First day of Psych Nursing
This is one of my first assignments.. for the first day of school.. so.. I'll invite you all to play along too.
I'll repost it later with my responses... my actual.. serious.. introspective responses.... gawed.. I hate psych evals...
WHO AM I?
Getting to Know Myself and Letting Others Know Me
Mental health nursing begins with knowing yourself and understanding your behavior, feelings and needs. The nurse must recognize her/his own needs or she/he may try to gratify those needs at the expense of the patient.
Take time to reflect on the following exercises and then answer the questions as openly and honestly as you can. This assignment does not have to be handed in to your clinical teacher. It is your choice to share as much or as little as you wish but the assignment is mandatory althrough there is no grade for it. Confidentiality is respected.
Identifying and Expressing Aspects of Myself. Write 15 adjectives which describe you most accurately.
Positive:
Negative:
My GoalsWhat are your goals regarding your career.
What are your personal life goals.
Getting to know myself and letting others know meComplete the following statements
My name is
My titles are
my reason for becoming a member of this group is
Right now I feel
When I meet people I feel
When I feel anxious I usually
when I enter a room full of people, I feel
I am happiest when
The one thing that makes me very angry is
When I am rejected I usually
when I am angry I usually
My most pleasant memory is
Authoritarian leaders make me feel
in a group I usually get most involved when
to me, taking orders from another person
In a working meeting having an agenda is
the emotion I find most difficult to control is
My weakest point is
I love
I feel jealous about
My strength
I am afraid of
I am ashamed of
I believe in
the things I like best about myself are
My greatest ambition in life is
To me nursing is
Self AssessmentSelf-Awareness is difficult, personal and private. It is not an easy task. You cannot know every aspect of your personality and your behavior. Some people avoid understanding. They work at keeping themselves hidden both to themselves and others. Self-awareness allows for personal improvement.
Can I discuss problems with others?
Do I have close relationships? With whom?
What dod I do when I disagree with others? Fight or Withdraw?
How do I handle stress? What situations are stressful to me?
Do I consider others around me? Do I usually think of myself? Do I always think of others?
How do I respond to the people with whom I work?
What do I do when I become threatened or scared?
Do I become defensive? Most people do, but how do I react?
Do I recognize when I am anxious? What type of physiological and psychological signs are shown?
What type of adaptive mechanisms do I use?
How do I respond when others are anxious?
How do I respond to a withdrawn person? or to an angry or sexually aggressive person?
do I use displacement? i.e. taking my feelings out on other people?
Do I use projection? i.e. attributing my feelings of inadequacy to others?
do I use intellectualization? i.e. knowledge and intellectual verbiage to cover up when I am afriad?
What do i think about? what is on my mind alot?
What percentage of my thoughts center on myself?
what is on my mind when I am caring for my clients?
what do I daydream about?
what are my dreams like?
what type of feelings do I have when I dream?
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