Mechling, Brandy M
Professor
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Mechling, Brandy M
Professor
Positions
- Professor, School of Nursing , College of Health and Human Services
Overview
Overview
I completed my PhD in Nursing at UNC- Chapel Hill in May 2013. My area of clinical expertise is in Psychiatry/Mental Health. I have been a nurse for over 25 years. I am a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Publications
Selected Publications
Academic Article
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| 2022-12-01 | Emergency Department–Initiated Interventions for Illicit Drug Overdose: An Integrative Review of Best Practices.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
61:18-24.
2022-12-01
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| 2022-10-01 | Lessons From the Field: Strategies for Success in Obtaining Grant Funding.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Epub:1-6.
2022-10-01
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| 2022-10-01 | Research Priorities in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Comparing Current Funding Available with Published Work.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
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2022-10-01
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| 2022-08-01 | Fostering Better Outcomes for Youth of Parents with Opioid Use Disorder.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
35:203-205.
2022-08-01
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| 2021-08-01 | Parental opioid use disorder: Examining their children's experiences, needs, and road to resilience.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
35:24-37.
2021-08-01
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| 2021-04-01 | Promoting resilience for children of parents with an opioid use disorder: A pilot study of a directed intervention.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
1-8.
2021-04-01
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| 2021-03-01 | Children of parents with opioid use disorder.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
59:28-34.
2021-03-01
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| 2019-05-01 | Losing to gain: The effects of a healthy lifestyle on the physical and psychosocial well-being of clients in a Community Mental Health Setting.
Community Mental Health Journal.
55:608-614.
2019-05-01
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| 2018-09-01 | Applying ambiguous loss theory to children of parents with an opioid use disorder.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
31:53-60.
2018-09-01
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| 2017-03-01 | We are in this Together: Sharing Expertise as a way to Increase Publication Success.
Nurse Author & Editor.
27:6.
2017-03-01
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| 2016-12-01 | American college students’ views of depression and utilization of on-campus counseling services.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
22:302-311.
2016-12-01
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| 2016-04-01 | From Shadows to Hope: Shared experiences of emerging adults who grew up with a depressed parent in the home.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
37:211-218.
2016-04-01
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| 2015-12-01 | A cross-sectional survey of the effect on emerging adults of living with a depressed parent.
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.
52.
2015-12-01
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| 2015-01-01 | Eating Disorders and Spirituality in College Students.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
53:30-37.
2015-01-01
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| 2015-01-01 | Eating disorders and spirituality in college students.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
53:30-37.
2015-01-01
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| 2014-05-01 | E-cigarettes: A rising trend among youth.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
52:27-31.
2014-05-01
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| 2013-12-01 | The choking game: Risky behavior for youth.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
51:15-20.
2013-12-01
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| 2013-07-01 | Sexting: Serious problems for youth.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
51:22-30.
2013-07-01
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| 2012-07-01 | Promoting cultural awareness in nursing education through Internet videoconferencing.
Nursing and Human Science/Wiley Blackwell.
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2012-07-01
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| 2011-03-01 | Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Young Carers of Mentally Ill Parents: An Integrative Literature Review.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
48:28-33.
2011-03-01
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Document
| Year | Title | Altmetric |
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| 2019-09-01 | The Nurse’s Role in Caring for Children of Parents With Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Teaching Strategy -- NLN'S Advancing Care Excellence (ACE): Pediatrics.
National League of Nursing.
1-5.
