A Psychological Study into the Virtues that are Important for a Psychiatric Nurse

Abstract

Psychiatric nurses have received the required training to take care of the psychological and physical well-being of mental patients. The main purpose of this article is to explore the virtues that are important for nurses in psychiatry. Virtues in psychiatry are all about doing the right thing by the patient, their loved ones and society in a broader sense. Nurses can save various challenges in psychiatric care and often might be subjected to a lot of stress. On the other hand, they also serve as support staff and source of information for doctors and specialists. Virtue holds a significant place in this entire endeavour to deliver the best patient experience. Hence, this paper has discussed all about the virtues that are important for nurses in psychiatry. The article has used secondary sources of information to present the results and provide a discussion into the matter. All the virtues and their importance for a psychiatric nurse has been discussed in detail in the study.