Honoring the past and charting the future: The International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses' commitment to advance diversity and equity in mental health care.

For more than two decades, the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses has dedicated its efforts to improving mental health care services worldwide, focusing on leveraging the psychiatric nursing workforce and advocating to eradicate systemic health disparities. Part of this labor included creating a culturally centered initiative, the Position Statement on Diversity, Cultural Competence and Access to Mental Health Care to fortify the cultural awareness of ISPN members to improve health-care quality delivered to diverse individuals, families, and communities across the life span and to improve these populations' access to mental health care.

Scientific writing development: Improve DNP student skill and writing efficiency.

Background: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students lack sufficient opportunities to practice writing. Students and faculty require clear expectations and consistent feedback to improve skills.

Objective: This study evaluated a rubric-driven scientific writing development program.

Depressive symptoms associated with physical health problems in midlife women: A longitudinal study.

Background: It is unclear if the relationship between depression and physical health problems in women is related to age, reproductive stage, obesity or socio-demographic risk factors.

Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained every 6 months for 36 months in 264 midlife African American, Caucasian and Latina women who began the study as healthy regularly menstruating 40 to 50-year-olds; 75 transitioned to peri- or post-menopause by 36 months. Scores of 16 or higher on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale were used to estimate depression risk.

Student Developed and Led Simulation Scenarios.

Use of simulation in teaching is well established as a viable educational technique. Flipped classroom techniques using technology have been shown to enhance and deepen knowledge of content. This educational innovation utilized both techniques in a second-semester prelicensure nursing course to allow students to gain a broader focus on complex patient scenarios and a better understanding of simulation as a teaching/learning tool.

Sleep disturbance in midlife women.

Emphasizing midlife women, this review describes sleep and compares self-report sleep data with objective findings from laboratory studies of women. Sleep disturbance is a more prevalent complaint for women than men. Not due to chronologic age per se, it is associated with menopausal symptoms and most importantly with comorbidities and stress.