2019-09-01
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| 2010-01-01 | "Lippincott's Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN, 10th edition" by Diane Billings.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2010-01-01
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Presentations
- Efforts to Advance Mental Health Nursing Specialty through Engagement in Quality Improvement, Evidence-based Practice, and Research, American Psychiatric Nurses Association 36th Annual Conference 2022-10-01
- Emergency Department Discharge Protocols/Procedures for Patients Presenting with an Illicit, Accidental Drug Overdose, IntNSA 2022 International Conference 2022-10-01
- Emergency Department Discharge Protocols/Procedures for Patients Presenting with an Illicit, Accidental Drug Overdose, APNA 36th Annual Conference 2022-10-01
- Efforts to Advance Mental Health Nursing Specialty through Engagement in Quality Improvement, Evidence-based Practice, and Research, School of Nursing Faculty Development Scholarship Circle 2022-09-01
- Parents with Opioid Use Disorder: Examining the Needs of and Best Practice Approaches for their Children, NCNA 2022 Annual Psych Nurses Retreat 2022-02-01
- Research Council Meeting, American Psychiatric Nurses Association 35th Annual Conference 2021-10-01
- Successes and Challenges: How to Make Your Research Innovative and Significant, American Psychiatric Nurses Association 35th Annual Conference 2021-10-01
- Developing a 5-year Plan, School of Nursing Scholarship Circle 2020-10-01
- Research Council Steering Committee: Research Priorities in Mental Health Nursing , American Psychiatric Nurses Association 34th Annual Conference 2020-10-01
- The Impact of Parental Opioid Use in Children, SEAHEC School Nurse Symposium 2020-06-01
- Exploring Ireland's Healthcare Services: Collaborating in a Study Abroad Program Focused on Mental Health Nursing, NET NEP 2020 8th International Nurse Education Conference 2020-04-01
- Ripple Effect: The Impact of Parental Opioid Use in Children, Sigma Theta Tau Region 13 Conference: Weathering The Storm 2020-04-01
- Piloting the Children's Program Kit: Supportive Education for Children of Addicted Parents: Addressing the needs of and promoting resiliency for youth experiencing a parent with opioid use disorder, American Psychiatric Nurses Association 33rd Annual Conference 2019-10-01
- Promoting resiliency for children of parents with an opioid use disorder: Preliminary findings from a pilot study of a directed intervention, College of Health and Human Services Research and Innovation Day 2019-04-01
- The Value and Importance of PhD Research Scientists to Health Outcomes, National Institutes of Nursing Research Roundtable 2019-03-01
- Positioning the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Workforce for the Future, American Psychiatric Nurses Association: Health Policy Summit 2019-02-01
- NCLEX Test Plan, Interpreting NCLEX Program Reports, & Applying Findings to Curriculum, SON Faculty Development Session 2018-11-01
- Research Interactive Panel: Toward Quality, Accessible, Culturally-congruent Psychiatric Nursing Care: Leading the Way through Research and Evidence-based Practice, American Psychiatric Nurses Association Conference 2018-10-01
- Mentoring moments: How to become involved in research as a psychiatric mental health nurse. A strenght-based approach research: what motivates us!, American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) 2018-02-01
- Research Interactive Panel: A trailer/sampler of the APNA research institute, APNA 2017-10-01
- Integrating service with scholarship and teaching, SON Faculty Development Session 2016-11-01
- Publishing Strategies, SON Faculty Development Session 2016-11-01
- Test Item Construction I: Beginning Basics, SON Bi-annual Faculty Retreat 2016-01-01
- Youth caregivers to depressed parents and their young adult outcomes, International Community Mental Health Conference 2015-12-01
- Losing to Gain: The Effects of a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention on Clients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness , APNA 2015-10-01
- The Integration of Volunteer Standardized Patients into Simulation across the Nursing Curriculum: A New Direction for The Simulation Learning Center, INACLS 2015-06-01
- Psychiatric/mental health Nurse certification review course, SEAHEC 2014-06-01
- "Sea Hawks Against Stigma.", Campus NAMI 2014-04-23
- "The potential impact of parent's mental illness on their emerging adult children.", UNCW SON 12th annual Japanese Teleconference 2014-02-04
- "The impact of addiction on families.", First Annual Fundraising Banquet and Graduation 2013-04-06
- "Living in a shadow: Parental depression in the eyes of emerging adult children, their perspectives of the past and current psychosocial well-being.", CHHS Scholarship Brown Bag Series 2013-02-26
- Emerging adult's perceptions of growing up with a depressed parent: Preliminary study findings, 26th Annual APNA Conference 2012-11-01
- Issues in using retrospective report in mental health research, APNA 2011-10-20
- "When a Family Member is Physically There, but Mentally Not There: A Critical Analysis of the Empirical Literature Regarding Ambiguous Loss", 18th Annual Research Day 2010-04-16
- Gaps in Understanding the Experiences of Young Carers of Mentally Ill Parents, Southern Nursing Research Society 2009-02-13
Research
Research Overview
Outcomes for children and adolescents living with and caring for parents with mental illness and/or substance use disorders
Resilience
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Teaching
Teaching Overview
Nursing Research
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