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A Pressing Question

A Pressing Question 469183 JAP18610.1177/1078390312469183Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationStein Editorial Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association A Pressing Question: Is There a Place 18(6) 324 –325 © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. for Psychotherapy in PMHNP Practice? sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1078390312469183 http://jap.sagepub.com Karen Farchaus Stein A recent thread of conversation on the APNA Member relationship, and recognizing the centrality of empathic Bridge Discussion Forum has focused on psychiatric and connection to human development and change. mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) scope of But perhaps the negotiations with employers can no practice and the narrowed opportunities to deliver psy- longer rest on our values and assumptions. In this era of chotherapy in many agency-based practice settings. A evidence-based practice and cost-effective approaches to significant concern voiced is that PMHNPs function as care, arguing for the importance of psychotherapy cannot “physician extenders” overseeing large caseloads in be based solely on our professional identities and heritage. medication management to the exclusion of treating per- In fact, our ability to successfully argue for psychotherapy as sons in need of care with psychotherapy. The exchange an important component of our practice depends on our abil- among members was thought provoking and the ideas http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association SAGE

A Pressing Question

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1078-3903
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469183 JAP18610.1177/1078390312469183Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationStein Editorial Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association A Pressing Question: Is There a Place 18(6) 324 –325 © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. for Psychotherapy in PMHNP Practice? sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1078390312469183 http://jap.sagepub.com Karen Farchaus Stein A recent thread of conversation on the APNA Member relationship, and recognizing the centrality of empathic Bridge Discussion Forum has focused on psychiatric and connection to human development and change. mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) scope of But perhaps the negotiations with employers can no practice and the narrowed opportunities to deliver psy- longer rest on our values and assumptions. In this era of chotherapy in many agency-based practice settings. A evidence-based practice and cost-effective approaches to significant concern voiced is that PMHNPs function as care, arguing for the importance of psychotherapy cannot “physician extenders” overseeing large caseloads in be based solely on our professional identities and heritage. medication management to the exclusion of treating per- In fact, our ability to successfully argue for psychotherapy as sons in need of care with psychotherapy. The exchange an important component of our practice depends on our abil- among members was thought provoking and the ideas

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Published: Nov 1, 2012

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