ROLES OF MENTAL

HEALTH NURSE
Roles of mental health nurse
1. Nurse clinician
2. Nurse counselor
3. Case manager
4. Nurse therapist
5. Collaborative member of mental
health team
6. Nurse administrator
7. Nurse practioner
8. Nurse pharmacologist
9. PCLN
10.Nurse researcher
11. Nurse educator
10.Psychiatric home care nurse
11.Parish nurse
12.Tele nurse
13.Holistic nurse
14.Forensic psychiatric nurse
15.Geropsychiatric nurse
16.Deaddiction nurse
17.Neuropsychiatric nurse
18.Child psychiatric nurse
19.Community mental health nurse
Roles of mental health nurse
1. Nurse clinician
Provide direct care
2. Nurse counsellor
Counselling services to patients and family
3. Case manager
Advocate
4. Coordinate care
◦ Coordinate various therapies
◦ In community settings
a. Help to access psychiatric & medical services
b. Help to carry out tasks of daily living
Can be provided through
c. Face to face contact
d. Telephone contact
e. Contact with other service providers
2. Link pt with & other members of health team & other resources
4.Nurse therapist
a. Carry out therapeutic & rehabilitative activities
b.Provide psychotherapy
5.Collaborative member of mental health team
work with & share responsibility with other members of
mental health team
6. Nurse administrator
Work less directly with patients
a. Provide leadership to ensure quality care
b. Support & aid development of nurses
c. Represent nursing view to senior managers
d. Allocate nursing resources
e. Serve at all management levels in health care organization
f. Better to have masters degrees
7. Nurse practioner
◦ Role by psychiatric clinical nurse specialist (PCNS)
(Advanced level nurse)
◦ Can practice independently, prescribe drugs, provide
psychotherapy & consultation liaison survives
8. Nurse pharmacologist
◦ One of the latest role
◦ Played by PCNS
◦ Have prescriptive authority
9. Psychiatric consultation- liaison nurse (PCLN)
◦ PCNS practices psychiatric & mental health nursing in
medical/ non-psychiatric settings
◦ Provide consultation & education to patients, families, health
care team & community
◦ Provide assessment, recommendations & supportive therapy to
patients experiencing psychological problems
10. Nurse researcher
11.Doctorally or post doctorally prepared
12.Participate in research
11. Nurse educator
Works in educational institutions, staff development department or patient
education department
13.Teach nursing students
14.Plan & change curriculum according to the needs of the society &
learners
15.Organize & conduct staff development programs
16.Teach mentally ill patients & their families
12.Psychiatric home care nurse
a. An aspect of community mental health nursing
b. Provide comprehensive psychiatric care on visiting basis
13. Parish nurse
Parish nursing- A program that promotes health & wellness of body, mind
& spirit
Parish nurse is a spiritually mature licensed registered nurse with a desire to
serve the members of his / her congregation
a. Evaluate unique health needs of members of their congregation
b. Perform physical & mental health screening
c. Conduct outreach education programs & home visits
d. Act as community l ink between people and health institutions
14.Telehealth/ Telenurse
◦ Use technologies such as internet, computers, telephones, digital assessment
tools & telemonitoring equipments to deliver nursing care
15.Holistic nurse
◦ Holistic nursing integrates complementary and alternative modalities
(CAM) such as relaxation, meditation, guided imagery, body mind
intervention, biofeedback reikhi etc along with traditional nursing
interventions
◦ Conduct holistic assessment & select appropriate interventions
◦ Most frequently used therapies are massage, music, exercise, diet, prayer &
counselling
16.Forensic psychiatric nurse
◦ Works with people who have mental health needs & have
entered legal system
17.Geropsychiatric nurse
◦ Provide psychiatric nursing services to aged people with
emotional & behavioural problems
18.Deaddiction nurse
◦ Provide care substance addicts & their families
19.Neuropsychiatric nurse
◦ Provide comprehensive care to patients with neuropsychiatric
disorders
20.Child psychiatric nurse
◦ Provide comprehensive care to children & adolescents with
emotional & behavioural problems
21.Community mental health nurse
◦ Works in community for the care & prevention of mental illness &
promotion & maintenance of mental health
Roles of mental health nurse
1. Nurse clinician
2. Nurse counselor
3. Case manager
4. Nurse therapist
5. Collaborative member of mental
health team
6. Nurse administrator
7. Nurse practioner
8. Nurse pharmacologist
9. PCLN
10.Nurse researcher
11. Nurse educator
10.Psychiatric home care nurse
11.Parish nurse
12.Tele nurse
13.Holistic nurse
14.Forensic psychiatric nurse
15.Geropsychiatric nurse
16.Deaddiction nurse
17.Neuropsychiatric nurse
18.Child psychiatric nurse
19.Community mental health nurse