TY - GEN AB - People with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) are at higher risk for cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities than the general population. Despite this, those with SPMI are less likely to have corresponding physiological markers, such as glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and lipids, recorded. Behavioral health nurses are well situated to bridge this gap and provide both mental and physical health support. Evidence suggests blood work collected by behavioral health nurses, rather than coordinating with an external facility, can reduce delays and costs of laboratory monitoring. Although within their scope of practice, a lack of training and organizational support has prevented behavioral health nurses performing phlebotomy. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to create and train behavioral health nurses working in a local community mental health clinic in phlebotomy. AD - Oregon Health and Science University AU - White, Alison DA - 2021 DO - 10.6083/3r074v658 DO - DOI ID - 9088 KW - Nursing KW - Behavioral Medicine KW - Quality Improvement KW - Phlebotomy KW - Lipids KW - Glycated Hemoglobin KW - Mental Disorders KW - training programs L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9088/files/White.Alison.2021.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9088/files/White.Alison.2021.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9088/files/White.Alison.2021.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9088/files/White.Alison.2021.pdf N2 - People with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) are at higher risk for cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities than the general population. Despite this, those with SPMI are less likely to have corresponding physiological markers, such as glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and lipids, recorded. Behavioral health nurses are well situated to bridge this gap and provide both mental and physical health support. Evidence suggests blood work collected by behavioral health nurses, rather than coordinating with an external facility, can reduce delays and costs of laboratory monitoring. Although within their scope of practice, a lack of training and organizational support has prevented behavioral health nurses performing phlebotomy. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to create and train behavioral health nurses working in a local community mental health clinic in phlebotomy. PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2021 T1 - Training behavioral health nurses in phlebotomy to improve care for patients with serious and persistent mental illness TI - Training behavioral health nurses in phlebotomy to improve care for patients with serious and persistent mental illness UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9088/files/White.Alison.2021.pdf Y1 - 2021 ER -