Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Psychiatric and Mental Health nursing deals with the care of patients who have emotional and mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and mood disorders. Nurses care for individuals, families, groups, and communities through counseling, education, and, in some cases, medication to promote mental and emotional health.
Nurses may work in counseling centers, clinics, or hospitals, as well as doing home visits or working in long-term residential facilities. Patients often range in age from children through adolescence to adulthood. Nurses must be prepared to help the patients, as well as their families, since psychiatric and mental health is achieved through a nursing care plan implemented by a support team, which may include counselors and/or psychiatrists or psychologists. Psychiatric nurses should be especially sensitive to their patients’ emotional and mental needs since that is the root of the health concerns.
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Theories and Models
- Erickson’s Modeling and Role Modeling Theory
- King’s Theory of Goal Attainment
- Neuman’s Systems Model
- Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
- Orlando’s Nursing Process Discipline Theory
- Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations
- Parse’s Human Becoming Theory
- Rogers’ Theory of Unitary Human Beings
- Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing
- Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort
- Watson’s Philosophy and Science of Caring
- Nightingale’s Environment Theory
- Pender’s Health Promotion Model
- Roper-Logan-Tierney’s Model for Nursing Based on a Model of Living
- Henderson’s Nursing Need Theory
- Barker’s Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery
- Mercer’s Maternal Role Attainment Theory
- Casey’s Model of Nursing
For more information about Psychiatric Nursing, try the resources listed below:
- Psychiatric Nursing, 6e
- Mental Health Nursing (6th Edition)
- Prentice Hall Reviews &Rationales: Mental Health Nursing (2nd Edition)
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice
- Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series)
- Straight A’s in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: Assessment Guides, Diagnoses, Psychopharmacology, 4e (Varcarolis, Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans)