Honor Society® member
Meagan Spracklin
Registered Nurse at I currently work at an in-patient psychiatric facility on the child & adolescent unit. We work with ages anywhere from 5-17 and accept both Baker Acts and voluntary admissions. We work with a variety of mental health disorders and utilize both medication management and group psychotherapy to stabilize these individuals so that they are safe and stabilized to go back out into the community.
- PMHNP
- Class of 2024
- Jacksonville, Florida
Member since September 2023
About
Hello everyone! I'm a current Herzing University student on the PMHNP tract with an expected graduation date of April 2024. Balancing working full time, doing school full time, and attending clinicals has been incredibly difficult but even with all of that I've been able to maintain a 4.0 GPA! I have two bachelors degrees one is psychology from University of Florida and one in nursing from University of Central Florida. Both have allowed me to excel in my career path and have made me a better person and a better student. They have taught me about self-discipline, determination, and the importance of hard work. I am passionate about mental health and am excited to be apart of the change to break the stigma towards it.
Education
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University of Central Florida
Nursing
2020 – 2021
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Florida State College of Jacksonville
Nursing
2019 – 2020
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University of Florida
Psychology
2012 – 2016
Honors and awards
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President Award
Received while at Florida State College of Jacksonville
Goals and interests
- Career goal
After graduation I hope to get a job working with the child & adolescent population as a PMHNP. My passion lies in this population because I feel it is so important to start interventions early and to provide support for these individuals who may not have support elsewhere. Research suggests that the higher the ACE score the higher the change of development of both mental and physical health problems. By intervening early this lowers the chance of this occurring. Once I've worked for awhile and gained experience I plan to open my own practice including holistic services that will treat this population as a whole. There is so much more to mental health than just providing medication. I hope to be able to make a change in the community I live in by offering reasonable costs to services so that all in need can receive the help and assistance they deserve.
- Graduate school interests
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Outside the classroom
My hobbies include: reading, hiking, visiting the beach, playing with my dog and cats, yoga, and as weird as it sounds reading scholarly reviewed articles.
Experience
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Registered Nurse
I currently work at an in-patient psychiatric facility on the child & adolescent unit. We work with ages anywhere from 5-17 and accept both Baker Acts and voluntary admissions. We work with a variety of mental health disorders and utilize both medication management and group psychotherapy to stabilize these individuals so that they are safe and stabilized to go back out into the community.
Jul 2021 – Sep 2023
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Registered Nurse
After graduation I got my first job doing home health nursing with the child & adolescent population. This job made a huge impact on my life and allowed me to meet some amazing individuals who suffered from a variety of medical conditions. Working alone required quick and critical thinking and allowed me to develop these skills that I still use to this day.
Jun 2020 – Jun 2021
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Motivational Coach
I had the ability after graduating with my degree in psychology to work as a motivational coach at a middle school doing group and individual therapy with adolescents who were seen as at-risk. They had a variety of mental health diagnoses and I was able to provide them the support and coping skills to excel in both their personal life and academic life. The adolescents I worked with made a huge impact on how I viewed mental health and inspired me to go back to school to become a PMHNP.
Aug 2016 – Oct 2017
Volunteering
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Worked as a mentor for elementary and middle school students both personally and academically.
University of Florida
Aug 2013 – Dec 2015
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
Additional information
Organizations
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Sigma Theta Tau
