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:
Provide advanced nursing care for patients with psychiatric disorders. May provide psychotherapy under the direction of a psychiatrist.
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
Spreadsheet software
Data base user interface and query 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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