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Implementation Of A Peer Mentoring-Network Initiative In Outpatient Psychiatry To Improve Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses' Job Satisfaction, Maria Romanoff Rand
Implementation Of A Peer Mentoring-Network Initiative In Outpatient Psychiatry To Improve Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses' Job Satisfaction, Maria Romanoff Rand
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects
Background: Post-pandemic rates of mental illness have increased, resulting in a rise in demand for psychiatric services. At the same time, a growing shortage of psychiatric providers is occurring. This combination has given rise to an expanding mental health crisis where strengthening and stabilizing the psychiatric workforce is paramount. Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses are uniquely qualified to staff this shortage. Therefore, positive job satisfaction for Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses is vital to increase and retain psychiatric healthcare providers available to address this critical need for mental health services.
Methods: At the project site, the shift to telehealth, changing leadership, and …