Recorded: 3rd June 2020 as part of the UCD Nursing & Midwifery Virtual Summer School webinar.

The role of the mental health nurse is to foster the health and well being of individuals experiencing changes in their mental health status. Approaches to care include: promotion of mental health, prevention and treatment of acute mental illness and the maintenance of optimum health for persons experiencing enduring mental health problems. Mental health nurses engage in therapeutic activities with individuals and their families in a variety of community settings and in acute psychiatric hospitals.

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