As a student nurse, I was immediately drawn to psychiatric nursing and the many unique challenges and fulfilling opportunities it presented. I also knew from the beginning that I wanted to continue my education and become an advanced practice nurse, and I have never lost sight of that goal. As a nurse currently working in a psychiatric facility, I plan to use the experience I gain to help me better understand the topics I will study throughout my education. I will use my fellow students, colleagues, and providers as resources to gain a deeper knowledge of each topic of study as I incorporate my learning into both my work, and my studies. I will develop a plan of study that will compliment my work schedule and family life, and I will choose preceptors with qualities that I respect, and who mirror the type of provider that I want to be in my own practice. …show more content…
Eventually, I plan to open my own practice where I can effectively treat my patients in a private and comfortable setting. I’ve spent many years as a business owner, and I have developed a passion for continuing education in my area of expertise. I believe through diligence and lifelong learning I am able to be the best I can be. One of my goals is to cultivate a safe, effective and competent practice philosophy. Pursuing a DNP will facilitate this as I will gain the appropriate knowledge en route to achieving this highest of terminal degrees. In my time working in an inpatient psychiatric facility, I have learned how important it is to be able to treat the whole person, both physically and mentally. Another goal I have is to maintain the designation of FNP. This will enhance my potential to practice in a variety of clinical settings and with various populations in the most efficacious manner
Never has it been more critical to provide high quality care in the hospital while being cost effective. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2005) has created the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role to introduce lateral integration of care for specified groups by creatively and intentionally using a variety of health care resources (AACN, 2005). The CNL’s purpose is to aid in various departments of the health care system including the psychiatric department. Although there is continuous tension between medical care and psychiatric care and choosing which is more important for a patient, the Clinical Nurse Leader is intended to bridge the gap between the two.
Rather than preparing graduates in education or consulting as previous graduate nursing programs had done, this program educated psychiatric-mental health nurses as therapists with the ability to assess and diagnose mental health issues as well as psychiatric disorders and treat them via individual, group, and family therapy (ANA, 2014). Thus, the Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMH-CNS), one of the initial advanced practice nursing roles (Schmidt, 2013), was born. After Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 led to deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental illness, PMH-CNSs played a crucial role in reintegrating formerly institutionalized individuals back into community life (ANA, 2014). PMH-CNSs have been providing care in a wide range of setting and obtaining third-party reimbursement since the late 1960’s. In 1974 a national certification for PMH-CNSs was created (APNA, 2010). Subsequently, PMH-CNSs began to be granted prescriptive privileges in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1970s, that practice has now spread to 37 states and the District of Columbia (APNA,
My personal advanced practice nurse philosophy is to provide the best care to my patients primarily by staying up to date on current practices. Staying up to date allows for the patient to receive care based on evidence. Through assessing, diagnosing, managing and treating patients I plan to take on all functions of a nurse practitioner to the best of my ability. Advocating and educating patients are two words that I will live by as a practitioner. I plan to be inspiring to my patients by developing a therapeutic relationship with each patient that is centered on trust and understanding. I want to be a practitioner for families that helps people to understand the change that needs to take place in their lives in order to live the healthiest
Consistently, though, I find myself pulled towards discussions of patients' psychosocial and discharge care needs – typically roles more closely aligned with primary care. I excelled in N235 (Psychiatric Nursing), which more than teaching me about psychiatry, taught me how to engage with patients and quickly build a therapeutic relationship. Of course, the truly ... ... middle of paper ... ... nician (EMT) 9 years ago, I have gained technical skills and the ability to rapidly build a rapport with patients.
Psychiatric nursing has always been my passion and I am ready to put my experience and leadership skills to use and further my career as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. The psychiatric population is underserved and one of my goals is to continue working in fields others will not. I have always longed for the increased autonomy and decision making Nurse Practitioners use. Broken systems and burnt out mental health workers are a problem. For example, calling an on call physician in a patient crisis only to be given an order for something that is completely useless by a physician who does not care, has always bothered me. I look up to the Nurse Practitioners at work and have always noticed their kind, caring and responsive nature. I want
During her early career she has practiced as a psychiatric nurse in acute care and in community settings. She is faculty member in department of Nursing at the California State University at Los Angeles, professor
The transition from student to a qualified nurse can be a stressful and overwhelming ex-perience for many newly qualified nurses. This opinion is widely upheld throughout the literature with Higgins et al (2010) maintaining that many of the problems experienced are due to lack of support during this initial transition and a period of preceptorship would be invaluable.
