Tala Barzkar
Becoming Tala
“You are no longer my daughter.” Tala Barzkar can still feel the sting of her father’s final words, spoken just before he cut her out of his life. She remembers him tearing a photograph of the two of them in…
10 Ways to Recuperate on a Student Budget this Winter
Taking online classes means spending a lot of time in front of a computer screen. As a Psychiatric Nursing student on a limited budget, I have explored some digital screen-free…
8 essential elements for a productive workspace
During the first two months of school into the Psychiatric Nursing Program, my home was in chaos. I moved into an unfinished house and was renovating it while trying to…
Meet Elizabeth: Our Psychiatric Nursing Blogger
Hi! I’m Elizabeth from the sunny Okanagan and I’m in the Psychiatric Nursing Diploma program. After completing a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Psychology and pursuing a Master…
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…
End of Semester 1
So just like that, 1st semester came and went, a couple finals exams and some final assignments and we slid into what would be a nice week-long break. For me,…
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