Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Personal Statement

My future career must focus on being there for those who cannot always be there for themselves. Working as a nursing assistant in a nursing home and on a rehabilitation floor in a hospital, I dedicated myself to assisting residents, ensuring they had everything they needed. Many residents in the nursing home lacked family support, so I became their ally and friend. The residents' faces would light up as they shared their small steps toward their physical therapy goals. For new residents feeling anxious about transitioning to a new place, I offered reassurance and showcased the facility's best aspects, creating a sense of home.

I am an Occupational Therapy Assistant Student from Community College of Baltimore County. I am a second year student preparing for my level II fieldwork. Upon completion, I will be eligible to enter the workforce. Based on the previous experiences I have had at Mental Health fieldwork, it is evidenced that Occupational Therapy Practitioners are needed in Mental Health settings. Occupational therapy practitioners encourage individual at mental health setting to live a healthy lifestyle such as preparing healthy meals, exercises, drinking water, and taking good care of themselves.

The desire to want to become a nurse grew stronger once I started working as a Medical Assistant back in 2004. I had been introduced to so many departments I couldn’t decide which one I enjoyed the most. However, I can definitely say working in pediatrics was a bit scary for me. I was young with no kids and I felt awkward at times with other people’s kids, especially taking care of sick kids and be the stranger that had to gain their trust in a short amount of time to collect the information, I needed to help the Doctor do his or her job.

Treating patients requires experience with people of different cultures, ethnicities, and race. It also requires knowledge of how the mental state of people change when they are sick. My passion is to help the

Becoming an Anesthesia Assistant would allow me to work as a healthcare professional, help people in their time of need, and have an increasingly dynamic career. I know that my attention to detail, creativity, and critical thinking capacity developed over years working in the medical field make me an ideal candidate for the Master’s of Medical Science in Anesthesiologist Assistant program at Emory University. As my life progresses, I have created a desire for a profession that offers a varied assortment of opportunities. I find it gratifying to have a career that is not only rewarding for caring for surgical patients, but also the attraction of a career that is a life long learning process. The attractiveness of a career with different possibilities and education expansion is energizing and motivational.

A career as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is a natural extension of my personal, educational, and research experiences. Although my path to nursing has not been a straight line, every experience that put me on this path has shaped my passion and dedication to psychiatric nursing. After losing loved ones to suicide at a young age, I made a promise to myself and to them that I would dedicate my life to helping individuals struggling with mental illness. This promise led me to study Psychology at UC Berkeley, where I fell in love with clinical research investigating the efficacy of treatments for mental illness.

I understand that healthcare practices and technologies are constantly evolving, and by staying up-to-date, I can contribute to the team's knowledge base and bring innovative ideas to the table. I participate in training sessions, attend relevant workshops and conferences, and engage in peer-to-peer learning opportunities. By continuously enhancing my skills and knowledge, I can effectively contribute to the partnership working within the healthcare

In my current postpartum doula profession, I am passionate about offering co-counseling to support my clients in feeling deeply seen, heard, and honored. Co-counseling is the reason I discovered my aspirations to become a psychotherapist. My vision is to utilize the Masters in Clinical Mental Health (MCMH) degree from Adams State University to support mothers, families, and children who are facing unhealed trauma and mental health issues. My goal is to help others heal from the shackles of trauma and to lead a thriving life. Presently I am enrolled in the Somatic Experiencing (SE) program, and intend to pursue certification in Perinatal Mental Health, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and EMDR post-completion of the MCMH education.

As I researched what kind of careers would interests me, I discovered nursing brought these two worlds that I love together. My clinical experience is diverse. I had the opportunity to work in various well known hospitals in the greater Boston area. During my preceptorship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on the acute psychiatric unit, I managed up to 6 patients with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders along with managing their medical conditions.

I just completed my Bachelor of Science in Nursing and look forward to exploring nursing theory, evidence-based practice and leadership even further in the advance practice curriculum. I am pursuing family nurse practitioner because it will allow me to be more versatile in my nursing skills and serve a larger patient population. There has been a focus on primary care medicine since the Affordable Care Act; resulting in a larger need for nurse practitioners required to care for this patient population. I have been granted an opportunity to advance my career and I am more than ready to take on the added responsibilities and handle treatment plans autonomously, as well as learning additional skills such as diagnosing and prescribing medications. By obtaining my graduate level education my clinical judgment would be enhanced to improve safety, quality of care and patient outcomes substantially.

I began my year with a child and adolescent elective and there I was exposed to the intricacies of working with a younger population with mental health problems. I was made aware of the importance of developmental milestones and specific needs that children have during their first few primitive years, and how the lack of these could result in serious mental health problems if not properly addressed. I was able to appreciate the work of a treatment team, consisting of psychiatry, social work, nursing, psychologist and others. During my time on the adult unit, I was given the opportunity to take responsibility of my own patients. Along with the importance of thorough history taking, I realized how important patience, empathy and strategic thinking was necessary in the field.

I am in my third year of nursing and I am currently working in a hospital on an Orthopedic Neurological Trauma Unit. I collaborate with patients to identify the prominent health issues they are experiencing and advocate to ensure the care they receive is the most effective for their healing process. Patient interaction, learning new skills and evidence based practice, and being hands on with patient care are the benefits of my job that I enjoy the most. I form a bond with these patients and listen to their personal story to ensure that I give care individualized for each patient. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I can connect with patients of various age ranges and diagnoses by applying these

When I first started this class, I never thought I would be considering psychiatry. Now, I’m writing an essay about it. I was so focused on becoming an actress, I never would have spared a passing glance. Psychiatry seems like a good career for me because I can listen and focus on the patients. I’m friendly, so I wouldn’t be bad.

With my Psychology major, I intend to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist in a pediatric psychiatric ward. Unfortunately, poor mental health and mental illness has been prevalent in my life. Anxiety and depression runs in my family, and I have also watched many of my friends suffer similarly. About 6 months ago, a close friend who was manic depressive took her own life due to her mental illness. I believe that with greater awareness of her state and proper mental health care, her life may have been saved.

The thing that I would like to do as a career is to become a local counselor to help troubled teens to show them that they are not alone in the battle of growing up and surviving with parents that may be abusive or they have a series of mental diagnosis’s that effect their daily living. My issues as a child were that I had a history of physical and mental abuse, but other things that I have are mental issues or just symptoms of not acting indirectly to what normal individuals understand. My mental diagnosis was Bipolar with Psychotic features, ADD, OCD, ODD, PTSD, Panic Disorder, and Intermittent Explosive Disorder, which has affected my social compatibility with peers because I had severe anger and depression that didn’t do well on my goals. I found counseling and behavioral adjustment facilities to help me handle my