Improving Nurses' Behavioral Health Knowledge and Skills With Mental Health First Aid
Margaret W Baker1, Catherine Dower, Peggi Banahan Winter
1Margaret W. Baker, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, is Dean and Professor, University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions, California. Catherine Dower, JD, is Senior Director of National Nursing Research and Policy, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California. Peggi Banahan Winter, DNP, MA, RN, CENP, is Regional Director of Professional Development and Education, Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Health Plan, Oakland, Northern California. Marcella M. Rutherford, PhD, MBA, MSN, RN, is Dean, College of Nursing at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Virginia Trotter Betts, JD, MSN, RN, FAAN, is President and CEO, HealthFutures, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
Abstract:
Given the current professional behavioral health workforce shortage, nursing professional development practitioners require educational resources to fully support registered nurses across settings in responding to patients with behavioral health symptoms. Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training to help nonprofessional bystanders assess a mental health crisis, provide initial help, and connect to supports and self-help resources in the local community. Mental Health First Aid was acceptable and useful to 60 RNs and can be supplemented with additional content.
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