HI all

I am in the process of going back to school, living an hr from Minneapolis and St Paul, so it is this area I am looking at for school. Can u help? I am looking at the Mental Health aspect to nursing, where would a good school?

Thanx,

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I figured you were looking for a diagnosis

I don't want to sound like a dick here Eric, but as long as I've been reading your post; you need mental help and are in no position to be offering it to anyone. I know you've required it in the past.

Sorry can't help with the actual topic.

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quote Originally posted by RWDPLZ: I figured you were looking for a diagnosis

Same here. I'm not a psychologist, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.......I think owning or merely liking the Fiero is an automatic disqualifier for you since it is obviously not rational behavior to do so.

quote Originally posted by ls3mach: I don't want to sound like a dick here Eric, but as long as I've been reading your post; you need mental help and are in no position to be offering it to anyone. I know you've required it in the past. Sorry can't help with the actual topic.

Ditto. Nothing like reading a 3,000 word paragraph of jibberish.

Mental heath people are just as messed up as the rest of us and some people think they should determine who can own a gun.

At my wife’s clinic they have hired 3 psychologists in the last 2 months. First one after 3 days of work had an emergency in Florida with her boyfriend will not return the clinics call. She has been gone for a month now without giving a notice. Second one worked a week didn’t come in on Monday morning. The clinic has not heard a word from her in 3 weeks.

The third psychologist has a narcissistic personality disorder. He was hired to be a counselor and that’s it. However he what’s to develop programs instead of what he was hired for. He claims his job descriptions should have spelled out everything he would “NOT” be doing.

Unless you are already a nurse I would not pursue mental health nursing. The better route would be psychologist or social worker. The job opportunities are endless as the examples above have shown. When people with PhDs can just quite a job without notice the job market is really… really good.

The clinic my wife works in has been short handed for two years and this is military wide. Current figures by the military are 800 mental health professionals short, that includes military and civilian employees. The VA is their biggest competition for new hires and they are also very short handed.

If you’re serious go for it!

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Overheard a conversation at a stoplight yesterday. One woman was discussing how since she had been in and out of mental hospitals so often, she decided to get into the field. I know a few "crazy folks" who all ended up doing so.

In an ideal world, pedophiles wouldn't become teachers or priests, crazy folks would avoid working as head shrinkers, lawyers and politicians would all feed themselves to lions, **** stars would give prostate exams, and tigers would let you hug them.

Pavvy didn't say he wanted to be a shrink- he wants to be a nurse. Why shouldn't he be able to? Or at least TRY to? As long as he doesn't mess w/ patients' treatments (with hold their meds, or gobble theirs down(doubtful on the latter).

Go for it man, best of luck.

I'm sorry for those who had to bear the horrible trauma of being forced, "clockwork orange" style, to read some of his lengthy posts. Your poor finger had to scroll so much, and eyes needed to move around and your brain had to process the words.
Maybe we can get the lawyers involved w/ the emachine class action lawsuit to come in and award everyone who read them 3 whole cents and ten minutes in a room w/ a tiger (for free hugs)

Sheesh, I know what you're all sayin', and perhaps you're all correct,but talk about pooping all over a guy...or maybe it's just honest advice...

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The whole dang world's nuts. Pavvy for president, dammit.

I never met a shrink that didn’t need one more than anyone else I knew. And I know a lot of people, who I know in person none of those here, who need mental health help.

I also think the best shrinks have been through some of the problems their clients are going through. As long as they are not to far from plum.

Now as far as someone becoming a mental health nurse they don’t give anything more than physical therapy.
I believe anyway.
Oh ya I do know a couple of guys who were mental health nurses at state hospitals. Mostly they just restrained people and took care of their physical needs they don’t give advice.
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Talk with a counselor at the Collage you wish to attend or get their course catalog, it will have the course description.

My soon to be mother-in-law is a mental health nurse. Mental health nurses do not make any diagnosis. They may question the patients and relay any symptoms observed to the doctor, but it is the psychiatrists that make the diagnosis and prescribes the treatment. Nurses administer the medications and do the grunt work of what the doctors require.

If you are serious about becoming a mental health nurse, then see a counselor at a nursing school. If you have a diagnosed mental illness, then be sure to disclose that to the counselor to see if it would disqualify you. But if you have concerns about your own mental health, then seek help. Having a mental illness does not automatically disqualify you from working in the field.

Damn... you guys aren't being very motivational here!

Pavo, I know you live with some psychiatric disorders. I will say that I know that quite often, most of the people who get into psychiatry do so because they are trying to figure themselves out. Many of the people who are in this field suffer from similar disorders as well. I have a relative that's a psychiatrist, and from what I understand, they are required to give eachother therapy too. Quite honestly, I can't think of a better profession for you to be in, not only because I think that while you're back on the wagon, you're one of the most qualified to notice the issues your patients will have, and you'll have a better understanding of what they are going through. Additionally, if you suffer from weakness from time to time and fall back into your own issues, you'll be surrounded by friends and co-workers who are absolutely qualified to do something about it.

I can't think of a better place for you to have a career in. If it's something you think you really want, and not just a fleeting desire... something you actually want to push through on, then you should 100% push yourself towards this goal.