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I've only worked in psych for 3 years. I work with troubled teenagers, in a residential treatment center, who have various psych diagnosis. They are really intelligent for the most part but in big time denial of their problems and unable to admit, to themselves or others, the final action that got them sent to our facility. When they ask "why am I here, there's nothing wrong with me?" my usual response is, "From what I read in your history, you obviously have problems dealing with life in general and we hope to be able to help you to learn how to think and behave in ways that will make life easier for you and your family." This is the way I see a psych nurse. However, I recently had someone tell me that what I do is not psych nursing but behavioral nursing. Am I confusing the two or is there a difference at all???:rolleyes:
