I'm currently studying HE access to nursing course and hoping to be starting the apprenticeship degree as soon as i finish this course (hopefully).. just wanted to say thank you for your blogs - they are so useful. Watching you is making me more determined to get this course done and start my MHN journey. Hope your studies are going well! x
Just come across your vlog i use the mental health service myself and just wanted to say your doing an amazing job which must be a very tuff and difficult job to do
Really enjoyed this!! I'm currently on my first placement in my first year of mental health nursing, seeing what a fellow student nurse is getting up to is super therapeutic 😊 x
Just started my applications for a Master’s in Mental Health Nursing (Pre-Registration), hoping to start September 2022 and I’ve been so nervous!! Your videos have been so helpful in calming my nerves ☺️☺️
Hi Ella, Thank you for the continued content. I just have a request if possible. Would you be able to do a video to provide support and guidance on completing Pebblepad. As someone that is midway through his first placement of first year, my cohort are collectively frustrated at the lack of support we have had (2hr workshop initially, then told to just play around with it over Christmas and that was it). Any advice you could give would be amazing and greatly received by all of us 👍🏻 FYI I’m currently on Community Mental Health Placement (and someone with no previous healthcare experience) Thank you in advance
Are there any presentations you have to do on this course? I'm fine with tests, coursework and hands on stuff but presenting in front of a group gives me major anxiety!
Hey, I’m starting my final year of BSc Psychology and wonder if you can give me some advice? I’m in two minds whether to apply for the MH nursing BSc (3 years) or apply for the MSc (2 years) and try to get 700 hours care experience first. I wonder if on the MSc you feel more stressed and pressured to learn things faster as it’s a whole year less than the BSc, also having to get 700 hours of care experience first. However getting a MSc seems like a step up I guess?
I can only say from a patient's point of view that through covid and all that there's more people bring diagnosed with mental health issues bad enough to be with a cmht unit so I would hazard a guess most parts of country are needing more amhsw that's specialised mental health social workers who go out to people's homes with crisis teams where there going to need to be admitted under mental health act and more need for cpns as well
I personally think that people should have to do general nursing first please parents please be cautious about letting your 18 year old daughters go to uni to study mental health nursing they have to go on placements sometimes on acute mental health units there under supervision but if ward is busy and say in second year have to do checks on sucide risk patients may find people who attempted sucide or have completed sucide it. can be very traumatic to a young person to experience this when theve not had any life experience themselves you're not considered that yourmind fully developed before age 25 so to be helping to deal with people throwing off and out of control is potentially dangerous for them physically getting hurt and their mind as a mental health patient whose been there I wouldn't encourage a daughter or son of mine to do it until theve experienced life more
I wouldn’t necessarily say you need to do general nursing first, however I would definitely suggest doing some sort of related work, like a HCA in a mental health hospital, to get a feel for the job before starting mental health nursing. I started as a HCA and loved it, so carried on to do nursing, but I know lots of people who really struggled. It’s a challenging job to do, and I felt like I learnt more on the job as a HCA than I did on placement, about communication with patients, which is one of the most essential parts of being a mental health nurse.
I'm not sure general nursing first would make much difference. Someone could fully train as a "general" nurse first and be graduated by 21, so potentially could do both adult nursing and mental health nursing before age 25 too. Plus adult nursing doesn't give you more tools to be able to deal with the specific challenges you face in mental health either. I also agree that getting some experience in a related field, such as a HCA, first is a good idea. I also personally feel that whatever age you are, those experiences will have an effect on you and having a good support in place is the most important thing, regardless of if you're 18 or 48
