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ISPN Functions
The functions of the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses are to:
- Promote quality psychiatric nursing care delivered to infants, children, adults and communities;
- Articulate essential components of psychiatric-mental health nursing in undergraduate and graduate education;
- Promote and encourage research by advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nurses;
- Identify efficacious interventions for targeted populations within the changing healthcare environment;
- Develop and promote healthcare policy that emanates from psychiatric-mental health education, clinical practice and
research;
- Articulate the roles of psychiatric-mental health nurses in meeting the needs of individuals with mental illnesses, their
families and others affected by mental illness or at high risk for developing mental illness;
- Create systems for the dissemination of knowledge and sharing of resources within nursing and among other psychiatric-mental
health disciplines;
- Collaborate with other professionals to attain equitable access to mental healthcare for patients, families and communities.
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