Psychiatric nurse vs psychiatrist

Differences between psychiatric nurse and psychiatrist duties and responsibilities

Psychiatric nurse example responsibilities.

• Organize and manage regular clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, and podiatry professionals.
• Staff register nurse, acute medical rehabilitation unit.
• Perform emergency triage differentiating psychiatric versus medical conditions.
• Perform triage assessment, psychiatric evaluations, medication administration, psychotherapy and case management.
• Provide comprehensive medical-psychiatric care to patients via assessment, planning, evaluation and supervision of therapeutic interactions.
• Provide therapeutic communication and psychiatric rehabilitation with residents to assist with their recovery to return to the community.
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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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