Community Psychiatric Nurse


Community Psychiatric Nurse

A registered nurse who works in the community as part of a team, seeing patients with mental health needs in various settings—e.g., in a GP surgery, clinic, health centre or client's own home. CPNs work closely with GPs and other health professionals, providing practical advice and ongoing support with problems, supervising medications, giving injections, helping with counseling, and working out care plans with other members of the team, service users and carers.