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Posted about 1 year ago if you wanted to become a childrens mental health nurse would you be better off doing the mental health nursing degree or paediatric nursing degree?? and what do you have to do once qualified to specialise in children adolescent mental health? how long does it take what unis do the courses etc etc x |
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| Posted about 1 year ago Hi there, I trained with a student nurse 5 years ago who wanted to do the same thing.She was set to do a mental health course, then changed to paediatric.I guess she sought advice and found out she would be better doing that first.However when I first qualified I got shortlisted for an interview in a children's hospital as a mental health nurse(as an rmn).They asked for either a paediatric qualification or mental health(with evidence I had experience with children).I was a mature student and had experience with children.If you are a younger person, I'd imagine paediatric would be the way to go.If I were you I'd find out about the child mental health organisations in your area within the NHS that recruit these types of nurses and give them a call. p.s in my area there is a hospital that specialises in adolescents and my classmate got a job there straight out of uni after doing mental health. |
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| Posted about 1 year ago Hi Curly Tot If you want to work in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) you need to be a RMN. There is not a specific childrens mental health nurse training course, but you can do post registration courses in CAMHS after you have qualified as a RMN. If you did paediatric nursing you would then still need to do your mental health training, so I guess if you know you want to work in CAMHS you may as well go for your RMN training. I work in forensic CAMHS and love it. Good luck with your decision. Kez x
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