Re: WOW!!!!!!!!!
You only get two days of psych clinical?? What kind of nursing program are you in?
Perhaps more nursing experience in general will help you over time with being more objective and therapeutic with clients, and you won't be so overwhelmed by your own emotions. (Gee, maybe more psych clinical would help ...
) To some extent, it
is a learned skill. Child/adolescent psych can be particularly emotionally challenging -- when people ask me about the difference between adult psych and child psych, one of the points I always make is that "the 'highs' are higher,
but the 'lows' are lower." You can have extremely rewarding and happy experiences with kids, but it can also be a lot more emotionally draining than many people expect (or can deal with). There are
good reasons why these kids are in inpatient psychiatric units, and many (most?) of them have really gut-wrenching, heartbreaking stories.
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