title: Psychiatric nursing in a rural outreach program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A method of delivering mental health services to clients in rural areas
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the opportunities available for nurses to provide mental health services in rural areas
  
  
  METHODS
  Preliminary outcome data from program statistics and case studies
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses were able to significantly decrease client hospitalizations and increase longevity in the community.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Worley
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sloop
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*