Population based nursing

Mary is a psychiatric liaison nurse in a busy emergency department. Her job is to ensure clients that come in with a psychiatric emergency are appropriately evaluated and, if necessary, sent to an inpatient psychiatric facility for treatment. In Marys community there is an extreme shortage of psychiatric beds, making timely placement of individuals in need very challenging. Mary has been meeting with city and county leaders to address the bed shortage and explore viable ideas for a solution. Given the above scenario, please answer the following questions: Mary feels her concerns regarding the shortage of beds for psychiatric patients in her county are falling on deaf ears. As a result she has turned to her professional nursing organization to help her. Discuss the importance of professional nursing organizations and how registered nurses can utilize these groups to improve care. Guidelines Your initial response should be at least 250 words in length, reflecting on the prompt above. Please remember that you must include one citation from a scholarly source that is within the last 5 years using APA guidelines. Reply to at least two classmates’ posts. Your response to your classmate’s discussion should add to the discussion (i.e. reflecting on their response, asking questions, etc.).