Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
Advanced Practice Nurse Psychotherapist (APN Psychotherapist), Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse (PMH Nurse)
What they do:
Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
- Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
Health
- therapy and counseling
- medicine and dentistry
Math and Science
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- philisophy and religion
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Beck Anxiety Inventory
- Zung Depression Rating Scale
Data base user interface and query software
- Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System
- Microsoft Access
Spreadsheet software
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master's degree or
certificate after master's
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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