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Onyx
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What does a day look like as a psychiatric nurse?
I'm a student at Job Corps and would love to better know about this field. If you have any other info on this field please let me know.
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Achegbani Achegbani
Medical doctor
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Makurdi, Benue, Nigeria
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Achegbani’s Answer
Hello Onyx,
Psychiatric nurses often spend their days providing care to patients who are experiencing mental health problems. There could be a range of duties during the day, including:
- Assessing and evaluating patients to ascertain their requirements for mental health care.
- Working with other healthcare practitioners to develop and carry out treatment strategies.
- Giving patients medication and keeping track of how it affects them.
- Offering therapeutic activities including group therapy and counseling.
- Working together with social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other healthcare team members.
- Teaching patients and their families about mental health issues and available treatments.
- Ensuring that patients in the mental unit or hospital are in a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Recording the progress of patients and informing other medical professionals of any changes in their condition.
I hope this is quite helpful.
~ Achegbani S.A
Psychiatric nurses often spend their days providing care to patients who are experiencing mental health problems. There could be a range of duties during the day, including:
- Assessing and evaluating patients to ascertain their requirements for mental health care.
- Working with other healthcare practitioners to develop and carry out treatment strategies.
- Giving patients medication and keeping track of how it affects them.
- Offering therapeutic activities including group therapy and counseling.
- Working together with social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other healthcare team members.
- Teaching patients and their families about mental health issues and available treatments.
- Ensuring that patients in the mental unit or hospital are in a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Recording the progress of patients and informing other medical professionals of any changes in their condition.
I hope this is quite helpful.
~ Achegbani S.A
Godfrey Magawe
Clinical officer nephrology
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Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Godfrey’s Answer
Psychiatrist nurse is a promising career as currently we have alot of psychiatric cases .
Basically their work entails patients reviews.
Assessment of psychiatric patient
Giving antipsychotic medication
Providing psychological counselling to patients.
Home visit for the patients as planned
Among other duties
Basically their work entails patients reviews.
Assessment of psychiatric patient
Giving antipsychotic medication
Providing psychological counselling to patients.
Home visit for the patients as planned
Among other duties
Lora Bartlett
Administration
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Lora’s Answer
Hi, Onyx,
A typical day as a psychiatric nurse depends if you are in the hospital setting or private practice. In private practice, your job is very similar to most any nurse: taking vitals, going through the patient's medication list, doing triage, and talking with the patient. In a hospital setting, the difference is essentially that the patients may be there unwillingly and/or unknowingly. A nurse must deal with people who may be hostile, worried, scared, and heavily sedated. In either setting, the nurse is often the person a patient sees most often and has the best rapport with regarding their illness.
Hope this helps!
A typical day as a psychiatric nurse depends if you are in the hospital setting or private practice. In private practice, your job is very similar to most any nurse: taking vitals, going through the patient's medication list, doing triage, and talking with the patient. In a hospital setting, the difference is essentially that the patients may be there unwillingly and/or unknowingly. A nurse must deal with people who may be hostile, worried, scared, and heavily sedated. In either setting, the nurse is often the person a patient sees most often and has the best rapport with regarding their illness.
Hope this helps!