Apply professional nursing care principles and procedures in the evaluation and treatment of
psychiatric patients.
 
Develop interpersonal therapeutic relationships with psychiatric patients.
 
Keep accurate written charts and records of patient activities and progress.
 
Comply with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures.
 
Use professional judgment to ascertain and to apply appropriate intervention techniques with
patients in crisis.
 
Communicate effectively with a variety of individuals and function calmly in situations, which
require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy.
 
Provide prompt, efficient, and responsive service.