Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Personal Statement

As an acute care nurse practitioner I hope to utilize my experience as an Intensive Care Unit nurse along with clinical knowledge and skills acquired through a graduate level program to provide the highest quality patient care. In my current role, I place high value on patient-family centered care and advocacy as well as commitment to lifelong learning. I have built my nursing career upon these values. I am excited to begin the journey of becoming an acute care nurse practitioner and to further my education and expand my scope of practice in the field of critical care, for which I have already developed a passion.

I have always wanted to be a nurse: I do not think there is any task that is as satisfying as treating a patient physically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. I first pursued my LPN, and immediately I knew I had chosen the right career path. Every day, no matter how tired and weary I felt at the end of the day, I was invigorated by the sense that I had made a positive change in the lives of my patients. To build upon my capabilities to help others, I then pursued my RN. I am currently in an RN-BSN program and hope to begin a graduate program subsequently to become a family nurse practitioner.

Learning can be achieved from different backgrounds, situation or environment. It is my optimist desire to use my time at Walden University to achieve the best knowledge and skills thought to me by the diverse professors and student. Being a nurse for 9 years with a diverse background has provided me with some experience and eagerness to achieve evidence base practice to advance my knowledge as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). The purpose of this paper is to guide me through this learning process to stay focus on my goal and future as I advance in the learning process.

Taking on this role has shown me how I can integrate care in the same way as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. As a nurse in the Emergency room I find myself consistently advocating for my patients. Unfortunately there are a lot of disparities in care when a patient presents to the ED with any Psychiatric History. Thanks to my knowledge in medicine and Psychiatry I successfully advocate for these patients. There have been situations in which patients have come in for medical concerns that were diminished because of their Psychiatric presentation or psychiatric history.

I am a Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN) and being a Registered Nurse can be a stressful job, especially if you end up working overtime. If you decide to become a Mental Health Registered Nurse you are going to have to learn about the Education Requirements, Necessary Skills, The Salary, Job Duties and Job Benefits. When you are college you will need to take classes and learn until you have earned a Bachelor's degree or a Master’s degree. (Most hospitals prefer Master’s) According to allnursingschools.com “Committing to a master's degree program takes dedication, but it can have a huge impact on your nursing success in the form of new opportunities, from higher pay.” So getting a Master’s can benefit you in the future financially and

Many OEF/OIF Veterans are experiencing anxiety, depression and insomnia, often related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD ) — one of the “signature injuries of OEF/OIF” (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2012, p. 8). The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) as well as the Registered Nurse (RN) in the VA outpatient mental health system must expand their knowledge and practice beyond pharmacological management of mental health to include evidence based psychosocial interventions that can benefit the OEF/OIF veteran. The first clinical research article under review is a study entitled, “Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Psychosocial Interventions for Veterans of the Military” (Kitchiner, Roberts, Wilcox,

Nurses play a very important role in the field of health care throughout a lot of people lives. From helping patients with basic hygienic tasks to assisting in surgery, nurses are trained and educated to help patients to the best of their ability and they do their very best. There are four different types of nurses you may see when visiting your doctor or local hospital: nurse aides, licensed practical nurses, registered nurse, and nurse practitioners. Each type of nurse responsible for different nurses have a different level of taking care of someone. Nurse aides, or nursing assistants, are nurses that perform basic patient care tasks under the supervision of physicians and supervising nurses.

Growing up, I had the opportunity to learn from his patients and work with them on their physical state, mental well-being, and recovery process. During my time at his clinic, I noticed the cases I collaborated with that required the most comprehensive care and empathy were mental health related. Therefore I sought out employment at Amen Clinics Northwest, an outpatient psychiatric center which exposed me to targeted treatment plans, mental health evaluations, and the psychological aspects of rehabilitation. There, I met with a taciturn child who came into our office one day suffering from major depression and taking far too many medications. While encouraging her through her scans, I was able to create a positive rapport as she opened up to me, thereby allowing me to produce a comprehensive record of her history and pinpoint her parents’ primary concerns. We then collaborated with the physicians to find the appropriate holistic approach to teaching her family healthier habits and optimizing her brain function. On the final day of her evaluation, she rewarded me with a smile as she left with newfound prospects for the future. Interacting with mental health patients has not only shown me the resilience of human beings and how giving consumers hope is equally as important as their medication, but also the importance of advocacy and how a

I hope to make the world a better place and honor life’s journey by helping populations in rural and remote areas maintain and prevent illness and get the healthcare they need when they need it. My goal is to be an independently mobile practicing nurse practitioner in the state of Nevada. As a nurse, I believe a significant role I play is to empower individuals to identify patterns or lifestyles in their life that are no longer working to maintain health. I believe in a holistic healthcare model and that are many health resources available to heal and maintain health.

I want to go into nursing because both of my parents worked in the medical field. They owned a family clinic when we lived in Rwanda, my mom was a nurse while my dad was a doctor. Seeing how helpful they both were, I want to continue their work. To do that, I need to go get a nursing degree. However, I need financial aid to pay off the required expenses for the degree.

During my work placement I noticed that nurses work in a variety of services and are in an ideal position to promote patients’ mental health and wellbeing by helping and empowering them to realise their abilities rather than focusing on their disability or illness (Ruddick,2013).

My interest in psychology stems from my interest in criminal behaviour leading onto understanding behaviours and mental health. I studied psychology at A- Level along with Sociology and Medical Science BTEC.

I would like to express my interest in a position as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse at your facility. Caring for psychologically ill patients is an important factor to my life. My father was a marine during desert storm who suffered from post-traumatic syndrome for ten years. He stayed at the Veterans Medical Institute for those ten years he was diagnosed. The care that the nurses gave to my dad during his rehabilitation was phenomenal; and I was there to witness this awesome and intense process. When seeing his improvement and how happy he had become, I knew that this was a career I wanted to purse. One in four people have a mental illness and more than half go undiagnosed each year .Without the proper treatment, undiagnosed mental illness

My ambition to study mental health nursing stems from my believe that it would lead to a satisfying and rewarding career. This ambition has progressed whilst I have been working within the mental health industry, providing care for adults with mental health and/or learning disabilities as a support worker. In addition, my own life experiences with family suicide have given me a great insight into how mental health can affect not only the sufferer, but also those closest to them. I believe that progressing in mental health nursing; I would have to chance to combine my experience and skills in helping people’s mental wellbeing and their physical health. I have a passionate interest in mental health; I enjoy working closely with patients under

I am currently studying towards a Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health) degree at Monash University which is due to be completed in December 2015. I am applying for the Graduate/Transition Program - Mental Health 2016 at Monash Health, as I am very passionate about mental health nursing. It was my experience in your outstanding facility that inspired me to pursue a career in this specialty. I encountered mental health and drug dependency issues in nearly every clinical placement I completed including my surgical and rehabilitation placements. I feel strongly that there is a severe shortage of mental health services available in our communities and I appreciate that your organization provides and supports these services at a high level. Therefore, I would love to proudly represent your organization by being a collaborative member of your team of caring multidisciplinary health professionals.