Empowering Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners to Expand Treatment Opportunities for Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
Jennifer Jones ◽  
Matthew Tierney ◽  
Gabrielle Jacobs ◽  
Shao-Yun Chien ◽  
Sandra Mallisham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse

The First Private Practice as a Registration Authority Authorised Nurse Practitioner in Australia

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Cashin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Scope Of Practice ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Third Party Reimbursement

The first private practice conducted, owned by and advertised as an authorised nurse practitioner practice in Australia was established in February 2004. A mental health nurse practitioner established the practice in a medical centre to provide counselling and mental health services for individuals, couples and families. This paper discusses the first 18 months of operation and considers the experience in the context of the small amount of published data, internationally, related to nurse owned and run private practices in general, and nurse practitioner practices. The practical steps of setting up, reimbursement and meeting challenges, in particular, are discussed. Diary entries and copies of emails were used as data through which the experience was tracked. The conclusion was reached that private practice as a nurse practitioner is possible. Scope of practice and financial remuneration are limited by the current third party reimbursement arrangements under Medicare and the lack of provision of PBS provider numbers to nurse practitioners.

scholarly journals Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner student preceptorship: Perspectives on the clinical training

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Horace Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Course Work ◽  
Health Nurse

As today’s health-service delivery continues to evolve and transform, keeping pace with the training needs of professionals entrusted to deliver quality, competent care is itself an evolutionary and multifaceted academic undertaking. In the United States, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) have been evidenced as formative, effective, and necessary contributors to quality, cost- effective patient, family, and community-based mental health care across the lifespan. The education and certification processes for PMHNPs involve a comprehensive and rigorous combination of theoretical course-work and clinical practicum guided by the concepts and principles of the preceptorship model. The purpose of this paper is to use the available literature to discuss and gain insights into some clinical and educational perspectives influencing PMHNP students’ practice preparations within the context of the preceptorship-paradigmatic relationship. Along with adding to the literature, this paper could have important implications from the standpoint of the PMHNP student-faculty-preceptor model.

scholarly journals Promoting Access Through Integrated Mental Health Care Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Kverno
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Primary Care Nurse ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

Mental disorders are the leading cause of non-communicable disability worldwide. Insufficient numbers of psychiatrically trained providers and geographic inequities impair access. To close this treatment gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the integration of mental health services with primary care. A new innovative online program is presented that increases access to mental health education for primary care nurse practitioners in designated mental health professional shortage areas. To create successful and sustainable change, an overlapping three-phase strategy is being implemented. Phase I is recruiting and educating primary care nurse practitioners to become competent and certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Phase II is developing partnerships with state and local agencies to identify and support the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner education and clinical training. Phase III is sustaining integrated mental health care services through the development of nurse leaders who will participate in interdisciplinary coalitions and educate future students.

Educating Integrated Family/Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioners: Program Development and Evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly A. Hulme ◽  
Julia F. Houfek ◽  
Kathryn Fiandt ◽  
Cecilia Barron ◽  
Susan Muhlbauer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse
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