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1. Current issue and trends
in psychiatric Nursing
MR SURESH KUMAR SHARMA
LECTURER, M.I.M.H, SASOON
HOSPITAL, PUNE

2. introduction
Psy Nurse faces various
challenges bcoz Changes in IPD
care due to some approaches.
Some are follows--

3. 1. Trends in health care
 Increased mental health
problems
 Provision for quality and
comprehensive services
 Multi-disciplinary team
approach
 Providing continuity of care
 Care is provided in alternative
setting

4. 2. Economic Issue
b Industrialisation
b Urbanisation
b Raised Standard of Living

5. 3. Changes in illness
orientation
b Shift from illness to prevention
(modification of style)
b Specific to holistic
b Quantity of care to Quality of
care.

6. 4. Changes in care
Delivery
b Institutional to community
services
b Genetic to counseling services
b NPR to Nurse Patient Partnership

7. 5. Information
technology
b Telenursing
b Telemedicine
b Mass media
b Electronic Systems
b Nursing Informatics

8. 6. Consumer
Empowerment
b Increased consumer awareness
b Awareness of early detection &
treatment of mental illness as well
as utilization of Psychiatric
hospital
b Patients are health care
consumers demanding quality
health care services at affordable
cost with less restrictive and

9. 7. Deinstitutionalization
b Bringing mental health patients
out of the hospital and shifting
care to community

10. 8. Physician shortage
and Gap in Service
b Physician shortage lead new role
as Nurse Practitioner.
b Nurses Meet need of the people
as HOME VISITING NURSE

11. 9. Demographic changes
b Increasing Number of the
elderly group
b Type of family
(increased number of Nuclear
families)

12. 10. Changes in needs of
the patients
b Wanting a more holistic
orientation in health care

13. M.I.M.H, SASOON
CAMPUS, PUNE