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Descriptor English: Psychiatric Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermería Psiquiátrica
Descriptor enfermería psiquiátrica
Scope note: Especialidad relacionada con la aplicación de los principios psiquiátricos en la atención a enfermos mentales. Incluye también la atención de enfermería que se presta al paciente con enfermedad mental.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem Psiquiátrica
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers en psychiatrie
Entry term(s): Mental Health Nursing
Nursing, Mental Health
Nursing, Psychiatric
Nursing, Psychosocial
Psychosocial Nursing
Tree number(s): H02.478.676.710
N02.421.533.778
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011568
Scope note: A specialty concerned with the application of psychiatric principles in caring for the mentally ill. It also includes the nursing care provided the mentally ill patient.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: PSYCHIATRIC NURS
DeCS ID: 12005
Unique ID: D011568
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Psychiatric Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0017980
Scope note A specialty concerned with the application of psychiatric principles in caring for the mentally ill. It also includes the nursing care provided the mentally ill patient.
Preferred term Psychiatric Nursing
Entry term(s) Mental Health Nursing
Nursing, Mental Health
Nursing, Psychiatric
Psychosocial Nursing - Narrower
Concept UI M0589723
Scope note A nursing specialty concerned with both the psychological and social aspects of a patient's life, and how social conditions relate to mental and emotional health.
Preferred term Psychosocial Nursing
Entry term(s) Nursing, Psychosocial



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