Open AccessPsigiatriese verpleegvaardighede in ander verpleegdimensies
Author(s) -
Marie Poggenpoel
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v7i4.927
Subject(s) - nursing , interview , task (project management) , medicine , nursing process , psychology , management , political science , law , economics
Psychiatric nursing is a specialised area of nursing practice which has a scientific base and in which the nurse uses herself as a therapeutic instrument in the implementation of the nursing process. This requires knowledge, self-knowledge, positive attitudes, therapeutic communication skills and the use of therapeutic nursing methods such as interviewing, group therapy and mental health counselling. Nurses who work in other areas of nursing can apply the above skills in their professional task, as well as at personal level