title: Primary care update for mental health nurses: evidence-based guidelines for nursing assessment, intervention, and follow up.
abstract: Physical health comorbidities are often undiagnosed or undertreated in individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Mental health nurses are in an ideal position to identify, refer, and monitor treatment of these comorbidities. National evidence-based practice guidelines provide key information about common physical health comorbidities that mental health nurses can readily use in their everyday practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612, USA. jmcdev1@uic.edu
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McDevitt
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents