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I really liked your choice of Shameless and Ian because his storyline feels raw and real. You did a great job showing how bipolar disorder isn’t just about “mood swings,” but how it can completely affect someone’s life, relationships, and choices. I also think it’s important that you pointed out his family background, since both genetics and environment can play a huge role in how symptoms develop and how hard they are to manage. The examples you gave, like him joining the military on impulse and then going AWOL, really show how risky and out-of-character decisions can happen during manic episodes. I also liked how you described the contrast between his highs and lows — one week he’s full of energy and chasing excitement, and the next he’s stuck in bed and isolating. That back-and-forth cycle really helps people understand how exhausting bipolar disorder can be.
The doom scrolling! It gets me too often! I like how you put your motivations though, its nice to see what gets other people through as well. The workload definitely gets heavy and undoable way too often, but we are almost done! Only a couple months, a couple weeks, a couple tests, and we’ll be flipping tassles together!
Using operant conditioning allows nurses to influence behavior by focusing on consistency and accountability rather than rewards alone. Clear routines, follow-up, and feedback help patients recognize patterns between their actions and health outcomes. Education is also more effective when nurses consider how patients process information. Adapting teaching methods supports understanding, builds independence, and encourages patients to take an active role in their care rather than feeling overwhelmed or dependent on instructions!
Your post gives a clear explanation of how brain function connects to mental health care, and I like how you emphasize communication and trust. I agree that using simple language about “balancing brain chemicals” helps patients feel less intimidated by medications. You also made a strong point about chronic mental illness affecting physical health—something that often gets overlooked. Your focus on holistic care, including healthy habits and emotional support, shows how nurses can truly support the whole patient.
You explained these concepts really well. I like how you highlighted both the behavioral and social reasons children walk in lines—structure, modeling, and safety definitely shape school routines. Your points about aggression were also strong, especially how biology and social expectations influence male behavior. I agree that the developmental domain is essential in mental health nursing. Understanding where a patient is developmentally helps us tailor communication, avoid misunderstandings, and build trust, which ultimately improves outcomes.
My first job as an LNA at 18 years old, hazed the heck out of me! I would drive home crying and call my mom about how horribly they treated me. Now in nursing school she will say things along the lines of don’t be a Robin, the nurse who would time stamp my 300+ patient on an airmatress who could not help roll herself at all and no one would help me with her and my tiny 18 year old self would be killing myself to try and keep that woman dry! But it really did show me who I don’t want to be as a co-worker, nurse, supervisor, etc..
I think doing this program as a second or third try is good for us though. It isn’t all brand new information and it makes it a little easier to digest. We will BOTH get through this, as a small cohort we can make sure we all get through this program!
I think you would be amazing in management down the road, you’re so easy to talk to and so helpful! I can’t wait to watch where we all end up, and building your life with your husband will be amazing. I’m so happy for you and where you can end up!
A vacation sounds awesome! Ha, we will ALL need one. We’re similar in our love for psych, you would be an amazing psych nurse! However, you should follow your gut, do it while your young so you don’t have to live your life looking back thinking what if? Psych you can get into at anytime/age but I feel like military stuff is better to do when youre young?
Hi Pumi! Thank you for posting. You brought up some great points. I like the way you talked about cleaning rooms and equipment.
Hi Melanie! I completely agree, it is such a key element. The speed at which healthcare as a whole worked during the height of the pandemic is crazy to think about! We changed the whole world in what felt like overnight!
Hi Ava! I agree with Melanie, that’s a great way to remember the difference between the two! Measurable data is great but I like having the “story” with the research too, otherwise I start to go cross eyed and everything looks the same HAHA.
Hi Marie! I love how you described quantitative research. It’s exact but still manipulable! I totall agree on the lack of context as well.
Your idea of the perfects versus the uglies is literally a movie (based on a book series), which is gene editing when you hit 18. LOL movie writers come up with everything these days! It’s such a tricky can of worms because we can always say it’s only for disease and mothers who can’t carry a child, and then all the exceptions come in. A movie star is filming a movie, so she can’t carry a child. A famous politician doesn’t want to risk his child having the recessive genes and not looking like him. The rules don’t apply the same way to everyone, unfortunately.
When you said “Although I think that if we continued with gene editing, have a natural family would become unappealing.” I instantly thought of every sci-fi movie about divides created in natuaral and artificial combined worlds. That thought ever crossed my mind. This could lead to so many other issues down the line!
