Psychiatric nurse practitioner vs mental health nurse

Differences between psychiatric nurse practitioner and mental health nurse duties and responsibilities

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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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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