Fast Facts for the Nurse Psychotherapist

1st Place Winner of the AJN Book of the Year Award 2020: PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSINGChosen by Katheren Koehn, MA, RN, FAAN…a unique addition to the sparse literature on learning to become a nurse psychotherapist.…focuses not only on psycho-therapeutic techniques, but also the work a nurse must be willing to do to become a skilled and helpful therapist.… a valuable resource for both psychiatric nursing graduate students and the practicing nurse psychotherapist.” - Angie S. Chesser, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS

“Human beings are hot-wired biologically for relationship-building, and as such, it is the nurse–patient relationship that becomes central to healing.…This much-needed book gives voice to the very real perils of abandoning patients to pills. It is a clarion call to return to our roots and our strengths.” - Patrice Rancour, MS, RN

Jeffrey S. Jones, DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CST, LNC, is the president and owner of his own psych APRN business, Jeffrey S. Jones, LLC, in Mansfield, Ohio.Kathleen R. Tusaie, Ph.D., RN, PMHCNS/NP-BC, is professor emerita, past lead faculty of the Psychiatric NP Program at the University of Akron, and co-owner of a private group practice.