Roles of Psychiatric Nurses in Community

Subject: Mental Health (Theory)

Overview

Mental health nurses work with individuals, families, and communities to offer both primary and secondary levels of care. When caring for patients with mental health issues, psychiatric nurses often take on the role of counselor, using counseling skills based on models such as interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients modify their own attitudes and behaviors for the better. A nurse's role includes educating patients, families, and the general public about mental health conditions. Mental health nurses are tasked with investigating and assessing patient outcomes. In order to help their clients have the greatest possible lives, they look into their histories, weigh the data, and make educated decisions. Psychiatric nurses educate their clients, fellow nurses, and members of the medical and policy communities.

Roles of psychiatric nurses in community

  • Care provider:
    Psychiatric nurses provide care in both basic and advanced levels of care to patients, families, groups of people, and communities.
  • Counselor:
    Psychiatric nurses apply various therapeutic relationships to perform the role of a counselor by applying counseling skills based on counseling models like interpersonal psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy for the improvement of the functioning of individuals and quality of life which helps to bring changes in the feelings and thoughts of themselves.
  • Advocators:
    Nurses working in the community advocate for social welfare and justice (equality) issues. Psychiatric nurses teach and educate the public and also to other health professionals to eliminate mental health and illness issues stigma for the protection of the mentally ill patient’s rights.
  • Case manager:
    Psychiatric nurses act as case managers by studying the details of the mental health and illness of the patient. Psychiatric nurses fit well with the role of the case managers such as in:
    • Coordinating, negotiating, and managing the care of the complex patient
    • Facilitating the collaborating practice
    • Teaching the families and peoples
    • Providing psychological support, counseling, problem-solving, and medication monitoring.
    • Teaching psychological rehabilitation e.t.c
  • Educator:
    Proverb knowledge is the power. Nurses provide education on various mental illnesses to individuals, families, and communities. Psychiatric nurses provide continuity of education with other nurses and health care professionals on mental health and illness.
  • Researchers and evaluators:
    The responsibility of psychiatric nurses is to do research and evaluation. They study the various backgrounds and used the evidence from the research for proper decision-making and share all the research with the clients to support them in their good and best life. Nurses take part in the various levels of the research like administration, and education, and also organize the various programs based on the outcomes of the research.
  • Consultant:
    Psychiatric nurses share knowledge and expertise and also share education with the clients, nurses, and other health professionals and policymakers.
  • Community developer:
    Psychiatric nurses facilitate the responsibility of the communities for improving mental health and prevention of mental illness by implementing mental health prevention. Psychiatric nurses use various strategies to strengthen the capabilities of the individual, family, and community.

 

Things to remember
  • Psychatirc nurses work with individuals, families, and communities to offer both primary and secondary levels of care.
  • When caring for patients with mental health issues, psychiatric nurses often take on the role of counselor, using counseling skills based on models such as interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients modify their own attitudes and behaviors for the better.
  • A nurse's role includes educating patients, families, and the general public about mental health conditions.
  • Psychiatric nurses are tasked with investigating and assessing patient outcomes.
  • In order to help their clients have the greatest possible lives, they look into their histories, weigh the data, and make educated decisions.
  • Psychiatric nurses educate their clients, fellow nurses, and members of the medical and policy communities.
Questions and Answers
  • Care provider: Psychiatric nurses provide care in both basic and advanced level of care to patient, family, group of people and community.
  • Counselor: psychiatric nurses apply various therapeutics relationships to perform the role of a counselor by applying counseling skills based on counseling models like interpersonal psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy for the improvement of the functioning of individual and quality of life which helps to bring the changes in the feelings and thoughts of themselves.
  • Advocators: nurses working in the community advocate for social welfare and justice (equality) issues. Psychiatric nurses teaches and educate the public and also to other health professionals to eliminate the mental health and illness issues stigma for the protection of the mentally ill patient’s right.
  • Case manager: psychiatric nurses act as the case manager by studying the details about the mental health and illness of the patient. Psychiatric nurses fit well with the role of the case managers in:
  1. Coordinating, negotiating and managing the care of the complex patient
  2. Facilitating the collaborating practice
  3. Teaching the families and peoples
  4. Providing psychological support, counseling, problem solving and medication monitoring.
  5. Teaching the psychological rehabilitation e.t.c
  • Educator: proverb knowledge is the power. Nurses provide the education on the various mental illnesses to the individual, families and community. Psychiatric nurses provide continuity of education with other nurses and health care professionals on the mental health and illness.
  • Researchers and evaluators: The responsibility of the psychiatric nurses is to do researches and evaluation. They study the various backgrounds and used the evidence from the research for proper decision making and share all the research with the clients to support them for their good and best life. Nurses take part in the various levels of the research like administration, education and also organize the various programs based on the outcomes of the research.
  • Consultant: psychiatric nurses share knowledge and expertise and also share the educations with the clients, nurses, and other health professionals and policy makers.
  • Community developer: psychiatric nurses facilitate the responsibility of the communities for improving the mental health and prevention of the mental illness by implementation the mental health prevention. Psychiatric nurses use various strategies to strengthen the capabilities of the individual, family, and community.

 

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