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Sonoma Valley Community Health Center
May 3, 2018
North Coast Fires Spark a Mental Health Crisis; UCSF Responds
By Andrew Schwartz
Science of Caring
In the months after the devastating North Coast fires, licensed providers from UCSF staffed a volunteer clinic to deliver ongoing crisis counseling for Sonoma residents. The effort could lead to a PMHNP faculty practice aimed at addressing the area’s growing mental health needs.
An EdPACT team engages in a morning huddle. From left to right: Co-director Rebecca Shunk, faculty member JoAnne Saxe, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner James Caldwell, registered nurse Cora Aquino, nurse practitioner resident Haruka Kelley, licensed vocational nurse Marbing Pablico, Co-director Anna Strewler and physician resident Max Brondfield. (Photos by Elisabeth Fall.)
Jan. 26, 2018
A Growing Partnership to Improve the Care of Veterans
By Andrew Schwartz / Photography by Elisabeth Fall
Science of Caring
As a partnership between the UC San Francisco School of Nursing and the San Francisco VA Health Care System expands and deepens, it benefits both institutions, nurse practitioners and, most importantly, veterans in need of care.
Nurse practitioner resident Haruka Kelley (right) with a patient at the VA women’s clinic. (Photos by Elisabeth Fall.)
Jan. 12, 2018
Seeking to Spread and Standardize NP Residencies
By Andrew Schwartz
Science of Caring
The UC San Francisco School of Nursing and the San Francisco VA Health Care System have launched innovative nurse practitioner residencies that are contributing to a growing, nationwide interest in such programs.