Vicky Byrd News Today

Heres a roundup of local stories that ran this week.

The Montana Nurses Association had been fighting for better wages, enhanced security and lower nurse-to-patient ratios for nurses at St. Pats Hospital.

More parents in Kentucky are switching jobs, delaying major purchases, cutting back on essential needs, and going into debt in order to afford child care, according to a new survey from the Kentucky Center on Economic Policy. Parents, especially mothers, in the Commonwealth say the financial stress and uncertainty around of child care is impacting their mental health. Keisha, a parent in Knox County, said she struggled with postpartum depression, and notes having access to child care, even jus...

In order to keep medical professionals healthy and not burned out, many states are discussing how to give physicians and nurses more access to mental health support without jeopardizing their licenses or confidentiality.

Medical professionals want care, not discipline

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.

Montana may join about a dozen other states in creating “safe havens” that keep health care professionals from facing scrutiny from licensure boards for seeking mental health or addiction treatment.

States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses.