NUR 401 Lecture 1: CHAPTER FOUR
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Scope of psych nursing: actual or potential mental health problems that occur with psychological changes, symptom management of patients with mental disorders. Standards of practice: six components, assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, evaluation (box 4. 3) Standards of professional performance: ethics, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, communication, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, environmental health. Levels of practice: basic, rn with baccalaureate education; credentialed by american nurses credentialing. International society of psychiatric mental health nurses (ispn: four specialist divisions, purpose: unite and strengthen the presence and the voice of psychiatric mental health nurses and promote quality care for individuals and families with mental health problems. Framework of mental health nursing: biologic domain, psychological domain, social domain (fig. Tools of psychiatric nursing practice: self, clinical reasoning and reflection, plan of care. Challenges of psychiatric nursing practice: knowledge development, dissemination, and application, overcoming stigma, health care delivery system challenges.
