I have previous experience
with blogs. In the rising surge of technology use of the early 2000s I had a
myspace.com and xanga.com page. On these sites I could blog various content and
keep in contact with classmates, volleyball teammates, and family. Recently I
have accessed a behavioral health blog run by the American Psychiatric Nurses
Association (APNA). Their address is www.community.apna.org/browse/blogs.com.
This blog is inviting with muted, calming colors and threads on numerous
topics. One thread I particularly
interested in is “Prescribing for children and adolescents in mental health” by
Lisa Hrina (http://community.apna.org/blogs/lisa-hrina/2015/09/17/prescribing).
While this blog peeked my interested in has not materialized my responses, zero
to be exact, on the website. From other threads I have read on the website the
nurses are empathetic towards their patients. More over there are notes from
the President of the APNA every month. The blog from the president is inviting
and warm to her constituents, whom she calls her, “colleagues.” If I decide not
to participate in this websites blog I would still keep this as a resource for behavioral
health nurses.
This is my first time using the blog and have not been reading anyone, I think this will encourage and gear me up in participating in blogs. I have worked with people having mental problems in the City jail and as well in my Church Ministry in Nigeria before coming to U.S.A. I also have a sister-law who has schizophrenia disorder who lived with me then because my husband is a Pastor. They are very difficult to deal with, very dirty because you have to force or beg them to take shower. In short, I have basically experienced almost all we are taught in the classroom physically. It is not an easy task but one has to show them love and once they believe in you, they will attach to you and even in their crisis if they don't want to see anybody else, they will obey your command. I am looking forward to read more blogs.
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