In this episode, Pediatric Nursing Journal Editor Dr. Judy Rollins interviews Dr. April Weatherly, winner of Pediatric Nursing’s 2019 Donna Wong Writers’ Award. Dr. Weatherly discusses pediatric mental health and her study on the effectiveness of two psychiatric screening tools for adolescent suicide risk.
April Hooper Weatherly, DNP, CRNP-AC, is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the emergency department of Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.
Judy Rollins, PhD, RN, is the Editor of Pediatric Nursing and President of Rollins & Associates Research and Consulting in Washington, DC.
Dr. Weatherly’s article, “Effectiveness of Two Psychiatric Screening Tools for Adolescent Suicide Risk,” was coauthored by Tedra Smith, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, and published in the July/August 2019 issue of Pediatric Nursing.
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