Highlights
- •Primary care nurse practitioners often provide care to individuals experiencing mental health conditions such as depression.
- •Psychotropic medications carry many potential benefits and risks; there is rarely 1 “best choice” for an individual.
- •Supported decision making is a framework that can help nurse practitioners individualize care for this population.
- •Supported decision making promotes positive therapeutic relationships and outcomes for individuals experiencing mental health symptoms.
Abstract
Supported decision making is an essential competency for advanced nursing practice,
particularly in the management of mental health conditions for which there are often
multiple reasonable pathways for treatment. However, historical and cultural barriers
have delayed full implementation in standard clinical practice for individuals experiencing
mental health symptoms. Primary care clinicians provide mental health care to many
individuals, and often there is not a single “best choice” of treatment. Nurse practitioners
are well placed to integrate supported decision making into practice. The purpose
of this article is to synthesize the literature related to supported decision making
to provide guidance to nurse practitioners.
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Biography
Shari Harding, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CPRP, is an associate professor at Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA, and can be contacted at [email protected]
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Published online: December 01, 2022
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