Mental health nurse vs psychiatrist

Differences between mental health nurse and psychiatrist duties and responsibilities

Mental health nurse example responsibilities.

• Interact with patients, coordinate and successfully manage therapeutic group activities with unit staffs under supervision of clinical instructor.
• Provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management and education for patients with serious and persistent mental illness and debilitating personality disorders.
• Provide transportation, medication management, daily ADL's, housekeeping, and feeding.
• Provide hourly room checks and ADL's according to care plan implement by the attending physician.
• Initiate emergency resuscitative measures according to adult resuscitation protocols.
• Perform case management for outpatient veterans that include psychiatric treatment.
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Psychiatrist example responsibilities.

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis and treatment, including prescribing and administering psychotropic medications, conduct individual and group psychotherapy.
• Case load includes children, adolescents and adults.
• Provide accurate, timely and complete documentation in the EMR.
• Conduct full neurological evaluation, including lab, MRI & /or EEG.
• Work closely with Medicaid in areas of compliance needs and information of the clients.
• Create multidisciplinary team (psychiatrist, psychologist, nurse, marriage family therapist) to spear head new veterans parenting class.
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