Therapeutic interpersonal interactions: the sacrificial lamb?

TOPIC

Emotional upheaval is rampant in society, affecting mental and physical health. Yet the focus, in the "Era of the Brain," lacks direction on how to address these issues. However, psychiatric-mental health nursing possesses the know-how to provide solutions.

PURPOSE

To explore the history of psychiatric nursing and its impact on the nursing profession and society and how its legacy can support and facilitate change.

SOURCES

Primary and secondary

CONCLUSIONS

Therapeutic interpersonal interactions are quintessential competencies for advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nurses and should be upheld, promoted, and implemented to improve outcomes.