Category Archives: NAMI Beaver County Articles
Thanksgiving Newsletter
1229 Third Street Beaver, Pa 15009 www.namibeavercounty.org NAMI ThanksGiving NEWSLETTER Even this year, it is easy to find things to be thankful for. NAMI Beaver County wanted to give a good helping of hope and kindness to go along with that turkey and stuffing!! There is no greater love than the love of… Read More »
EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATING
ROBERT MORRIS PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTIONER STUDENTS David Williams, DNP, FNP-C Daniel Dulaney, RN, BSN Exercise Exercise has been identified as an important way to stay healthy. When we exercise we lower our risk for heart attacks, strokes or brain attacks, and diabetes as well as lower our blood pressure and our cholesterol. Not only does… Read More »
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation How to manage withdrawal Tips, tricks, medications, cell phone apps to help you quit smoking Bryan Byers, BSN, RN and Brad Burns, BSN, RN Smoking addiction is a two-fold problem. Smoking is ritualistic: you open the pack and light up the cigarette. You socialize with your fellow smokers and you keep your hands… Read More »
Coffee Talk December 11, 2015 at 10 a.m.
Coffee Talk…..a time to get together and get to know one another…. December 11, 2015, at 10 a.m., at the NAMI Office at 1229 3rd St., Beaver
NAMI JEWELRY PARTY
PREMIER DESIGNS WILL BE HOSTING A JEWELRY PARTY TO BENEFIT NAMI BEAVER COUNTY DATE: November 24, 2015 TIME: 12-1 PM PLACE: Panera Bread 100 Wagner Road, Monaca, PA 15061 NAMI Beaver County will receive 25% for any party booking and 30% proceeds of sales. Come out and support NAMI and… Read More »
STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
Stigma of Mental Illness in the Workplace Danielle Dipre, DNP student Dr. Janene Luther Szpak, DNP, PMHNP-BC Robert Morris University Work is almost never easy. But for those that live with a diagnosis of mental illness, work can sometimes range from difficult to nearly impossible, depending on the nature of their job… Read More »
SLEEP HYGIENE
Nancy Fickert DNP, CRNP, FNP- BC Janene Luther Szpak, DNP, PMHNP-BC Sleep Hygiene We spend about one third of our lives sleeping. Many people believe this is wasted time. However, the quality and quantity of sleep impacts the remaining two thirds of how we function while awake. About one fourth of the population is occasionally… Read More »
Medication Adherence in Mental Health
Medication Adherence in Mental Health: Working Together to Help Patients Take their Medication as Prescribed Julie M. Palmer DNP Student Dr. Janene Luther Szpak, DNP, PMHNP-BC Robert Morris University The United States Surgeon General reports that seventy-five percent of Americans have trouble taking their medications as prescribed. Taking medications as prescribed by your… Read More »