THE NURSE PRACTITIONER ROLE IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
The purpose of this article is threefold: to describe a psychiatric nurse practitioner program that focuses specifically on primary care; 2) to discuss the rationale for a psychiatric nurse practitioner role; and 3) to discuss the advantages of this new role. The nurse practitioner in psychiatry expands advanced practice nursing with an optional but important new role. &nbsp;»&nbsp;<a href='http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/tpc1/tpc1_2.htm'>original news</a>

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