Catalog your strengths and weaknesses. Emphasize and learn communication skills. Do not be afraid to say the wrong thing. Try out the communication skills you are learning. If you say the wrong thing, you will learn how to do it differently next time.
Communication is a skill, and it takes practice to improve and master it.
Use this course to practice these skills. Use the experience to learn about yourself. When you study psychiatric nursing, you will learn about yourself. You have probably used such defense mechanisms all your life but perhaps never recognized them before. You will also read about mental illness and may begin to wonder if you or someone you are close to has some symptoms or characteristics of a certain condition.