Using Instrumentation in Psychiatric Nursing to Assess Documentation of the Nursing Process for Emergent Non-Psychiatric Patient Events

Ongoing education of experienced psychiatric nurses is imperative given the historically complex health presentations of psychiatric patients. Psychiatric patients tend to have medical co-morbidities and often do not have the financial resources for preventative health care. The hospitalization for acute psychiatric stabilization, is an opportunity for psychiatric nurses to teach and advocate for patients’ physiological and psychological health. Documentation of patients’ changes in condition and overall clinical presentation, is necessary to ensure patients’ health care needs are met. Keywords: nurses, patients, psychiatry, documentation, nursing process鉴于精神疾病患者历来存在复杂的健康表征，对资深精神科护士开展持续教育实属必要。精神疾病患者往往伴有躯体共病，且常缺乏预防保健的经济资源。针对急性精神症状稳定治疗的住院时段，是精神科护士向患者开展健康宣教并维护其生理与心理健康的重要契机。完整记录患者的病情变化与整体临床表征，是确保患者医疗需求得到充分满足的必要环节。关键词：护士，患者，精神病学，护理记录，护理程序