Indispensable Evidence Guideline

Running head: INDISPENSABLE EVIDENCE GUIDELINE 1
Indispensable Evidence Guideline
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INDISPENSABLE EVIDENCE GUIDELINE 2
Psychiatric and mental health nurse work with families, individual groups and communities to
assess their mental health needs. Also, they apply their knowledge in assessing, diagnosing and
treating families and friends with psychiatric disorders and identify any risk factors associated
with such disorders (Krajicek, 2017). As a group population of health professional, I have chosen
two guidelines that are indispensably evidence based.
One of the guideline is that as the provider of mental health care services, he/she must utilize
clinical, scientific, and theoretical knowledge to manage health and illness states. Assessment of
the patient’s mental health must be carried out by the practitioner and pay attention to disease
prevention and health promotion.
The guideline is indispensable because as a PMHNP, without conceptual, theoretical and
scientific knowledge and skills, it is difficult to execute their mandate as health practitioners
(York, 2016). It is not possible to carry out the practice when in the first place, the practitioner is
unprofessional. Unprofessionalism would easily terminate the lives of mentally ill instead of
enhancing their lives. You cannot separate knowledge, skills and scientific principles from the
health profession particularly the knowledge, skills and scientific theories regarding mental
health.
The link to the website: https://nursinglicensemap.com/advanced-practice-nursing/nurse-
practitioner/psychiatric-and-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-pmhnp/
The other guideline is that the PMHNP must utilize evidence to establish the use of screenings
and give advice on the lifestyle. Additionally, they are responsible for diagnosing mental
disorders, perform interpretation of data and facilitate planning of the treatment scheme
including medication prescription whenever it is required.