Define nursing career goals and aspirations
My goal is to expand upon my years of education, work experience and passion for helping people by becoming a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). I am motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about nursing. After beginning my career as a home health aide, I then completed nursing school and received honors on graduation in therapeutic communication, mental health nursing, and adult and pediatric care. For six years I worked in acute care which provided me with a variety of nursing experience in acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan; including mental health. I also worked in an inpatient youth recovery center for teens battling addiction. In 2007 I acquired a position as the clinical nurse supervisor for the acute care unit and enjoyed the opportunity to provide
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Primary care providers (PCPs) in western Colorado have increased screening for mental and behavioral health issues. However, PCPs are currently limited in their ability to integrate behavioral health roles within their practices, and often find inadequate resources as they attempt to refer patients for this specialty care. The behavioral and mental health specialist the PCPs find are often not able to schedule the patient for months. Consequently, the patient may not follow through with the referral or may unnecessarily utilize the emergency department. I aspire to utilize my education, experience, talents and skills to apply the standards of nursing practice to help those who need psychiatric mental health care. My interests also include implementing programs for health care workers such as the ‘Second Victim of Abuse’, to provide debriefing services after traumatic cases. The expertise of advanced practice nurses in mental health is in high demand, hence I am excited to be part of this healthcare
Shultz, J.M. & Videbeck, S.L. (2009) Lippincott Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Stuart, G. W. (2009). Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing (9th ed. pp 561). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby.
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
This article was written by several well educated professionals in the nursing field. The article appears in a peer reviewed nursing journal that covers topics in psychiatric and mental health nursing that has a 37-year history. The sources history, along with the use of various references from other professional sources establish the journal entries
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
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,
Profession of Nursing is always regards as a complex, dynamic and noble. The nursing profession requires many things such as hard work, a vast knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a passion for the noble profession. All these qualities are needed to be an effective nurse. Today, nurses are living in a world of ever changing field of medicine .The present patient statistics poses, nurses are expected to take responsibility of accomplishing the requirements. The requirement for excellent nursing skills is added as well as well-formed skills in different aspect. Because of the high demand in excellent nursing care, the IOM have declared the recommendations for the future of nursing.
Nursing involves alleviating suffering by doing a diagnosis and treatment of human response, preventing illness and injury to individuals, populations and communities. The professional growth in the provision of patient care depends on setting goals that contribute to development of the career and skill enhancement as the caregiver. Goals in the nursing profession can be short term or long term. Short term goals are those that are achievable in a short time frame and more immediate as they take one to two years. They help in reaching long term goals.
Health care is a multi-professional discipline that requires the participation of many practitioners for ensuring optimal health outcomes. It happens from time to time that few professionals are willing to participate in health care processes due to a myriad of reasons. The key role of registered nurses is providing services at the primary level of health care. Advancements in medicine require the progressiveness of professional roles to include basic knowledge of some of the most common problems in health care. Mental health is a comorbid factor of many illnesses, and nurses must help psychoanalysts in dealing with cognitive therapy.
I am also looking forward to learning the skills of writing a professional report of diagnosis and treatment. During the program I plan on applying my knowledge through clinical work in a practicum and internship. I expect to practice the skills and techniques taught while working with clients and in real situations. I am prepared to spend long hours required of this program working to get the learning experience of the field work. In my internship I hope to explore and study areas of interest and specialization. While training I would like to find my role as mental health
Walsh, A & Clarke, V. (2009) Fundamentals of Mental health Nursing New York: Oxford University Press.
Not only am I a skilled communicator but also an effective messenger passing off information from my seniors to the men that were under my supervision, making sure that all the safety protocols were being followed at all time. This has not only helped my leadership skills but also trained me to become an excellent listener. These abilities shall help me through my residency in Psychiatry and I am determined and willing to handle all that I shall face during my intense training in that field. To work in an environment where there is constant advancements in the field of Psychiatry, based on years of research and an unparalleled patient care led me to search for a Psychiatric residency in USA knowing that it would not only give me an opportunity to learn and work as a team but also strengthen my clinical skills, bringing enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism to the work and contributing to the field of Psychiatry in terms of patient care and clinical advancements.
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.
The standards of psychiatric and mental health nursing were first developed in 1995 to create a document that would describe the expectations of a mental health nurse. The standards put forth behaviours expected of professional nurses by incorporating vital information and new trends in the field, and linking these to expected outcomes (CFMHN, 2006). The teaching-coaching function standard is of great importance to the mental health field as it promotes nurses to understand the client's individual needs, supports learning related to those needs, and promotes self-reliance in aiding clients and families to acquire greater ease in living with their mental illness and the accompanying effects (Lawlor, n.d.). Such teaching provides the nurses with a chance to make a difference ...
I have always wanted to become a nurse since I was a little girl, seeing both of my grandmothers working in a hospitals and always helping everyone in need. My goals in becoming a nurse is just the basic foundation of just helping people who physically cannot help themselves. I want to be able to shed light in people's lives who are losing it because of their situation. I feel as nurses is the backbone in the hospital. The nurses are there day in and day out with the patients, holding their hands and walking them and their families throughout such a difficult time. Nurses are also their supporting the doctors and all other staff. I’ve found especially in these past few years that I want to spend my life helping others and that's what I can