66R Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner

Core Skills

• clinical assessment and diagnosis
• data collection and analysis
• electronic health record documentation
• treatment planning
• risk assessment and management
• interdisciplinary collaboration
• patient education and counseling
• confidentiality and privacy compliance
• case management
• stress and crisis management

Civilian Career Paths

• Nursing
• Behavioral Health
• Public Health

Training & Development

What the Work Involves

• Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
• Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
• Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
• Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
• Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: graduate-level education or extensive experience.