
Mental Health Services Needs Your Support
Is collaborative practice still needed?
COMMENTARY
I would like to express my concerns for Louisiana citizens’ access to mental health care. Statistics show most of Louisiana parishes are underserved in the areas of mental health.1 Individuals who experience mental health issues are one of the highest risk groups in health care today.
I am a
My psychiatrist has 7 psychiatric NPs because he is one of the
The removal of collaborative practice, allowing nurse practitioners to give care without a doctor’s supervision, was pulled from vote in senate. This move could adversely affect many in Louisiana—including voting senators and their families.
I find it noteworthy that Veterans Affairs (VA) already
The lack of psychiatric services trickles down to unnecessary hospitalizations, arrests because of psychotic behaviors, and jail time for issues that need mental health—not incarceration.
Louisiana citizens need our support.
Ms Davis is a nurse practitioner in Monroe, Louisiana.
References
1. Stokowski LA. APRN prescribing law: a state-by-state summary. Medscape. January 4, 2018.
2. US Department of Veterans Affairs. VA grants full practice authority to advance practice registered nurses. December 14, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2021.
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