deza MSN, NP

deza has 8 years experience as a MSN, NP and specializes in psych.

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   Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

   deza posted a topic in NP

   Many nurses and NPs love having lots of letters after their name. You don't see physicians do that because it is not professional to have your lower degrees listed. No one cares if you started off as an associate degree RN or as an LVN. It does not m...
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   New PMHNP pay

   deza replied to Bluey4Life's topic in NP

   I would switch. That pay is low, though hard to say since it depends on what area you are in. I had a lawyer look at an agreement for me for peace of mind. I wanted to see if there would be any ramifications for me turning down a job I had agreed to...
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   PMHNP School Recommendations

   deza replied to Mandy Marie's topic in NP Students

   There are cheaper schools than Walden. Spend more time searching. I live in the central southern US and it was known to be one of the more expensive less reputable schools. Check out husson university. It was around 30-36k 3 years ago. Wilkes is chea...
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   Looking to Shadow a psych NP

   deza replied to JZ1's topic in NP Students

   You could try picking up a PRN psych RN job and talk to the providers or observe them on the job. If you have any psych places near where you live.
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   New grad PMHNP benefits and salary advice

   deza replied to PMHNPinWV's topic in NP

   That's really low. I made 50-56hr working nights as an RN on a psych unit. And that was a fulltime W2 job employed by the hospital in Texas. That hospital payed higher than most. As a PMHNP I make 62/hour W2 in Texas. I would get multiple state licen...
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   FNP to PMHNP--Is it Better?

   deza replied to raycna's topic in NP

   Most places I think do 60min evals(30min for ADHD companies). And most do 15-20min follow ups. My current job is at a community mental health clinic doing 60min evals and 20mins follow ups. I can request 30min follow ups for some patients. I get 40mi...
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   Texas State PMHNP Fall 2020

   deza replied to lejpej's topic in NP Students

   https://www.sbs.txstate.edu/billing/rates-g.html https://www.nursing.txstate.edu/prospective-nursing-students/MSN-pmhnp-admission/curriculum.html Looks like it may be around 31,000. I think it was less when I attended. You might want to ema...
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   Inpatient psych patients refusing to wear ID bracelets, so scanning compliance is poor - what is your practice?

   deza replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in Psychiatric

   My last job I think we were supposed to get another nurse to verify the patient when they didn't have an armband. Most of us would grab our pt's labels at the beginning of the shift and scan it after verifying name and DOB without another nurse.
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   Mentioning recovery from mental illness in a job interview?

   deza replied to lunalilith's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree with sindoriel. I wouldn't trust that the ones interviewing you would be understanding of your past. As a nurse I doubt you'll be doing cbt or dbt, so they may not care that you know about those types of therapy. I would be more impressed if...
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    Are bras contraband?

    deza replied to laurenp_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    You revived a 6 year old thread LOL.
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    Are hospitals in NJ allowed to record patients in their room?

    deza replied to The0Walrus's topic in Psychiatric

    In TX some places do. My last job the bedroom cameras did not record. My current job the cameras do record in the bedroom. They are a tool used to review personal restraints, chair restraints, unwitnessed patient claimed falls, observing a patient th...
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    Average nurse/patient ratio?

    deza replied to annak92's topic in Psychiatric

    14 patients is pretty average for freestanding/private psych facilities where I live. If you can find an inpatient hospital position they will probably have a more reasonable ratio. My first job was a geropsych facility and we had up to 24 with an lv...
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    Texas State PMHNP Fall 2020

    deza replied to lejpej's topic in NP Students

    Some of the classes have few lectures and power points. Very little teaching from the instructors in some courses. This program does not help with clinical placement. They may if you live in the Austin area. The new clinical placement coordinator is ...
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    Texas State PMHNP Fall 2020

    deza replied to lejpej's topic in NP Students

    Also if you fail a class or change to part time it could delay your graduation 6months to a year having to wait for a course to be offered again.
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    Texas State PMHNP Fall 2020

    deza replied to lejpej's topic in NP Students

    The program is extremely disorganized. Most of the faculty are FNPs with a post masters in psych, so they are not very experienced. A few of the teachers that are not full time are experienced PMHNPs. Look into UT Tyler's program. I did their RN to B...