MFP Alumna Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN Makes the Minority Nurse “A” (Achievement) List
One of nursing’s foremost experts on community and public health, Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed to a national Institute of Medicine study committee that will examine qualifications for professionals who provide mental health counseling services under TRICARE, the Department of Defense’s health care services plan for active-duty military personnel, veterans and their families. The committee will develop recommendations for permitting licensed mental health counselors to practice independently under the TRICARE program. Sharps, chair of the Department of Community Public Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, says the study’s goal is to “improve TRICARE by helping it supply the best mental health care to meet the complex needs of active military members and veterans.”
Source: http://www.minoritynurse.com/vital-sign/achievement-list