Advanced practice psychiatric nurse vs psychiatric nurse practitioner

Differences between advanced practice psychiatric nurse and psychiatric nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Advanced practice psychiatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage staff of medical personnel providing care for telemetry, geriatric and general medicine patients.
• Formulate diagnosis and make recommendations for treatment and disposition to clinical staff.
• Oversee and provide leadership for professional staff on a medical surgical orthopedic unit with oversight of scheduling and performance management.
• Maintain JCAHO standards including policy development, infection prevention, quality management, and risk management.
• Contribute substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation; establishing and implementing policies and procedures, protocols, and require assessments.

Psychiatric nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Lead quality assessment of client's QA / QC processes, organizations, and test environments.
• Manage outpatient pacemaker and ICD interrogations and remote transmission follow-ups.
• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Obtain necessary certifications, including child abuse clearance, CPR, and nonviolent crisis intervention training.
• Perform rapid triage, psychiatric nursing assessment and medication administration.
• Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorder.
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