Why are schizophrenics not working professionally as psychiatric nurses

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why are we not doing it…

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more money= more problems

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I would have thought we’d be gifted psychiatric nurses…experience is everything…can you imagine trying to understand sz if ur not a schizophrenic urself

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First you have to go through nursing school. Psychiatric nursing can be a tough gig.

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Because I can barely function?

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Peer support within an inpatient setting would be much more likely for us. But not many of those positions exist.

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Maybe seeing someone else’s psychosis can be triggering?

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i would hAVE thought @77nick77 and youself and many others would have made great psychiatric nurses…fill me in on why ur not considering ur wealth of experience

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Nursing school + many sz aren’t functioning enough to work + many have no insight.

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In some countries, schizophrenia medication counts as a mind-altering drugs, and people aren’t allowed to be responisble for the wellbeing of other humans while on mind-altering drugs

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Thanks Karl. Actually it’s a job I would find very interesting but hesitate to do as I’m not very good with people and my husband needs me at home as he has epilepsy and I look after him. But yes it sounds like a good job…

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Because I don’t want to!

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I went to nursing school for a year…it was too difficult having to take care of other people on top of myself. I did okay on the practical things like giving shots and doing BPs, but patients unload a LOT of their problems on nurses. It was actually easier getting a Master’s degree where all I had to do was pass tests and write papers!

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i would ahve thought you’d be very skilled at it…i sometimes wonder how u held a job down for the past 30 odd yrs…i have sz for 16 yrs and wouldnt in a million yrs be able to work

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I just like working and I act and look fairly normal. My jobs aren’t really complicated and I’ve had lots of breaks and lots of help. There’s a lot more to it but those are the basics.

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