THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
posted by stephenhyatt 568 days 22 hours 34 minutes ago

The purpose of this article is threefold: to describe a psychiatric nurse practitioner program that focuses specifically on primary care; 2) to discuss the rationale for a psychiatric nurse practitioner role; and 3) to discuss the advantages of this new role. The nurse practitioner in psychiatry expands advanced practice nursing with an optional but important new role.

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