台灣精神衛生護理的發展方向

The Development of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in Taiwan

精神心理健康為維護個人、家庭及社區整體健康的重要基石。隨著民眾精神心理健康問題日趨複雜，精神衛生護理專業也需不斷發展實證知識與技能。精神衛生護理專業本著人本關懷與賦能，持續推動精神衛生護理服務模式，以提升個人、家庭及社區的精神心理健康安適。護理人員是維護精神心理健康之重要資源，精神衛生專業界齊力發展精神衛生護理師之專業能力與進階護理師人力的基礎建設。影響國家之心理健康照護策略，並積極參與討論和傳播資訊，反映出我們對精神衛生保健的影響力。同時持續與精神衛生專業團體聯繫及合作，爭取精神衛生護理人員的權益和福利，以改善精神心理健康的護理環境及相關資源與制度，及提升心理健康與精神健康照護之品質與全民福祉。

Psychiatric mental health is critical to ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities. While psychiatric mental health work continues to become increasingly complex and challenging, the demand for psychiatric nurses with evidence-based skills continues to grow. Psychiatric mental health nurses (PMHNs) are the primary providers of professional psychiatric mental health care services. PMFNs emphasize humanistic values and focus on servicing patient and family needs. In Taiwan, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Association constructs the competence-credentialing model for psychiatric mental health nursing that underpins the values, attitudes, and beliefs of PMHNs and ensures that the mental health nursing practice promotes public health and wellbeing. In addition, this association promotes advanced psychiatric nursing education, research, and practice, influences the national health agenda, and discusses and disseminates information on psychiatric mental health care issues in order to influence the direction, nature, and quality of psychiatric and mental health care.