| Did you know that there is a branch of | | | | psychiatric mental health nurses and other |
| nursing that is concerned particularly for | | | | branches of nursing.For example, the clinical |
| people of all ages who are suffering from | | | | practice of nurses in this field usually |
| mental illness or mental distress? This | | | | comprises two levels: basic and advanced. If |
| branch of nursing is known as psychiatric | | | | you are a nurse at the basic level, you are |
| nursing or mental health nursing. It is this | | | | concerned with assessing the mental health |
| branch of nursing that pays attention to such | | | | needs of individuals, families, groups and |
| mental ailments as psychosis, depression and | | | | communities, as well as developing a nursing |
| dementia.Psychiatric or mental health nurses | | | | diagnosis and a plan of how to take care of |
| are specifically trained to support other | | | | these patients. Furthermore, it is within |
| mental health professionals with their | | | | your scope to see this plan through, after |
| problems with patients. There are key | | | | which you have to evaluate the level of |
| differences between the scope of work of | | | | nursing care that your patient received. |