I am interested in psychiatric nursing because I have learned a lot about the process of psychiatry in my life and mental health topics interest me a lot. There are so many complicated things about the human mind and I am really excited for the mental health class that we are enrolled in this semester to learn more about those topics. I would like to be an advocate as a nurse for patients that suffer from mental illnesses because I know how it feels to be in that position and if I can care for them when they are struggling and be a comfort that will be amazing. I am also interested in women’s health nursing. I am a big advocate for making birth control more accessible for young women and providing more sex education to teenagers. I would like to do some community teaching through nursing at some point in my career.
I think evidenced based practice is taking clinical studies and published medical work and applying it to clinical practice to improve quality and efficiency of care. Evidence- based practice is how medical professionals keep their practice from being static and can constantly improve care as more work is published about medical practices. I will apply what I learn in this course to other courses and clinical because I will be able to do my own clinical research in order to provide the most educated and best quality of care that can be provided.
Samantha, your interests in nursing are varied and can certainly intersect. Your practice will always be guided by best available evidence to support safe, high quality patient outcomes, regardless of where you practice.