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Psychiatric Nursing student grows career
Chad Miller, Psychiatric Nursing Diploma Graduate, working towards his Bachelor's degree.
Chad Miller still finds Douglas College innovative, supportive and challenging.
Miller's career as a psychiatric nurse has evolved alongside the changes in the Psychiatric Nursing program. In addition to the two-year Psychiatric Nursing Diploma, students can now get a Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing.
"I think it's fantastic that Douglas College developed a Bachelor Program for the Psychiatric Nursing profession. The field is growing and becoming more challenging and complex," says Miller.
After Miller graduated from the diploma program, he completed the advanced diploma. Now he is working to complete a Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing.
"I was very young when I first entered the Psychiatric Nursing program with no experience in dealing with physical and psychiatric disabilities. Without the strong support from my instructors, I could have easily been overwhelmed," he says.
Miller, who works as Forensic Liaison Worker for the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, provides psychiatric and social services to mentally disordered individuals in conflict with the law, through short-term transitional interventions.
"The degree program gives me added credibility and a higher profile in my profession. In the future, I want to get involved in some of the groundbreaking initiatives being developed between mental health care and the criminal justice system. This degree will help me do exactly that," he says.
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