...
In the last few years, the poor state of mental wellbeing among healthcare professionals has gained significant attention — both in the medical world and on a national level. This issue came into the ...
In a state where mental health care access can be limited, especially for Black communities, one nurse is serving Black Atlantans in an unconventional way – by running a clinic on wheels. Psychiatric ...
Children are one of the groups hit hardest by the mental health crisis in the United States. With provider shortages, limited care options and few treatment beds available, many struggling young ...
While the number of psychiatrists in the United States to manage unmet mental healthcare needs is lacking, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners may help fill gaps in care. Researchers at the ...
Christena Raines tells PEOPLE about opening the first in-patient Perinatal Mental Health unit in the country and serving as the Board Chair of Postpartum Support International Topher Gauk-Roger is a ...
Students in Winnetka, Ill., are checked by a nurses as shown here on return to school following illness. 1947.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images It’s a deadly time to be a teenager. The most recent CDC ...