Psychiatric Consultation Nurse

Discussion: The focus of psychiatric consultation liaison is the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders in patients with physical illness and experiencing emotional distress. CL nurse forms a link between physical care and psychosocial care of the in or outpatients in the general medical settings. The roles of CL nurse have been described in four major categories: clinical, educational, research and administrative. As in these categories in our department the activities and responsibilities of CL nurses are; working with the patients who are consulted to their department in the in patient clinician being an important part of the treatment team in term of management of the patients, in and out patient clinics preparing
educational program for patients, families and also nurses and the last one is; provoking the other nurses to research, in the field of psychiatric consultation liaison (KOCAMAN, 2005). Within this concept, we decided(XXX oncology hospital Unit 91 nurses) to take consultation from our CL nurses. We were talking with patient’s wife but she hadn’t relaxed so we decided to direct her to our psychosocial oncology unit. She had been evaluated with appropriate questionnaires and taken help with conversations. A few later she had gain her balance, started to work and her husband’s family had started to attend the patient’s care more. Meanwhile, we had discussed this patient at group meeting with CL nurses.