Mental Health Journal

This reflective journal should be completed following your first clinical day. Each journal must be 6 pages in length, using APA formatting. No references are required. Please follow the specific directions below for each journal.

1. Describe your perceptions of what the psychiatric patient and the psychiatric setting were before you completed the first clinical rotation.
2. Describe your observations of the psychiatric setting (staff, nurses, providers, patients, etc.) after completing your first clinical rotation.
3. Discuss your comfort level in the psychiatric setting.
4. Discuss the interprofessional team members you encountered and their roles.
5. Describe a patient interaction you had with a psychiatric patient and discuss how you utilized psychiatric nursing skills you have learned in this course.
6. Discuss your comfort level in the psychiatric setting.
7. Discuss your interaction with the interdisciplinary team members.
8. Summarize your experiences during the psychiatric clinical rotation.
9. Discuss your comfort level in the psychiatric setting.
10. Discuss your comfort level as one of the members of the interdisciplinary team