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The Clinical Nurse Specialist as Brief Psychotherapist
Author(s) -
Shires Betsy,
Tappan Trudy
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1992.tb00387.x
Subject(s) - nursing , clinical nurse specialist , intervention (counseling) , medicine , clinical supervision , crisis intervention , managed care , psychology , psychiatry , health care , economics , economic growth
As managed care continues to flourish, the psychiatric clinical nurse specialist may function as a case manager for managed care company or as a utilization review nurse for a hospital, community provider, or administrator. Stressing the strengths of the psychiatric clinical nurse specialist as brief therapist, the author reviews elements of the brief treatment model, including assessment, focus of treatment, knowledge of community resources, patient education, group skills, crisis intervention, and treatment planning.