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Are psychiatric nurses and psychiatric nurse practitioners the same thing?
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Profession query: No they are not one and the same - psych np has prescription privileges and can collaborate with a psychiatrist to provide psychopharm services whereas psychiatric nursing deals more with inpatient nursing care.
Answered 10/11/2017
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No: Nurse practitioners can prescribe medications, whereas nurses cannot.
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