title: Preparing nurses to work with the chronically mentally ill.
abstract: Nursing has been a major contributor to the ongoing care of the long term patient for hundreds of years. In recent times, however, its' focus has been changing to reflect a broader range of activities and roles for nurses. Masters level and recently doctoral level programs have sprung up in centers throughout the country. This workforce consists of a true career ladder for professional nurses beginning with the B.S.N. generalist, an advanced Masters' level clinician, and a scientist scholar at the Ph.D. or D.N.Sc. level. This paper describes training and practicum at each level as it relates to the chronic patient.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States