Nursing Global Conference

Mental health and behavioral health nursing is a very delicate specialty because it deals with parts of the support for probably mentally ill people, improvement of one's mental well-being, and general encouragement of a patient to overcome behavior hardships. These nurses are best at assessing the need for mental health, providing therapeutic interventions, and the support needed to enhance comfort for recovery and resilience. This session will cover the basic criteria guiding mental health and behavioral health nursing. Supporting techniques, intervention methodologies, and how to approach overall improvements in best practices for mental wellness will be covered.

Trust is at the core of mental health nursing. When done effectively, with empathy, and by listening genuinely, it goes a long way in helping nurses understand those specific challenges and experiences and needs of each patient. Mental health nurses care for different patients from anxious and depressed adolescents to demented, cognitively impaired older adults. A patient-centered approach will allow the mental health nurses to open up avenues whereby feelings are revealed, and problems are discussed in a more participative way about care.

Behavioral health nursing is an extension which focuses on specific behaviors that affect the well-being of the patient. Such nursing professionals work with patients with such diagnoses as substance use disorders, eating disorders, or personality disorders. Behavioral health nursing interventions may include both therapeutic methods, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques, motivational interviewing, and strategies intended to help the patient replace the maladaptive behaviors with healthier ones. They educate the patient on how to cope with their symptoms, and the patient learns healthy habits and effective techniques for stress management.

The hallmark of mental health and behavioral health nursing is interdisciplinary collaboration. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and occupational therapists collaborate with nurses in devising plans of care that together address the medical and psychosocial needs of the patient. In this way, there is holistic care and maximum utilization of a pool of expertise and resources by patients for support. Such nurses are also directly involved with crisis intervention, guiding clients through acute mental health crises and linking them into services and follow-up care.

The session will be based on some guidelines regarding evidence-based practice in mental health and behavioral health nursing. These include assessment tactics, therapeutic approaches, and ways of handling difficult behavior. Among these techniques include techniques to patient empowerment, family involvement, as well as establishing evidence-based practices. The care that nurses will provide, therefore, will be compassionate and effective.

These provide the standards by which nurses dedicated to mental and behavioral health work towards achieving their vision for improved patient results in patient-centered care.