Psychiatry Course NUIG

Maddenman

Hi,I am currently doing my Leaving Cert in Galway. I hope to do Psychiatric nursing in NUIG.
Just wondering here if anyone has anything to say about being a Psychiatrist? The Work Rate? Pay?
IS there a best area to specialize in? E.g Child+Adultescence?
Any help is appreciated with regards to this course/Work of Psychiatrists/Psychiatrist Life style/Pay etc.

Odysseus

Moved to health sciences, you should get a better response there.

Lyra Fangs

I think you might be a little bit confused between being a psychiatrist and being a psychiatric nurse. A psychiatrist assesses patients and decides on the best course of treatment to deal with their illness. A psychiatric nurse is specialised to work with mentally ill patients. From my experience it is a very hard job, they are exposed to severely ill patients who they must supervise carefully. They're also responsible for administering tablets and ensuring the general well being of patients, which can include getting them out of bed, washing them, helping them eat, helping them if they've wet themselves etc. (especially when they are on a large dosage of medication).

I'm not trying to put you off the job but its important to be aware of the reality. You need to have a strong will and a positive outlook to be a psychiatric nurse (or at least it helps).

Velvety

Yeah, to be a psychiatrist you'd study medicine first and then specialise in psychiatry.

Maddenman

Lyra Fangs wrote: »

I think you might be a little bit confused between being a psychiatrist and being a psychiatric nurse. A psychiatrist assesses patients and decides on the best course of treatment to deal with their illness. A psychiatric nurse is specialised to work with mentally ill patients. From my experience it is a very hard job, they are exposed to severely ill patients who they must supervise carefully. They're also responsible for administering tablets and ensuring the general well being of patients, which can include getting them out of bed, washing them, helping them eat, helping them if they've wet themselves etc. (especially when they are on a large dosage of medication).

I'm not trying to put you off the job but its important to be aware of the reality. You need to have a strong will and a positive outlook to be a psychiatric nurse (or at least it helps).

Thanks for the reply, I understand that there is that side of nursing too,But that is not the route I want to go down. Doing this course,as far as I am concerned, Is the only main way into becoming a specialised psychiatrist?
Every UNI in Ireland has this course and its the only one,I think, That leads me to become a Psychiatrist. UL do a Mental Health Course but I think its the same basis. Correct me if I'm wrong

candlegrease

Maddenman wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, I understand that there is that side of nursing too,But that is not the route I want to go down. Doing this course,as far as I am concerned, Is the only main way into becoming a specialised psychiatrist?
Every UNI in Ireland has this course and its the only one,I think, That leads me to become a Psychiatrist. UL do a Mental Health Course but I think its the same basis. Correct me if I'm wrong

You are indeed wrong. You must study medicine to become a psychiatrist. There is no other way.

Maddenman

candlegrease wrote: »

You are indeed wrong. You must study medicine to become a psychiatrist. There is no other way.

Okay thanks for the straight forwardness
Have a look at this course in NUIG.. http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/nursing-psychiatric.html

Now if I do that,do my one year practice with CHild+adulescence,and apply for this course..
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-child-adolescent-mental-health.htm

On finishing that course,what does that make me? I thought it'd make me a Child+Adul Psychiatrist no? Thanks again

stephen812

Maddenman wrote: »

Okay thanks for the straight forwardness
Have a look at this course in NUIG.. http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/nursing-psychiatric.html

Now if I do that,do my one year practice with CHild+adulescence,and apply for this course..
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-child-adolescent-mental-health.htm

On finishing that course,what does that make me? I thought it'd make me a Child+Adul Psychiatrist no? Thanks again

No, doing these courses would not qualify you to be a Psychiatrist. To become a Psychiatrist, you would first need to study Medicine, followed by many years postgraduate training in the specialism of psychiatry.

This course that you mentioned (http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-child-adolescent-mental-health.htm) is a postgraduate diploma in nursing, so your title would still be psychiatric nurse, with a specialism in child and adolescent mental health.

candlegrease

Maddenman wrote: »

Okay thanks for the straight forwardness
Have a look at this course in NUIG.. http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/nursing-psychiatric.html

Now if I do that,do my one year practice with CHild+adulescence,and apply for this course..
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-child-adolescent-mental-health.htm

On finishing that course,what does that make me? I thought it'd make me a Child+Adul Psychiatrist no? Thanks again

That would make you a psychiatric nurse.

Lyra Fangs

Maddenman wrote: »

Okay thanks for the straight forwardness
Have a look at this course in NUIG.. http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/undergraduate-courses/nursing-psychiatric.html

Now if I do that,do my one year practice with CHild+adulescence,and apply for this course..
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/nursing-child-adolescent-mental-health.htm

On finishing that course,what does that make me? I thought it'd make me a Child+Adul Psychiatrist no? Thanks again

By doing the first course you would become a qualified psychiatric nurse, completing the second course would mean you were specialised in the area of children and adolescents (so you would be responsible for the duties I outlined above but applied to children/teenagers with mental health problems). It would not mean that you'd be a practicing psychiatrist. That would require doing an undergraduate in medicine (4-5 years) following by a masters (maybe) and phd (definitely) specifically in the area of psychiatry which could take 7-10 years to complete in addition to specialised training, it's a looong route.

Maddenman

That answers all my questions,Thanks everyone