NURS 432: Week #2

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.

Week 2

This is my first time contributing to a blog, although I have read several blogs but I have ever been part of  a blog, be it social or educational. The blog that I recently looked up that pertains to mental health is  bipolarburble http://natashatracy.com/topic/bipolar-blog/. There are many blogs on it but I would talk about a particular blog that caught my attention; "I need a break from Bipolar", the blogger got about 42 responses and quite a number of them were empathetic. For example, one blogger replied feeling sad to her this and went further to say he/she felt like the original blogger did all the time.

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Week two Blog

 

I am not a blogger I sometimes do get invitation by family and friends to visit their blog site which I do most of the time when I have the time. The blog site that I found very interesting is located at http://www.mentalhealth.gov/blog/index.html. This is U.S. Department of Health & Human Services blog site. It contains several blogs about different psychiatric disorders. It is very informative and educative. It has different blogs on major mental health illness such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders and psychotic disorders. It breaks those mental health illness on age groups too. I will recommend everyone to check out this blog site. It is also a very good site to locate available resources in the community.

Week 2

This was first week at Spring Grove with my clinical group. Although,  I have many years experience working with patients with mental disorders, it's nothing like working in your "own neighborhood." I was nervous at first, but while I waited for my patient to come downstairs, the other patients taught me how to play "Spill & Spell", a fun game that helped me feel more relaxed.
I met my patient and as we talked, I began to feel comfortable. I enjoyed group with Professor West and my classmates, we laughed and enjoyed music and dancing while learning more about each patient. While my patient didn't dance, he did seem to enjoy himself. I am now looking forward to clinical and many new learning experiences. Going to Spring Grove wasn't as bad as I assumed it would be.

Clinical Week 1

I hadn't had much experience with working with patients with mental illnesses prior to my first day of clinical so I didn't know what to expect. I felt nervous and anxious when I first stepped on the milieu but the more time I spent with the clients the better I felt. It turned out to be a very positive experience and I realized that I learned more from the clients then they could ever learn from me.

Week 2 blog

I do not participate in any type of blogs. The only experience I have with blog is in this class. I have found different website which offers opportunity on various mental health topics for members who registered to their site. One of the site I visited was http://www.healthyplace.com/ and their blog website is http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/. At HealthyPlace.com, you will find comprehensive, authoritative information on psychological disorders, psychiatric medications, and other mental health treatments. Here is a welcome note from the site “Welcome to HealthyPlace.com HealthyPlace.com is the largest consumer mental health site, providing comprehensive, trusted information on psychological disorders and psychiatric medications from both a consumer and expert point of view. We have an active mental health social network for support, online psychological tests, breaking mental health news, mental health videos, a live mental health tv and radio show, unique tools like our "mood journal" and more. We're glad you found us”.

This website is very easy, fascinating and really informative. There are tabs located at the top of the page that helps the viewer with easy site maneuver. Before any articles or comments are posted, Dr. Harry Croft, who is the medical director of the San Antonio Psychiatric Research Center reviews all of the articles and comments. I was able to find one sponsored resource from healthy place website and it was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. This company produce the drug (quetiapine fumarate) SEROQUEL XR. This drug is used to treat schizophrenia in adult and children who are at least 13 year of age or older.

Reference

http://www.healthyplace.com/

NURS 432: Mental Health Nursing: Week 2 Blog

NURS 432: Mental Health Nursing: Week 2 Blog: I don't have any prior experience on blogging. I never blogged before but I came across some bloggings written by others on the web for...

I have never blogged before , this is my first blogging, but I have been to the blogging site sponsored by the American Psychiatric Nursing Association,  The bloggers seems to have vital information that are  interesting and educational, they love what they blog. I found the site very interesting too. The bloggers expressed their  experiences and opinions freely for people to learn from.