Mental health nursing

Hello I’m a second year Psychology student and I’m looking into getting into mental health nursing as a career, my current issues is that I have nooo experience in regards to the field I am interested in and feel like I’m behind my peers when it comes to experience. I would like to know is there anywhere I should be looking for experience that’s related to mental health nursing. (Any experience or guidance to do with psychology in general would be gladly appreciated)

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PonchoKid

Original post by OfxyL

Experience isnt everything.

Im just about to go into my third year doing mental health nursing and had no previous experience in care/healthcare but i have a passion for supporting people with mental illnesses, and a qualified youth worker. Theres others on my course and friends doing adult nursing) that again have no experience, but a passion for nursing.
Then theres others that have worked in care homes, healthcare assistants in hospitals... if you have the passion they will see that from your application and interview.