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