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Psychology or psychiatric nursing? Any advice?

  • 06-05-2015 11:43pm
    #1
    aarong1169
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭


    Don't know if this is the right place to post this and if not, sorry. But I'm currently doing psychiatric nursing and have just finished my 1st year but I'm not sure if I want to continue doing this and am wondering if I should switch courses to psychology in UCC. My plan was not to have a career in psychiatric nursing but rather to finish my course and use it as a stepping stone to then move on to hopefully become a cbt therapist or something along those lines but I don't think I can continue with it because I don't enjoy the nursing side of things. I am thinking about switching but I don't know if it'll be worth it? I've heard that a bachelors in psychology basically gets you nowhere, is that true? (I'm planning on doing further study anyway) Is there a lot more time/money involved in psychology if I wanted to become a cbt therapist or something along those lines? Should I change course or would I be better off sticking with the course in doing now and then moving on? Any advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    JuliusCaesar
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    There's some information here about becoming a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist, which I presume are the fields you're interested in. The Psychological Society of Ireland has more info on their website. There's also information about becoming a CBT therapist.

    BUT what is it about the nursing end you don't like?

    In any mental health profession you will be working in a multidisciplinary team (unless you are in private practice, in which case you need to really know your limits and be able to communicate with other professionals), and you will be working with people. If you don't like either of these, then a people-profession may not be for you.


  • #3
    aarong1169
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭aarong1169


    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    There's some information here about becoming a Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist, which I presume are the fields you're interested in. The Psychological Society of Ireland has more info on their website. There's also information about becoming a CBT therapist.

    BUT what is it about the nursing end you don't like?

    In any mental health profession you will be working in a multidisciplinary team (unless you are in private practice, in which case you need to really know your limits and be able to communicate with other professionals), and you will be working with people. If you don't like either of these, then a people-profession may not be for you.
    It's basically the hands on part of nursing I don't like. I want to work with other people and enjoy being around others too so working with an mdt wouldn't be a problem for me whatsoever. I still have to look into it though before I decide what I want to do. I'll look through the psi website too. Thanks.


  • #4
    fannymagee
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    aarong1169 wrote: »
    It's basically the hands on part of nursing I don't like. I want to work with other people and enjoy being around others too so working with an mdt wouldn't be a problem for me whatsoever. I still have to look into it though before I decide what I want to do. I'll look through the psi website too. Thanks.

    If you've decided nursing is not for you, make a plan and get out. It's a great qualification to have, but it will suck your soul dry if you're only in year one & you've realised it's not for you. Are you sure you want to stay in the field of mental health? theres a whole wide world out there, what would you do if money didn't matter?


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