Mental Health Nursing Senior Project

As I was researching, I learned more and more about mental health nursing and the current Mental Health crisis. At first I knew that mental health nurses dealt with mental health patients but I didn’t realize how much of an impact they had on them and on their recovery. I…

For my fieldwork week I shadowed Emily Stevens on Monday. It was a very quick interview session. Then Tuesday and Wednesday I actually had clinicals for my LNA and I chose to do my rotations in the emergency department and shadow the mental health nurse, Kelsey Allard. The rest of…

I met up with my old school nurse and we talked about what her role was and what she does as a psych nurse. She told me basically everything I needed to know about the role of a psych nurse. I asked her about the current mental health crisis and…

I interviewed the behavioral health nurse at Valley Regional Hospital. She has a big role at the hospital especially during the current mental health crisis. I talked to her about her role and what that entails. We also talked a lot about different types of mental health illnesses and different…

This week I wasn’t here on Monday because I was at clinical but I got quite a bit done this week. I worked more on my annotated bibliography as well as starting my research project. I wasn’t able to meet with my old school nurse because she had an unexpected…

I had Clinical’s 3 days this week so I am feeling very behind. I got to work on my annotated bibliography and start planning out my research paper. I actually got in touch with my old school nurse who now works at Brattleboro Retreat as a mental health nurse and…

Clinical rotations have been getting in the way of me working efficiently on my project. Although, it wasn’t part of my project, I did get to work with a few psych patients so I think that counts. I am feeling a bit stressed out about my senior project because I…

This week I started my research paper and my annotated bibliography. I haven’t gotten very much done on my research paper but I have 5 sources on my annotated bibliography. I have struggled with time management this week so I am hoping it was just an off week and next…

This week I worked on my proposal and got it peer reviewed and then met with Alexandrin. I got in touch with Kelsey, the RN at VRH, and I gave her dates. Lyndsay, who is the CNO, is reaching out to Kelsey as well to start planning what exactly I…

My hope is to do some research about mental health nursing and get some experience of being in the ED from a mental health standpoint. I have been thinking about mentors and I think Nicole will be my best bet because she is a mental health clinician and she is…