My name is Amy and I am new here. I graduated nursing school last year. Before graduating I wasn't sure what area of nursing to go into. I have a real passion for psych. I have an AD in criminal justice because I wanted to work with juveniles which never panned out for me. I also liked critical care. My psych instructor was real encouraging saying she thought I had the ability to be good at psych nursing. She also said if that is what I wanted to do then go straight for it, skip that year of med-surg. Well being that I wasn't sure, I ended up in med-surg. After almost a year, I feel like I am getting burned out. I really struggle with the fact that because of the patient ratios and general job duties I can't provide the care I want to give or would even want my family to recieve. It honestly makes me ill. I am thinking more and more of heading into psych. But I don't feel I am really aware of what all goes into psych nursing. For my psych rotation we concentrated on the "communication" aspect of everything. We didn't pass meds, etc. I am just concerned that I am blind to what it is really all about. I know my passion isn't med-surg. If anyone could give me a run down of their resposibilities and how their day goes it would be greatly appreciated.
