title: Mental health care reform: a historic town meeting of psychiatric nurses.
abstract: 1. Inspired by the 1992 presidential candidates' town meetings, the conveners of the American Psychiatric Nurses' Association Invitational Conference decided to stage a town meeting for psychiatric nurses. Forty psychiatric nursing leaders came together to share their professional expertise and experiences by giving "testimony" about the role psychiatric nurses play in mental health care reform. 2. The town meeting participants discussed many timely topics, such as practice, education, titling and credentialing issues, and the future of the psychiatric/mental health nursing profession. 3. The participants left the town meeting energized with a common sense of purpose--and a promise to commit themselves to creating the strategies necessary for reform of the mental health care system.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Shea
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States