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How One Nurse Makes a Difference for Patients and Staff

Jeanne McElhinney, MS, RN, BC , nurse director for McLean’s Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Inpatient Program , has seen a lot of changes. She arrived at McLean in 1986 during training for her associate degree in mental health at Middlesex Community College. At the time, she covered three shifts...

New Admissions Wing Fosters Collaboration and Encourages Healing

Patients with mental health emergencies often languish in emergency departments for hours and sometimes days. A scarcity of inpatient psychiatric beds across the country is a significant problem. With the opening of McLean’s new three-floor wing of the Admissions Building in 2016, this insufficient...

A Well-Traveled Career Path: Mental Health Specialist to Registered Nurse

Nicole Visaggio was a mental health specialist (MHS) at McLean for a year before she decided to become a nurse. She spent the next three years working full-time as an MHS while attending nursing school. Now a nurse manager, she is midway through a master’s degree in forensic nursing. After being an...