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. But do seek help if you find any of your discoveries disturbing. Beginning a new course Beginning this class, you are in a new phase in your nursing education. Hopefully, you will find this experience challenging and will emerge with different experiences and tools to use in nursing. Enter the course with an open mind and take information about human behavior and about yourself that is useful to you.
Psychiatric care differs from other areas of health care.
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