APNs in Psychiatric Care

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The paper explores some of the trends that have created the role of advanced practice nurses (APNs) in psychiatric care and focuses on the autonomous role that nurse practitioners are sometimes required to play. The paper discusses how the new authority of autonomy has to to be balanced with the core values of the nurturing nurse-patient relationship.

From the Paper:

"Recent trends in medical care have brought the adult nurse practitioner into a position of not only support but primary care of psychiatric as well as other patients. The role of the adult nurse practitioner in the specialty of psychiatric care generates significant opportunity and can produce significant conflicts as traditional general practitioner roles are transcended, requiring additional training and specialized understanding of this new avenue of specialization. This work will address the literature surrounding this relatively new role, some of the trends that have created it and specifically the autonomous role that nurse practitioners are sometimes required to play, with the inclusion of legislation and authority to do so."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hales, A., Karshmer, J. F., Williams, J., Mann, A. S., & Robbins, L. K. (2004). Preparing for Prescriptive Privileges: A Standard for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Preceptorship. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 40(3), 93.
• Raingruber, B. (2003). Nurture: The Fundamental Significance of Relationship as a Paradigm for Mental Health Nursing. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 39(3), 104.
• Silverstein, C. M. (2006). Therapeutic Interpersonal Interactions: The Sacrificial Lamb?. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 42(1), 33.

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