Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
Also called:
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
see titles from the Air Force or Army.
Mental Health Nurse
Psychiatric/Mental Health 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:
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
- Distinguish between physiologically and psychologically based disorders and diagnose appropriately.
- Assess patients' mental and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
Health
- therapy and counseling
- medicine and dentistry
Math and Science
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- philisophy and religion
Business
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
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
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
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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:
- Concern for Others
- Self Control
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- 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
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$65,950
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force or Army.
