What feelings, fears, and vision do you have about working with psychiatric patients?

Topic: Mental Health Nursing

Details: Personal Reflection: Self-Awareness Assignment
Late submissions will not be accepted and a “0” will be given.

Self-awareness is a key part of the psychiatric nursing experience. The nurse’s goal is to achieve authentic, open, and personal communication that is therapeutic in nature. The nurse must be able to examine personal feelings, actions, and reactions.

How do you feel about the mentally ill population? Do you have any past experiences in dealing with mental health?
What feelings, fears, and vision do you have about working with psychiatric patients?
What do you hope to accomplish during this rotation?
What will you need from your instructor to help you with your clinical experience?
Include anything else that you want in order to personally reflect on this experience. Journal should remain free of grammatical and/or spelling errors.