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Hello, I am currently a pre-nursing student in Houston Texas. I was born in Calgary, and let me just say it is my goal to ge back to Canada ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that I want to be a psychiatric nurse. I have been researching the psych nurse programs (Douglas College, Brandon University)... could anyone give me some information about these? I know that a BScPN can't work anywhere but Canada.. But how is the job market for psych nurses in Canada? Can you go on to get a masters for nurse practitioning with a BScPN? Or is it just one big bad idea??? :uhoh21: Thanks !! Sarah

I want to do mental health nursing because psychology/psychiatry is really my passion. I wanted to do therapy, but I was told that psychiatric nursing would be much more lucrative, so I researched it and it sounds right for me. Working in a hospital has always been of interest to me, but I want to be more of a caregiver than someone who cleans up (which, I know! is in the requirements) On the other hand, I love the idea of working with babies...... so, maybe thats a possibility too. But my heart is set on psych right now.

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I wanted to hear :) I never knew nursing had so many choices

I'm trying to figure out whether psych nursing is the thing for me Psych has always been my knitch, but I've heard the field itself is pretty hopeless to go into now. My ultimate goal would be to become a psychiatric NP and do the office setting along side a psychiatrist... Also, I heard that they are able to do therapy practices? The thing is, I tell a lot of people that's what I want to do and they tell me to give up because "all nurses do is clean up piss and **** and vomit." Is that really the case!? Especially with psychiatric nursing... I'm sure there's a good share of it, but I didn't expect for there to be much. I don't have much of a problem with urine, but vomit is pushing it... I'm sure I'd get used to it, but I don't know if I want to. The point is, maybe I'm looking for a cushier job than psychiatric nursing. The hospital sounds fascinating to me, but not if I'm cleaning up fluids all day long... that's why I'd rather do the therapy and office stuff. Maybe I need to totally drop the psych thing completely and major english or something - haha! Can I get anyone's advice :)?

I'm sure this question has been answered, and I searched for it, but I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of threads! I am both a Canadian and U.S. citizen. I live in the U.S. (Texas) right now, but I really want to go back to Canada. Don't get me wrong, the U.S. is great, but Canada will always be my home. I am just wondering where is the best place to get my degree? Is it easier to move from one place to another with a certain degree (e.g. U.S. move to Canada)?