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Greetings and welcome to our Class Blog. I look forward to reading your reflections about Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. The weekly blog entries should be posted by the due dates listed on Blackboard. I will post the weekly assignment. To post individual responses, students should click on the word, "comments" then write in the comment window to the weekly assignment. Blogging is not Discussion Board. Students are expected to reflect on the weekly posting each week. Students are encouraged to read other students' comments. You do not have to respond by commenting to classmates. These are your thoughts. This is a closed blog thus only students enrolled in NURS 432 will have access to this Blog by email invitation. Our confidentiality rule applies to all class bloggers. Please be mindful that scholarly writing is expected. You may refer to our class Blackboard for more detail about this Clinical Activity under Assignment. NOTE: Instructions on how to proceed are located in the Welcome to the May Graduating Class of 2015 message on the lower right side under Blog Archives October 2014. You will not be able to post a comment here. I initiated this Class Blog in 2011 with (6) discussion questions. You will be instructed to respond to my discussion questions ONLY. DO NOT START YOUR OWN POSTINGS. I look forward to your comments. Happy blogging!













Friday, December 4, 2015

Week 3: Pros and Cons



The pros to using movies to learn about psychiatric disorders is that it enhances learning. Reading information from a textbook can sometimes only give you a one dimensional view when it comes to the presentation of a disorder. Movies however provides you with a mental picture and can give you a better understanding of what you might expect in a clinical setting. Cons to using movies as a learning tool is that movies are not always accurate and the disorder or character may have been exaggerated for box office purposes. Also, while it does give you a visual example. It doesn't replace an in person interaction.

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