Using instrumentation in psychiatric nursing to assess documentation of the nursing process for emergent non-psychiatric patient events

Authors

Cheryl Green, Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Nursing, Jennings Hall, Office 121, New Haven, CT 06515, United States; Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven, CT 06510, United States. Electronic address: Greenc16@southernct.edu.Follow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Archives of psychiatric nursing

Abstract

Ongoing education of experienced psychiatric nurses is imperative given the historically complex health presentations of psychiatric patients. Psychiatric patients tend to have medical co-morbidities and often do not have the financial resources for preventative health care. The hospitalization for acute psychiatric stabilization, is an opportunity for psychiatric nurses to teach and advocate for patients' physiological and psychological health. Documentation of patients' changes in condition and overall clinical presentation, is necessary to ensure patients' health care needs are met.

First Page

702

Last Page

706

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2018.04.001

Publication Date

10-1-2018

Recommended Citation

Green, Cheryl, "Using instrumentation in psychiatric nursing to assess documentation of the nursing process for emergent non-psychiatric patient events" (2018). Medical Nursing. 35.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/medical_nursing/35

Identifier

30201198 (pubmed); 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.04.001 (doi); S0883-9417(17)30609-X (pii)