Psych BSN

[ZZTopRN]

Who said you had to be a BSN to be a psych nurse?

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[Psi]

As far as CharlieRN's comments (and I don't want to put words in your mouth) but are you referring to the old saw about people getting into psych nursing to work out their own issues? Yeah, there are a few, but I don't think any more as a percentage than the ones who are attracted to nursing in general because of co-dependency issues. Neither kind typically lasts.

Well in the UK we tend to see quite a few nurses, particularly in psychiatry, who have mild/severe personality disorders. Its one of the few professions that meets their need for regular high drama. They tend to gravitate toward talking therapy services and substance misuse services when they are dealing with a higher proportion of patients with personality disorders.