Psychiatric nursing interventions in managed care: is there time for caring?

Today's managed care affects how health care is provided: Caregivers focus on the needs of patients while struggling to fulfill the demands of the institutions for which they work. Presented here are some underlying concepts of patient care as well as some suggestions for further research which include the collaboration and consultation of nursing faculty with service. This article which is intended as a primer for the transition of novice psychiatric nurses to experts considers the effects of managed care.