Psychiatric-mental health nursing : scope and standards of practice / American Psychiatric Nurses Association, International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses.

American Nurses Association.

Series:

ANA publication ; 07SSPMH.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric nursing.

Psychiatric nursing--Standards.

Psychiatric Nursing--methods.

United States.

Psychiatric Nursing--standards.

Ethics, Nursing.

Medical Subjects:

Psychiatric Nursing--methods.

United States.

Psychiatric Nursing--standards.

Ethics, Nursing.

Physical Description:

viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, Md. : American Nurses Association, 2007.

Summary:

Psychiatric-mental health nursing promotes mental health through the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of human responses to mental health problems and psychiatric disorders. A core mental health profession, it is a specialty that employs a purposeful use of self as its art along with a wide range of nursing, psychosocial, and neurobiological theories and research evidence as its science. Its areas of focus emerge based on current and anticipated societal needs, including disparities in mental health and its care and treatment among the diverse populations.

The prevalence of mental health issues and psychiatric disorders across the age span attest the critical role that psychiatric-mental health nursing must continue to play to meet the goals for a healthy society. Safety issues for patients with psychiatric disorders and the nurses involved in their care are major priorities for this specialty in an environment of fiscal constraints and disparities in reimbursement for mental health services. This book is a succinct and practical distillation of a critical field of nursing and health care.

Psychiatric-Mental Health: Scope and Standards of Practice is a foundational volume that articulates the essentials of psychiatric-mental health nursing, its activities and accountabilities-the who, what, when, where, and how of practice-at all practice levels and settings. Delineating a body of knowledge and an advanced set of applied nursing skills, this book reflects the diverse activities in which psychiatric-mental health nurses are engaged and serves them in their clinical practice, education, research, and community service. It is a core resource for the nurses who have chosen to focus their professional life in this arena.

The standards themselves-six for nursing practice and nine for nursing professional performance-are those by which all psychiatric-mental nurses practice. Together, along with each standard's set of measurement criteria for general and specialized practice, these reflect the perspectives and priorities of this multidisciplinary specialty. The book's detailed summary discussion of the scope of such practice-its enduring characteristics and ongoing development, its extensive education and training, its numerous practice environments and settings, its many specialized practice roles-lends an expansive context for better understanding and using these standards in the work of psychiatric-mental nurses. While Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is primarily for practicing nurses, it is also an essential resource for nursing faculty and students, other health care providers, researchers and scholars, and those involved in funding, legal, policy, and regulatory activities.

Contents:

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope of Practice 1

History and Evolution of the Specialty 2

Origins of the Advanced Practice Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Role 3

Current Issues and Trends 5

Prevalence of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan 6

Disparities among Diverse Populations 7

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Leadership in Transforming the Mental Health System 8

Prevention 11

The Evolving Role of National Data Systems to Improve Quality 11

Evidence-Based Practice and Lifelong Learning 12

Safety for Patients and for PMH Nurses 13

Definition of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 13

Phenomena of Concern for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses 15

Levels of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice 16

Psychiatric-Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN-PMH) 16

Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN-PMH) 19

Psychotherapy 20

Psychopharmacological Interventions 21

Case Management 21

Program Development and Management 21

Consultation and Liaison 22

Clinical Supervision 22

Ethical Issues in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 23

Specialized Areas of Practice 23

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Clinical Practice Settings 23

Crisis Intervention and Psychiatric Emergency Services 24

Acute Inpatient Care 24

Intermediate and Long-Term Care 24

Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Treatment 24

Residential Services 25

Community-Based Care 25

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) 25

Primary Care 25

Integrative Programs 26

Telehealth 26

Self-Employment 27

Forensic Mental Health 27

Disaster Mental Health 28

Standards of Practice 29

Standard 1 Assessment 29

Standard 2 Diagnosis 31

Standard 3 Outcomes Identification 32

Standard 4 Planning 33

Standard 5 Implementation 35

Standard 5a Coordination of Care 36

Standard 5b Health Teaching and Health Promotion 37

Standard 5c Milieu Therapy 39

Standard 5d Pharmacological, Biological, and Integrative Therapies 40

Standard 5e Prescriptive Authority and Treatment 41

Standard 5f Psychotherapy 42

Standard 5g Consultation 43

Standard 6 Evaluation 44

Standards of Professional Performance 45

Standard 7 Quality of Practice 45

Standard 8 Education 47

Standard 9 Professional Practice Evaluation 48

Standard 10 Collegiality 49

Standard 11 Collaboration 50

Standard 12 Ethics 51

Standard 13 Research 52

Standard 14 Resource Utilization 53

Standard 15 Leadership 54

Appendix A Scope and Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice (2000) 69.

Notes:

"07SSPMH 5M 05/07"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781558102507

1558102507

OCLC:

85817973