TY - JOUR
KW - Distance education
KW - educational models
KW - Integrated Health Care Systems
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - Nurse Practitioners
KW - Psychiatric Nursing
AU - K. Kverno
A1 - 
AB - 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.
BT - The open nursing journal
C5 - Education & Workforce
CY - Netherlands
DO - 10.2174/187443460160101073
JF - The open nursing journal
N2 - 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.
PP - Netherlands
PY - 2016
SN - 1874-4346
SP - 73
EP - 77
EP - 
T1 - Promoting Access Through Integrated Mental Health Care Education
T2 - The open nursing journal
TI - Promoting Access Through Integrated Mental Health Care Education
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 27347257
U3 - 10.2174/187443460160101073
VL - 10
VO - 1874-4346
Y1 - 2016
ER -