A Record-Breaking Year: Why Now is the Time to Pursue Online Nursing Courses
For the first time in nearly two decades, more Canadian nurses left the profession than have entered it in the last year. A new report from the Canadian Institute for…
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4 Mental Health Myths You’ll Encounter During your Psychiatric Nursing Career
Psychiatric Nurses help patients with mental health issues work towards recovery and full, happy lives. It can be an incredibly rewarding career, full of enriching experiences and gratifying professional successes….
More Thoughts on Ethics, Law, and Morality in Psychiatric Nursing
Ethics and law, what is it? Ethics and Law in Health Care introduced us to philosophical analysis of the ethics, morals, and values that affect contemporary Canadian mental health practices….
Reflections on Clinical: The Grey World of Psychiatric Nursing
At this moment, my cohort and I are well into our fourth semester on the Psychiatric Nursing Program. This semester includes our First Nations Health class, Introduction to Counselling, and…
All About WOMEN and how that relates to Psychiatric Nursing
So, Introduction to Woman Studies. Many might ask what relevance that has to mental health, or if the study related to women and mental illness. In short, no. Similar to…
Learning about Self-Care in the Psychiatric Nursing Program
Hello everyone! Semester 3 of the Psychiatric Nursing Program is already wrapped up and we are all enjoying a much needed, and well-deserved 2 week break. Back in semester 1,…
A Day in the Life of a Psychiatric Nurse
In many ways, there is no such thing as a ‘typical day’ for a Psychiatric Nurse. In this rewarding yet challenging profession, nurses face new and different trials every day,…
Learning about Pharmacology as a Psychiatric Nurse
So, pharmacology, what is it? What does it do for us? Why do we need to know it? And how significant is it to our role as psychiatric nurses? A…
Psychodrama Course in the Psychiatric Nursing Program
Psychodrama, what is it? Where does it fit in our role as psychiatric nurses? What benefit will I gain from this course? So what? Those were questions I asked myself…
Our Second Clinical in the Psychiatric Nursing Program
I can’t believe we are already a few weeks into our third semester! Each week just seems to go by so quickly, we are busy with our five courses, and…
Working in Groups in the Online Psychiatric Nursing Program
So we have just started our third semester. It’s hard to believe we’re already two-thirds through the program! We can already tell this will be a busy semester. Another 5-course…
Admissions Process for Psychiatric Nursing Program
Well that’s it, we are complete semester 2 and enjoying a nice little break! I am catching up on working with the military and bringing in a little extra spending…
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