Successful independent practice requires that services fill an unmet need within a com munity. The art and science of advanced practice psychiatric nursing provides a struc ture within which to frame clinical interventions that are distinctive and inimitable by providers other than advanced practice psychiatric nurses. The focus of this article is the nurse-developed Three Rs Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment Program: Relapse, Recovery, and Rehabilitation-A Wellness Approach to the Management of Psychiatric Disabilities. The program and all component pieces are described, including an example of a wellness-based treatment plan. (J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc [1999]. 5, 122-131)
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