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Post an explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program. Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming a member.
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I think, choosing a nursing specialty within the program,can be something little difficult task. Each subjects have it's own identity and standards.
World Mental Health Day_Mental health nursing, is something quite different, since it's the responsibility of a nurse to promote care and support the patients with mental health issues.As a nurse this is something challenging experience. Since I wish, I could get a chance to get specialised in Mental health nursing.
Yes, there are difficulties in making this choice.
*Lack of family support
All over the world have a myth that, such patients can become violent and aggressive. This thoughts, make each family member to discourage as. Especially they are from rural areas.
*Lack of Mental Health specialist hospitals and services
It's very small number of hospitals are there in a state for such care and services.
*Lack of opportunities
Since, less no hospitals and services, lack of opportunities are more. That degenerate our choices.
At the same time, there are many reasons for such choice
*Place where we can act independently
*Helps to be the part of somebodies part of mind
*Able to provide a specialised care to challenged patients
*Interesting subjects, things that can get corelate with our own life.
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ASSOCIATION
American Psychiatric Nurses Association is one of the professional nurses association for psychiatric _mental health nurses. I never been part of it. It's mainly focus on the care of patients with mental health illness and mental disorders.