Physical Therapy School Listings Home            

   Psychiatry Schools Feedback Feedback

Psychiatry Schools Feedback
Site Search




Psychiatry Listings
Psychiatry Careers
Psychiatry Schools FAQs
Psychiatry Schools Examination
Anatomy Top Schools/School Rankings
psychiatry Nurse

Psychiatry Nurse Information

Roles of an Psychiatry Nurse Specialties of an Psychiatry Nurse Qualifications for an Psychiatry Nurse
Practice Settings of an Psychiatry Nurse Salary Range For an Psychiatry Nurse Continuing Education for an Psychiatry Nurse

Roles of an Psychiatry Nurse:

The clinical practice of psychiatric nursing occurs at two levels - basic and advanced. At the basic level, registered nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities to assess mental health needs, develop diagnoses, and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care. Basic level nursing practice characterized by interventions that promote and foster health, assess dysfunction, assist clients to regain or improve their coping abilities, and prevent further disability. These interventions focus on psychiatric-mental health clients and include health promotion, preventive management of a therapeutic environment; assisting client with self-care activities; administering and monitoring psychobiological treatment regimens; health teaching; including psychoeducation; crisis intervention and counseling and case management.

Registered nurses who seek additional education and obtain a masters or doctoral degree can become advanced practice nurses in the specialty (Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialists or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners). After post-master's supervised clinical practice, they can become certified as specialists in adult, or child and adolescent psychiatric-mental health nursing. In addition to the functions performed at the basic level, these advanced practice nurses assess, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders and potential mental health problems. They provide the full range of primary mental health care services to individuals, families, groups and communities, function as psychotherapists, and in some states they have the authority to prescribe medications. Psychiatric-mental health nurses in advanced practices are qualified to practice independently to offer direct care services in settings such as agencies, communities, homes, hospitals, and offices. Some psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialists practice consultation/liaison nursing, delivering mental health services to physically ill patients or consultation to staff in general medical settings.

Because of their broad background in biological, pharmacological, sociological, and psychological sciences, psychiatric-mental health nurses are a rich resource as providers of psychiatric-mental health services and patient care partners for the consumers of those services.

Specialties of an Psychiatry Nurse:

Psychiatric nursing sub-specialties include, but are not limited, to child, adolescent, adult, geriatric, consult/liaison, substance abuse, eating disorders, forensic. Certification in a sub-specialty is possible through ANCC and various sub-specialty organizations.

Qualifications for an Psychiatry Nurse:

A psychiatric-mental health nurse must possess the following knowledge: Biologic and psychological theories of mental health and mental illness, psychotherapeutic modalities, substance abuse and dual diagnosis, care of populations at risk, community milieu as a therapeutic modality, cultural and spiritual implications of nursing care, family dynamics in mental health and illness, psychopharmacology, legal and technical factors, including documentation specific to the care of those with a mental illness.

A psychiatric-mental health nurse must possess the following skills: Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, identification and coordination of relevant resources for clients and families, use of psychiatric diagnostic classification systems, therapeutic communication, therapeutic use of self, psychoeducation with clients and families, and administering and monitoring psychopharmacologic agents.
 

Practice Settings of an Psychiatry Nurse:

Psychiatric-mental health nurses work in a wide array of inpatient and outpatient such as full or partial hospitals, community-based or home care programs, and local, state, and federal mental health agencies. Other settings include: School/college of nursing, private practice, military, primary care office, prison/jail, home health agency, behavioral care company/HMO.

Salary Range For an Psychiatry Nurse:

A psychiatric-mental health nurse - basic (RN) level national annual salary range: $25,000-$47,000 (dependent on geographical location). A psychiatric-mental health nurse - advanced (APRN-PMH) level national annual salary range: $50,000-$70,000.

Continuing Education for an Psychiatry Nurse

A generalist PMH nurse holds either a BSN, AD, or diploma. An advanced PMH nurse (APRN-PMH) holds a masters or doctoral degree, is ANCC certified, and has an advanced practice license from the state in which he/she practices.

Our Network Of Sites:
Apply 4 Admissions.com               | A2ZColleges.com  | OpenLearningWorld.com  | Totaram.com
Anatomy Colleges.com                 | Anesthesiology Schools.com  | Architecture Colleges.com | Audiology Schools.com
Cardiology Colleges.com            | Computer Science Colleges.com | Computer Science Schools.com | Dermatology Schools.com
Epidemiology Schools.com          | Gastroenterology Schools.com  | Hematology Schools.com     | Immunology Schools.com
IT Colleges.com                | Kinesiology Schools.com  | Language Colleges.com  | Music Colleges.com
Nephrology Schools.com             | Neurology Schools.com  | Neurosurgery Schools.com | Obstetrics Schools.com
Oncology Schools.com    | Ophthalmology Schools.com | Orthopedics Schools.com       | Osteopathy Schools.com
Otolaryngology Schools.com | Pathology Schools.com  | Pediatrics Schools.com   | Physical Therapy Colleges.com
Plastic Surgery Schools.com | Podiatry Schools.com   | Psychiatry Schools.com   | Pulmonary Schools.com 
Radiology Schools.com | Sports Medicine Schools.com | Surgery Schools.com  | Toxicology Schools.com
US Law Colleges.com | US Med Schools.com | US Dental Schools.com

Copyright © 2000-2011 Psychiatry Schools, All Right Reserved. | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer