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Problem

The best way to start answering this will be by first understanding what the mental health nursing mean (define what it is and mention what it involves and then outline how it can be made easy to understand it better). Generally you can say that it is the appointed position of a nurse that specializes in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress.You can also refer to it as Psychiatric nursing.Now their main role is to care for patients suffering from a wide range of mental illnesses, dysfunctions and mental disorders.Some of the duties they perform include: Observing and assessing patients who are mentally ill. It is a very interesting topic where the students learn way of dealing with mentally ill persons and how to assist them.Good communication skills,understanding of different types of patients and have acquired broad knowledge and skills are some of the essential aspects of a good nurse- client relationship. Now since some of the patients you will be dealing with are physically and mentally hard capped then as a nurse you will need to develop other communication skills like the use of sign and symbols.