My professional and academic goals are completely aligned with the mission, vision, and outcome statements of Walden University as well as the MSN learning outcomes. As stated in Walden University’s vision, my professional and academic goal is to use the knowledge and skills acquired here to identify solutions for critical societal challenges for the greater good (Walden University, 2011). My personal mission is to become a scholar practitioner so that I can effect positive social change. I would create and apply ideas, strategies, and actions to promote the worth, dignity, and development of individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, and societies; resulting in the improvement of human and social conditions (Walden University,
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As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, my on-going concern would be that not all mentally ill patients receive adequate medical care. Psychiatric symptomatology is often so blatant that underlying physical and/or medical problems get overlooked. Many of the mentally ill do not have a good family support system and their understanding of a treatment regime may be inadequate and contribute to noncompliance. My goal would be to blend the interpersonal and biological to provide psychiatric care thereby capitalizing on the therapies that have measurable outcomes and demonstrate effectiveness.
I believe that my nursing experience in an acute care setting combined with the psychiatric nurse practitioner training I will receive in this program will assist me in becoming a scholar practitioner who will be able to strengthen my community by providing quality, effective, and cost-efficient treatment to the mentally ill
As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, my on-going concern would be that not all mentally ill patients receive adequate medical care. Psychiatric symptomatology is often so blatant that underlying physical and/or medical problems get overlooked. Many of the mentally ill do not have a good family support system and their understanding of a treatment regime may be inadequate and contribute to noncompliance. My goal would be to blend the interpersonal and biological to provide psychiatric care thereby capitalizing on the therapies that have measurable outcomes and demonstrate effectiveness.
I believe that my nursing experience in an acute care setting combined with the psychiatric nurse practitioner training I will receive in this program will assist me in becoming a scholar practitioner who will be able to strengthen my community by providing quality, effective, and cost-efficient treatment to the mentally ill