My Reflection Of Psychology In My Nursing Journey

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Going into this course I am very eager to learn. The good thing about psychology is that its concepts apply to everyone. From young to old it is relevant to our lives. I hope this course leaves me with the tools so that I will be able to learn more about myself throughout the next few weeks. I have struggled since I was young to really be at a place where I am truly happy with myself. I feel with a deeper understanding of who I am I could be in a place where I could accept and forgive myself for my shortcomings. Psychology is highly relevant to any living person. People are not static, they are very dynamic, always going through changes and developing/declining. I feel I am at a point of great development, I have come to terms with some things from my past that have really had a hold on me. I feel now that I am in developmental psychology maybe I will be able to make better sense of the tenuous relationship I have always had with myself. …show more content…

I believe that a better understanding of each stage of life will be able to give me a better arsenal of tools to offer excellent patient care. For example, my great-grandmother is 97 years old. She has seen massive loss in her nearly hundred years of living, buried four children and a grandchild, lost a husband, and watched family members get sick. She is at a point in life where she is ready for death, she’s told me on multiple occasions “I hope when I got to sleep I don’t wake up.” As upsetting as it is, I can totally understand where she is coming from. I hope that with this class I can provide her with better support, and help her cope with all she’s been through. These coping mechanisms could later be applied in my nursing

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