Nate
@utahn8.bsky.social
DNP. Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse. Mental Health Quality Improvement and Implementation Consultant. Implementation Science and Evidence Based Practice. Remain calm and be kind.
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Everyone should read this. And anyone who is non stop hysterical posting/catastrophizing online should read it twice
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Everyone should read this. And anyone who is non stop hysterical posting/catastrophizing online should read it twice
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With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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🗨️The corridor is not a clinical area. It is a corridor. It was not designed for any patient to be cared for there for any length of time🗨️
A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift
A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift
www.pslhub.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🗨️The corridor is not a clinical area. It is a corridor. It was not designed for any patient to be cared for there for any length of time🗨️
A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
A silent safety scandal: A nurse’s first-hand account of a corridor nursing shift www.pslhub.org/learn/improv...
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Periodic reminder:
You're going to see a lot of bills introduced this Congress, some of which will not pass/and are showboating for the sake of showboating.
I really want to encourage everyone to go to govtrack.us to check the score, before putting forward calls to action.
You're going to see a lot of bills introduced this Congress, some of which will not pass/and are showboating for the sake of showboating.
I really want to encourage everyone to go to govtrack.us to check the score, before putting forward calls to action.
GovTrack.us
Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.
govtrack.us
January 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Periodic reminder:
You're going to see a lot of bills introduced this Congress, some of which will not pass/and are showboating for the sake of showboating.
I really want to encourage everyone to go to govtrack.us to check the score, before putting forward calls to action.
You're going to see a lot of bills introduced this Congress, some of which will not pass/and are showboating for the sake of showboating.
I really want to encourage everyone to go to govtrack.us to check the score, before putting forward calls to action.
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"Nihilism pretends to be clarity, but really, it’s just a particularly pathetic laziness powered by narcissism. Take that shit somewhere else. I don’t have time for it. I don’t have patience for it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/yeah-im-a-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/yeah-im-a-...
Yeah, I'm a Hard Pass On Nihilism
Not here for it.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Nihilism pretends to be clarity, but really, it’s just a particularly pathetic laziness powered by narcissism. Take that shit somewhere else. I don’t have time for it. I don’t have patience for it."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/yeah-im-a-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/yeah-im-a-...
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"Many interventions focus on extrinsic factors. Restorative practice gives you the opportunity to make yourself your own improvement project." www.crownhouse.co.uk/restorative-... #Medsky #Edusky #Nurses #Socialwork
January 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Many interventions focus on extrinsic factors. Restorative practice gives you the opportunity to make yourself your own improvement project." www.crownhouse.co.uk/restorative-... #Medsky #Edusky #Nurses #Socialwork
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What is consciousness? What kind of agents can be conscious? What is the role of evolution & embodiment? Are there different levels? The ongoing debate can benefit from the insights of this paper by @mitibennett.bsky.social @annaciaunica.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14545
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14545
December 24, 2024 at 5:30 PM
What is consciousness? What kind of agents can be conscious? What is the role of evolution & embodiment? Are there different levels? The ongoing debate can benefit from the insights of this paper by @mitibennett.bsky.social @annaciaunica.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14545
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14545
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New, from me: Muskawamy's plans for federal government employees, sorting out fact from fiction.
Bottom-line: mass firings are unlikely, some proposals are real, but likely to worsen state capacity.
Making the government a toxic employer is bad for the rest of us.
🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Bottom-line: mass firings are unlikely, some proposals are real, but likely to worsen state capacity.
Making the government a toxic employer is bad for the rest of us.
🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Will the federal government become a toxic employer?
Sorting fact from fiction on mass firings, relocations, and return-to-work policies
open.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New, from me: Muskawamy's plans for federal government employees, sorting out fact from fiction.
Bottom-line: mass firings are unlikely, some proposals are real, but likely to worsen state capacity.
Making the government a toxic employer is bad for the rest of us.
🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Bottom-line: mass firings are unlikely, some proposals are real, but likely to worsen state capacity.
Making the government a toxic employer is bad for the rest of us.
🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" | My new article with Peter Hotez in #SkepticalInquirer: skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
skepticalinquirer.org
December 31, 2024 at 3:20 PM
"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" | My new article with Peter Hotez in #SkepticalInquirer: skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
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NEW: “You have made progress.”
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
propub.li
December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: “You have made progress.”
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
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In this new article in American Psychologist we respond to critics in detail and clarify two key points for the field;
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
December 16, 2024 at 11:16 AM
In this new article in American Psychologist we respond to critics in detail and clarify two key points for the field;
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
(1) The prevalence of misinformation in society is substantial when properly defined.
(2) Misinformation causally impacts attitudes and behaviors.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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An analytic autopsy of sorts on the practice of re-analyzing vaccine data for the COVID and HPV vaccines. Episky 🛟 medsky
Tortured confessions? Potentially erroneous statistical inferences may underpin misleading claims of harms in reanalyses of COVID-19 and HPV vaccines
The safety and efficacy of vaccination is a subject contentious in the public mind. Despite overwhelming evidence of their benefits to public health, …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 28, 2024 at 11:50 PM
An analytic autopsy of sorts on the practice of re-analyzing vaccine data for the COVID and HPV vaccines. Episky 🛟 medsky
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My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
“Rookie factor”: why healthcare workforce policy needs to embrace experience
What price experience? I have been working across several safety critical industries for years and in terms of the approaches that these industries take to workforce issues there are some stark differ...
www.bmj.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM
My latest @bmj.com on why an experienced workforce is necessary for safety and productivity www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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👇 Our new publication about staff perception and restrictive practices.
