COVID-19

COVID Preparedness for Inpatient Units

It has been a month since President Trump declared a state of national emergency due to the COVID pandemic—March 13. Coincidentally, on that same day, ...
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DMH Expands Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Scope for COVID

On Friday, April 3, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) issued an emergency expansion of what nurse practitioners are allowed to do on psychiatric ...
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CDC and the Great Face Mask Dithering

This morning, my COVID news feed is filled with articles about how CDC is considering recommending that everybody wear face masks (eg., "C.D.C. Weighs Advising ...
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How to Social Distance on the Psych Unit

Social distancing on a psychiatric inpatient unit is not easy but it must be done. Here are some tips. It’s helpful to break these strategies ...
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Telehealth for Inpatient Psychiatry: Strategies in the Age of COVID-19

As I mentioned in my last post on social distancing strategies, these techniques are very difficult on our typically crowded and small inpatient units. The ...
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