Stuart, G. W. (2009). Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing (9th ed. pp 561). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
Few years back when a life changing event took place and I moved here I never thought that I will go through these many obstacles in order to live my dream. My commitment to Psychiatry has a long history, I started seeing myself as a successful physician when I was in 3rd year of my medical school and my niece was diagnosed with epilepsy following birth asphyxia, it was not only a traumatic moment for me but the whole family went into shock and severe depression. My sister-in-law even consulted a Psychiatrist. Coping with this situation on a daily basis was not easy and me being attached to her so much, had my goal of life directed toward helping my family. With the passage of time I got Involved in this field more and more. So, instead of focusing on a basic science subjects like many of my pre-med colleagues, my personal experience dragged me towards this field of medicine. After going through that difficult situation, I have realized that nothing is possible with a stressed
I am interested in pursuing the DNP program because I believe it will give me autonomy in my practice and professional fulfillment that comes from achieving one’s set goals academically. I also currently believe an unprecedented need for professional psychiatry/mental health nurse practitioners exists in our society today. This essay will touch on three different experiences drawing from previous nursing coursework, experience as a practicing nurse and experiences that demonstrate my greatest strengths.
The writer of this PICO paper is currently completing the final-semester nursing preceptorship in a standalone psychiatric mental health facility. The unit where the writer is receiving clinical training is a unit specifically for patients experiencing psychosis and it is a locked unit. The majority of the patients on the unit have diagnosis along the schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar and related disorders. Nonetheless, any other psychiatric disorders could warrant hospitalization on the unit if psychotic features exist (e.g. postpartum depression with psychosis or major depressive disorder with psychosis).
The Washington State University College of Nursing (CON) is proposing the Washington State University Academic Practice Partnerships to Improve Care and Outcomes (APPICO) Project to promote Nurse Practitioner education and to address the healthcare needs of underserved individuals and families in Eastern Washington. The APPICO Project will establish strong academic-practice partnerships that provide family nurse practitioner (FNP) students and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students (PMHNP) with longitudinal, immersive clinical education of CON Nurse Practitioner (NP) students, supports, engages, and evaluates preceptors as true partners in the education of our students. APPICO will: 1) develop innovative, collaborative
Registered nurses who pursue Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) degree must hold many qualities that will set them apart from others. For example, APNs must possess impeccable communication and leadership skills, ability to collaborate with professional and paraprofessional staff with ease, rely upon evidence-based data during assessment, diagnosis, treatment development, and evaluation. Above all APNs must also recognize their stewardship role. In this paper the following three aspects will be discussed: (a) definition of stewardship, (b) how stewardship relates to advance nursing practice (ANP), and (c) incorporation of stewardship in my Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner practice.
I have been restlessly questioning if our team has done everything possible to produce a long-lasting outcome for our patient population. I have been making many positive impacts on individual levels but how can I expand my spheres of influences to a population level? I find this question is intellectually challenging and pursuing the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) will be the pragmatic solution. As PMHNP, I will be equipped to bring a more holistic approach to prove the best comprehensive care rather than addressing a " current primary complaint" of a more complex problem. On a personal and professional level, I fiercely believed that mental illness and addiction are family's disease. One suffers, the rest suffer and I am motivated to cultivate a better understanding of mental health and to embrace a culture of kindness and empathy for those who suffer and their loved ones. The autonomy, prescriptive authority, diagnostic ability and psychotherapy skills that I gain from Maryville's Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program will empower me to bring compassion and empathy back to the art of
As a child, I have always dreamed of becoming a doctor, it wasn’t until I was at tender age of ten when I realized what I career I wanted to pursue. My favorite cousin was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was a child. He had a really huge impact on my life. Since, that he was my closest cousin, his mental disorder affected my life. I knew that by watching him struggle with his disorder, I could contribute to the awareness of schizophrenia if I became a psychiatrist. Upon researching, I found several interesting facts about psychology and schizophrenia which caught my attention. I then learned about multiple careers in the psychiatry field that I could choose from. Throughout my research, there were several careers that sparked interest, but, the one that stood out the most to me as adult psychiatry. I know that I can contribute a lot to adult psychiatry by making a difference and taking a positive stance on all mental issues. In doing so, I need to always remain humble and remember why I chose this career. Knowing that my career purpose is to be an adult psychiatrist, I will strive to become the best at what I do and ensure that I complete all required task for a successful career in my ideal