A new partnership between the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the National Association of Schools Nurses hopes to enhance school nurses’ ability to address children’s mental health issues.
One-in-five children has had a seriously debilitating mental illness, according to a statement from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. And school nurses frequently are on the front lines. “It’s often the nurse at school who picks up on mental health and substance abuse issues,” said APNA President Kris McLoughlin, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN.
To better equip school nurses to identify and respond to students’ mental health issues, APNA has teamed up with the National Association of School Nurses. Through the partnership, NASN members can take an online continuing-education certificate program that APNA developed to give nurses the evidence-based knowledge and skills they need to provide safe, cost-effective, patient-centered care to schoolchildren with psychiatric and mental health needs.
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