Tina Curtis, Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Me and My Job
Teaching others
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"We do a lot of teaching in our job. In nursing, we call it a ‘preceptor'*, it's like a mentor. I teach [psychiatric] nursing in the practical sense - how do you talk to somebody who has delusions or hallucinations. There's the piece you learn in school but there's the piece where you actually are doing it.
"I've been a preceptor for many nursing students, so that's pretty interesting. They keep you on your toes all the time. You know, they'll ask you questions and you're like, ‘Oh gee, I better go look that one up.'"
*Note: preceptors are nurses that teach other nurses.