Psychiatric
nursing,
The branch
of nursing concerned with the prevention, care, and cure of mental disorders
and their sequelae. It uses theories of human behavior as its scientific
framework and requires the use of the self as its art or expression in nursing
practice. Some of the activities of the psychiatric nurse include providing a
safe therapeutic milieu; working with patients or clients on the real
day-to-day problems they face; identifying and caring for the physical aspects
of the patient's problems, including drug therapy reactions; assuming the role
of social agent or parent for the patient in various recreational,
occupational, and social situations; conducting psychotherapy; and providing
leadership and clinical assistance for other nurses and health care workers. Psychiatric
nurses work in many settings; their responsibilities vary with the setting and
with the level of expertise, experience, and training of the individual nurse.
Also called mental health nursing
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