Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing.
A program that prepares registered nurses to promote mental health and provide nursing care to patients with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders, in mental institutions or other settings. Includes instruction in psychopathology, behavioral health, counseling and intervention strategies, psychoeducation, mental health assessment and dual diagnosis, stabilization and management of psychotic illness, psychiatric care and rehabilitation, substance abuse, and crisis intervention.
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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
25-1072
Registered Nurses
29-1141
Nurse Practitioners
29-1171
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