Mental Health: An Essential Component of Overall Health
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Mental health is an essential component of overall health. At this time in
history, our country faces economic crisis, war, and an uncertain future.
Stress, distress, and mental illness are serious outcomes of these events.
At the same time, mental health programs are facing unprecedented cuts in
funding and find themselves required to drastically cut services. In
financial, psychological, and emotional terms, the costs of untreated mental
illness are immense. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners have a
grand opportunity to impact the health and recovery of so many. I want to be
among those who make a difference.
I graduated from Wayne State University’s accelerated B.S.N. program at
the top of my class. Now, I am honored to be pursuing my master’s degree
in mental health nursing in this exceptional program with nationally
recognized researchers and experts in the nursing field. One day, I hope to
share my knowledge with future nurse professionals as a professor. Through
research, perhaps I may even add to that fund of knowledge which gives
nursing a distinct role and voice in the mental health field. As a nurse
leader, an advanced practice role will give me the autonomy and the
authoritative voice from which to advocate for enlightened change in mental
health policies. Most of all, the master’s degree program will allow me to
provide optimal care to my patients while providing professional
satisfaction and growth for me.
Thank you for considering me for this scholarship.
posted in: Michigan