Jobs / Healthcare / 29-1141.02
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.
- US jobs
- 3,379,720 (SOC 29-1141 group, "Registered Nurses")
- Median wage
- $97,550 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of advanced practice psychiatric nurses?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 29-1141 group).
- 8%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 8%Monitor health conditions of humans or animalsNot measured
- 6%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 6%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 5%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 5%Administer basic health care or medical treatmentsNot measured
- 4%Train others on health or medical topicsNot measured
- 4%Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment optionsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Assess patients' mental and physical status, based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
- Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
- Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.
- Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements.
- Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
- Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.
- Distinguish between physiologically- and psychologically-based disorders, and diagnose appropriately.
- Develop and implement treatment plans.
- Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.
- Participate in activities aimed at professional growth and development, including conferences or continuing education activities.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, or nursing staff, to develop, implement, or evaluate treatment plans.
Other job titles for this occupation (24)
Adult Psychiatric Mental Health APRN (Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) · Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse · APN (Advanced Practice Nurse) · Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (BC PMH-CNS) · PMHNP (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) · Psychiatric APN (Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse) · Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (Psychiatric CNS) · Psychiatric NP (Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner) · Psychiatric Provider · Psychiatry APRN (Psychiatry Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) · Adult PMHNP (Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) · Advanced Practice Provider (APP) · Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP) · Mental Health Nurse · Mental Health Physician · Mental Health Provider · PMH-APRN (Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) · Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse (PMH Nurse) · Psychiatric Nurse · Psychiatric Physician · Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner · Psychiatric RN (Psychiatric Registered Nurse) · Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMH-CNS) · Travel Psychiatric RN (Travel Psychiatric Registered Nurse)