Hope this doesn't cause any offense as this is the area I'd most love to work in.
I suppose when I think of psychiatric nursing it's primarily in-patient (but I know this isn't the case). With more emphasis being placed on community care, do you think there will still be room for the nurses who want to work in acute inpatient settings?
Where I am now there's a big push toward community treatment/crisis 'cafes'/day centres in order to keep people OUT of hospital as much as possible, which I wholeheartedly agree with. But these programs seem to be staffed primarily by psychologists and techs. At the same time I'm sure there will always be those too ill to be nursed at home. I think I just worry sometimes about the outlook.
