psych clinical-what to expect??

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Next semester we will be doing psychiatric clinicals and I am just wondering what to expect. If you've done psych clinicals could you share your experiences? I guess out of all the areas of nursing, I'm least confident about these clinicals... what kinds of things will I do?

Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

I found it awkward after being so task-oriented on all the other clinicals. In Psych, your big task is to initiate conversation/ theraputic interaction. However, you WILL use your psych training more than you ever expect on the units of every kind when you start to practice.

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