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Entry-level family nurse practitioners : psychiatric knowledge is collaboration

Simonetto, Jessica Maaike

Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) in British Columbia (BC) are trained in the care of young infants to elderly patients in all aspects of their healthcare. BC has three specialties available for NPs to practice in: family, pediatric, and adult. Currently, U.S. registered psychiatric NPs applying for registration in Canada/BC are not recognized as either a psychiatric NP or an NP due to regulations set by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) and other provincial regulatory bodies. At the entry level of practice, BC NPs have full scope to care for a variety of mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorder, (CRNBC, 2015). Entry-level FNPs should acknowledge that psychiatric care is a large part of their practice and needs more attention than their current education may provide them. The best way to reduce the gap between psychiatric knowledge and physical health knowledge is interprofessional health care team collaboration (Hert et al., 2011; HFMH, 2006; McNeil, 2000; Thielke et al., 2007; Roberts et al., 2009). A professional poster was created with the intended purpose of providing entry-level NPs with a visual representation of some of the concerns experienced by family NPs, with some suggested strategies when providing health care to individuals with mental health issues.

Graduating Project

eng

2018-03-21

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/64863

UBCV

Graduate

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