My uni application
The lovely Jen suggested I post my application here, if you get time I would love some honest feedback.
I have spent the past year studying towards a BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care. I will continue on this course for the next year and hopefully this will lead me to progress on to my chosen career path of Mental Health Nursing.
The role of a Mental Health Nurse appeals to me on many levels, although I feel there is no direct definition as there are many areas of mental health nursing, even though it is a demanding role I feel it is something I would enjoy and would like to make a difference to someone’s life. A Mental Health Nurse has many roles, looking after people with both acute and chronic mental health problems, liaising with different members of a mental health team including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and therapists. All parts of this role appeal to me as a person.
There are a multitude of reasons why I have chosen this field as the one for me, mainly down to personal experience, both good and bad, within the mental health service. I am a kind, caring and compassionate person, this is shown in my skills as a mother to a son with learning difficulties and in my personal life as well as the skills I have shown in the workplace during my work placements. I helped nurse my grandfather when his health was deteriorating and this gave me a great passion for wanting to learn more skills in order to help more people.
As a non-judgemental and empathetic person I enjoy helping people. My ultimate goal is to help reduce the stigma mental health conditions cause for people on a daily basis, I would also like to help people rebuild their lives and be able to manage a mental health condition.
I recently completed ‘race for life’ in aid of cancer research and over the past ten years have raised approximately £4000 for different charities including the fore mentioned and epilepsy action. I also plan to walk Ben Nevis in August 2011. Along with charity work I am also an avid reader and read many genres including texts that are related to mental health problems, thrillers and women’s literature. After reading ‘Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression’ I felt that I would be able to make a difference to other peoples’ lives.
As part of my course in college I have been on a variety of placements, these have included working in a nursing home with residents that have dementia in a home specifically for Elderly Mental Illness. I enjoyed my time here immensely and it gave me a wider knowledge into the different mental health problems people face on a daily basis. My placement at ‘Widnes Hall and Lodge’ was extremely successful, receiving excellent feedback on my skills of working with both service users and staff. I am currently applying for a volunteer position in this establishment to widen my skills further.
I hope that by the end of this degree I will have enough knowledge, experience and understanding to make a difference. I would like to eventually work within the community to help normal every day people manage their lives to an extent that they are capable of.
I have spent the past year studying towards a BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care. I will continue on this course for the next year and hopefully this will lead me to progress on to my chosen career path of Mental Health Nursing.
The role of a Mental Health Nurse appeals to me on many levels, although I feel there is no direct definition as there are many areas of mental health nursing, even though it is a demanding role I feel it is something I would enjoy and would like to make a difference to someone’s life. A Mental Health Nurse has many roles, looking after people with both acute and chronic mental health problems, liaising with different members of a mental health team including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and therapists. All parts of this role appeal to me as a person.
There are a multitude of reasons why I have chosen this field as the one for me, mainly down to personal experience, both good and bad, within the mental health service. I am a kind, caring and compassionate person, this is shown in my skills as a mother to a son with learning difficulties and in my personal life as well as the skills I have shown in the workplace during my work placements. I helped nurse my grandfather when his health was deteriorating and this gave me a great passion for wanting to learn more skills in order to help more people.
As a non-judgemental and empathetic person I enjoy helping people. My ultimate goal is to help reduce the stigma mental health conditions cause for people on a daily basis, I would also like to help people rebuild their lives and be able to manage a mental health condition.
I recently completed ‘race for life’ in aid of cancer research and over the past ten years have raised approximately £4000 for different charities including the fore mentioned and epilepsy action. I also plan to walk Ben Nevis in August 2011. Along with charity work I am also an avid reader and read many genres including texts that are related to mental health problems, thrillers and women’s literature. After reading ‘Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression’ I felt that I would be able to make a difference to other peoples’ lives.
As part of my course in college I have been on a variety of placements, these have included working in a nursing home with residents that have dementia in a home specifically for Elderly Mental Illness. I enjoyed my time here immensely and it gave me a wider knowledge into the different mental health problems people face on a daily basis. My placement at ‘Widnes Hall and Lodge’ was extremely successful, receiving excellent feedback on my skills of working with both service users and staff. I am currently applying for a volunteer position in this establishment to widen my skills further.
I hope that by the end of this degree I will have enough knowledge, experience and understanding to make a difference. I would like to eventually work within the community to help normal every day people manage their lives to an extent that they are capable of.
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