why freud

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 15, 2006

There are still many Freudians out there. I don't think it has any relavence either. Nursing quite a bit of the pysch. fields of thought, not just Frued. Not all of them are factual/scientifically proven either.

traumahawk99 · May 16, 2006

heh. like therapeutic touch. now there's an area where phd's in nursing programs have acheived lunar orbit, without the first bit of hard science. instead, you must have "absolute love in your heart" for the person you're helping "realign".

next we'll be flapping our arms and flying :).

hsieh · May 16, 2006

heh. like therapeutic touch. now there's an area where phd's in nursing programs have acheived lunar orbit, without the first bit of hard science. instead, you must have "absolute love in your heart" for the person you're helping "realign".
next we'll be flapping our arms and flying :).

i just think freud is wierd. as for theraputic touch and "loving" your patient hopefully if a nurse is not this way they will be complained about and fired. that's called customer service and most professions require it. i've only worked in psych and sadley have seen nurses who are not "loving" to their patient and get away with it. since i've identified myself as a psych nurse on the forums i want to make clear i'm no nurse ratchet (can't spell).

Katnip, RN · May 16, 2006

Freud may be weird, but as Tweety said, there are modern Freudians out there. Modern psychotherapy owes a lot to Freud, no matter how unscientific he may have been.

Psychiatry is at best a difficult science and it's not to easy to be scientific about the human mind, anyway.

Jen82 · May 16, 2006

I have another question! Is it allowed to have a calculator (for calculate questions) at the exam or does the testing center has one or is that all not allowed?

Thanks, Jenny

traumahawk99 · May 17, 2006

i just think freud is wierd. as for theraputic touch and "loving" your patient hopefully if a nurse is not this way they will be complained about and fired. that's called customer service and most professions require it. i've only worked in psych and sadley have seen nurses who are not "loving" to their patient and get away with it. since i've identified myself as a psych nurse on the forums i want to make clear i'm no nurse ratchet (can't spell).

heh. therapeutic touch is witchcraft. there's no solid science whatsoever behind it. i don't think you understand what this is. it's got nothing to do with traditional nursing and caring for a patient.

i will guarantee you at any major university, there are women with doctorates running around thinking that they're good witches. it's ridiculous, and it demeans the profession terribly.

it reflects the desperation of nurses in academia to have an independent practice. of course, they get mightily upset if you point this out, since to many, it's the holy grail of nursing.

EricJRN, MSN, RN · May 17, 2006

I think we study Freud more out of a historical sense, to understand the development of modern psychological thought. Freud made a major contribution simply by becoming one of the first to attempt systematic study of mental processes. He was also one of the first to emphasize the importance of the unconscious and he pioneered the study of defense mechanisms (like repression, rationalization, reaction formation, and denial), which is a concept that is still very relevant to mental health and to nursing practice in general. Before Freud, the concept of 'talk therapy' had not gained any widespread acceptance.

In those days, the role of psychiatrist and neurologist were essentially one and the same, and Freud also came up with some insights to things such as cerebral palsy.

While most modern mental health professionals agree that Freud didn't have it all figured out and that he may have placed too much emphasis on some areas, he's definitely connected to many concepts that we simply take for granted today.

hsieh · May 17, 2006

heh. therapeutic touch is witchcraft. there's no solid science whatsoever behind it. i don't think you understand what this is. it's got nothing to do with traditional nursing and caring for a patient.
i will guarantee you at any major university, there are women with doctorates running around thinking that they're good witches. it's ridiculous, and it demeans the profession terribly.
it reflects the desperation of nurses in academia to have an independent practice. of course, they get mightily upset if you point this out, since to many, it's the holy grail of nursing.

what i meant was are they teaching this stuff so nurses treat their patients "lovingly"? if you had a loved one in the hospital how would you want them treated? how do you expect a nurse to behave? i guess my point is have a course on customer service instead of studing something freud.

traumahawk99 · May 17, 2006

well, it's not like you spend that much time studying freud. an educated person would have to know something about freud. you can still do whatever you need to do regarding customer service. i don't see how studying freud a little bit stops you.

in therapeutic touch, by the way, you don't actually touch the patient. you wave your hands over him/her to "realign" internal forces. sheer nonsense.

hsieh · May 17, 2006

well, it's not like you spend that much time studying freud. an educated person would have to know something about freud. you can still do whatever you need to do regarding customer service. i don't see how studying freud a little bit stops you.
in therapeutic touch, by the way, you don't actually touch the patient. you wave your hands over him/her to "realign" internal forces. sheer nonsense.

that isss ridiculous. but i would hate to fail an exam because i didn't select the right answer to a freud question.

Hebrews 13:5 · May 18, 2006

I have another question! Is it allowed to have a calculator (for calculate questions) at the exam or does the testing center has one or is that all not allowed?
Thanks, Jenny

If you mean Nclex RN exam, yes, there would be a calculator on the screen for you to use. Haven't taken it yet....LOL...., but I know there's one for you to use on the screen. Just click on it...