My name is Barbara Bonney...

My name is Barbara Bonney.

I'm an advanced practice mental health nurse.

I've been a mental health nurse my entire career

which is about 40 years,

and I've had the honor of working with veterans

for the past ten years.

In my role as the clinical nurse,

I support the veteran through their treatment

and one of my other roles

is to support them with medication management,

offering them another tool in their toolbox

to help them be more, do the most effective

treatment they can.

So I see myself sometimes as another pair of listening ears

to support them as they -

this work is incredibly challenging

and it can be very hard for people as they're

moving forward.

So the more people they feel that they've got to

support them,

the easier it makes it.