Perceptions Among Mental Health Professionals Regarding the ... : Journal of Forensic Nursing
s the question of which coercive measures are perceived as being less intrusive than others.
Aim
The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Danish mental health professionals regar...
journals.lww.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:29 AM
👇 Our new publication about staff perception and restrictive practices.
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💯 "Yet, as a society we are becoming less tolerant of ambiguity. The shades of grey have all gone, there is only black or white. And a CNS inflammatory disorder is about as far from ambiguous as you can get."
December 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM
💯 "Yet, as a society we are becoming less tolerant of ambiguity. The shades of grey have all gone, there is only black or white. And a CNS inflammatory disorder is about as far from ambiguous as you can get."
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The holidays aren’t so happy for everyone — it’s actually really common.
If you’re having a hard time — at any time — call/text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org/chat to be connected to a trained counselor, 24/7.
It’s always free & confidential.
Please share. You never know who needs to see this. 💚
If you’re having a hard time — at any time — call/text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org/chat to be connected to a trained counselor, 24/7.
It’s always free & confidential.
Please share. You never know who needs to see this. 💚
December 24, 2024 at 7:49 PM
The holidays aren’t so happy for everyone — it’s actually really common.
If you’re having a hard time — at any time — call/text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org/chat to be connected to a trained counselor, 24/7.
It’s always free & confidential.
Please share. You never know who needs to see this. 💚
If you’re having a hard time — at any time — call/text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org/chat to be connected to a trained counselor, 24/7.
It’s always free & confidential.
Please share. You never know who needs to see this. 💚
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So pleased to see this paper finally published. A detailed analysis of the experiences of consumers, clinicians and support persons involved in the safety planning intervention for suicide prevention. A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Open Access. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
December 22, 2024 at 8:23 AM
So pleased to see this paper finally published. A detailed analysis of the experiences of consumers, clinicians and support persons involved in the safety planning intervention for suicide prevention. A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.Open Access. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 21, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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Omega-3 supplements for the prevention of psychosis: another trial shows no benefit, so is it time to move on? https://buff.ly/4fwRB0B
David Mongan reports on a recent RCT and reflects on what’s next for the field.
#Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Omega3 #Prevention #UltraHighRisk #UHRpsychosis #RCT
David Mongan reports on a recent RCT and reflects on what’s next for the field.
#Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Omega3 #Prevention #UltraHighRisk #UHRpsychosis #RCT
December 20, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Omega-3 supplements for the prevention of psychosis: another trial shows no benefit, so is it time to move on? https://buff.ly/4fwRB0B
David Mongan reports on a recent RCT and reflects on what’s next for the field.
#Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Omega3 #Prevention #UltraHighRisk #UHRpsychosis #RCT
David Mongan reports on a recent RCT and reflects on what’s next for the field.
#Psychosis #Schizophrenia #Omega3 #Prevention #UltraHighRisk #UHRpsychosis #RCT
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Paraphrased:
“These findings suggest that social anxiety exerts comparable influence in Autistics and non-Autistics
Therefore, Autistics with high social anxiety may not represent a specific subtype of autism
Rather, social anxiety exists separate from the autism phenotype”
“These findings suggest that social anxiety exerts comparable influence in Autistics and non-Autistics
Therefore, Autistics with high social anxiety may not represent a specific subtype of autism
Rather, social anxiety exists separate from the autism phenotype”
New paper on effect of social anxiety on eye gaze in autistic youth
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Autism and social anxiety (SA) share behavioral features like reduced eye contact, variable social attention, and differences in social interactions. However, the impact of the co-occurrence of these ...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Paraphrased:
“These findings suggest that social anxiety exerts comparable influence in Autistics and non-Autistics
Therefore, Autistics with high social anxiety may not represent a specific subtype of autism
Rather, social anxiety exists separate from the autism phenotype”
“These findings suggest that social anxiety exerts comparable influence in Autistics and non-Autistics
Therefore, Autistics with high social anxiety may not represent a specific subtype of autism
Rather, social anxiety exists separate from the autism phenotype”
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Caring jobs are the most demanding jobs in America, and that they're so underpaid is almost entirely the result of misogyny and the myth that caring is "women's work."
December 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Caring jobs are the most demanding jobs in America, and that they're so underpaid is almost entirely the result of misogyny and the myth that caring is "women's work."
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We could treat violations as the actions of bad people, and blame them as a result.
Or we could treat violations as an indicator to better design systems so they don’t necessitate those violations, and include functions that support workers when they are forced to work around flawed systems.
Or we could treat violations as an indicator to better design systems so they don’t necessitate those violations, and include functions that support workers when they are forced to work around flawed systems.
December 15, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We could treat violations as the actions of bad people, and blame them as a result.
Or we could treat violations as an indicator to better design systems so they don’t necessitate those violations, and include functions that support workers when they are forced to work around flawed systems.
Or we could treat violations as an indicator to better design systems so they don’t necessitate those violations, and include functions that support workers when they are forced to work around flawed systems.