The document outlines 11 standards for psychiatric and mental health nursing practice: 1) applying relevant theories, 2) comprehensive data collection, 3) utilizing nursing diagnoses and classifications, 4) developing individualized nursing care plans, 5) implementing various therapeutic interventions, 6) evaluating client responses, 7) participating in peer review, 8) committing to continuing education, 9) collaborating with other healthcare providers, 10) engaging with community mental health services and prevention, and 11) contributing to nursing research.

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2. 1. Standard I: Theory
• Psychiatric & mental health nursing is
characterized by the application of
relevant theories to explain
phenomena of concern to nurses to
nurses & to provide a basis for
intervention
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Professional Practice Standards

3. 2. Standard II: Data Collection
• The nurse continuously collects data that
are comprehensive, accurate &
systematic.
• Effective interviewing, behavioral
observation, physical & mental health
assessment enable the nurse to reach
sound conclusions & plan appropriate
intervention with the client
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4. 3. Standard III: Diagnosis
• The nurse utilize nursing diagnosis & standard
classification of mental disorders to express
conclusions supported by recorded
assessment data & current scientific premises.
• Nursing’s logical basis for providing care rests
on the reorganization & identification of those
actual or potential health problems that are
within the scope of nursing practice.
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5. 4. Standard IV: Planning
• The nurse develops a nursing care
plan with specific goals &
interventions delineating nursing
actions unique to each client’s needs.
• The nursing care plan is used to guide
therapeutic intervention & effectively
achieve the desired outcomes.
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6. 5. Standard V: Intervention
• Psychotherapeutic intervention
• Health Teaching
• Activities of daily living
• Somatic therapies
• Therapeutic environment
• Psychotherapy
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7. 6. Standard VI: Evaluation
• The nurse evaluates client responses
to nursing actions in order to revise
the database, nursing diagnosis &
nursing care plan
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8. Professional Performance Standards
7. Standard VII: Peer Review
• The nurse participates in peer review
& other means of evaluation to
assure quality of nursing care
provided for client.
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9. 8. Standard VIII: Continuing
Education
• The nurse assumes responsibility for
continuing education & professional
development & contributes to the
professional growth of others.
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10. 9. Standard IX: Interdisciplinary
Collaboration
• The nurse collaborates with other
health care providers in assessing,
planning, implementing &
evaluating programs & other mental
health activities.
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11. 10. Standard X: Utilization of Community
Health System
• The nurse participates with other
members of the community in assessing,
planning, implementing & evaluating
mental health services & community
systems that include the promotion of
the broad continuum of primary,
secondary & tertiary prevention of
mental illness.
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12. 11. Standard XI: Research
• The nurse contributes to nursing &
the mental health field through
interventions in theory & practice &
participation in research.
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