The need for mental health professionals, including specialized nurses, is increasing rapidly in the United States.

But when it came time to join a residency program, Francis, like many nurses in Maine, faced limited options. While some ...

degree is the new standard for advanced practice nursing education. The FWWSON has two clinical concentrations: family nurse practitioner (FNP) and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) ...

In the U.S., 77% of counties with a shortage of mental healthcare providers and universities have been drawing upon psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs to fill that gap, NC Health ...

Read about the CQC's analysis of the use of the Mental Health Act in 2023-24 and its findings in relation to nursing.

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The PNA said the level of staff shortage has left its members ‘burned out, frustrated, and fed up with continuously holding services together with minimal resources’.

A clinical associate professor at UMass Amherst’s Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the ...