Ellen NP MSN, NP

Ellen NP has 49 years experience as a MSN, NP and specializes in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry.

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1. Psychiatric NP

   Ellen NP replied to xtl311's topic in Advanced

   I’ve never been harmed or seriously threatened by a psychiatric patient. I’ve been threatened by antisocial people in the ED....”if you don’t give me xyz drug (opioid, benzodiazepine) I’ll tear tbisplace apart.” I assure them that we will not allow i...

2. Help! New graduated registered nurse having difficulty finding a job!

   Ellen NP replied to Butterfly70's topic in General Nursing

   All new nurses have clinical experiences during school. They do not count for ‘experience.’ If the hospitals are truly looking for experience, you do not qualify.

3. Is there a CLINICAL DNP?

   Ellen NP replied to PG2018's topic in Doctoral

   Nevertheless, what we really need as NP's is more clinical training. If you want to teach, write, develop policies or do research, a DNP may well advance your career. If you want to have a 100% clinical practice, you need more clinical training hours...

4. New Paradigm for the DNP. What do you think?

   Ellen NP replied to KetafolDNP's topic in Doctoral

   This would make it a clinically valuable degree. Of course, as it exists now, the DNP is open to non-clinicians.

5. DNP: Mirroring the Path of DO?

   Ellen NP replied to AF2BSN's topic in NP

   This was my experience 20 years ago but this has changed. Medical education is more holistic and NP education has become less rigorous and less standardized in terms of clinical training. Too bad that clinical nursing background is no longer...

6. DNP: Mirroring the Path of DO?

   Ellen NP replied to AF2BSN's topic in NP

   My internist does all of these things and has superior medical training as have my past internists. Current medical training is much more holistic than in the past. Physicians are receiving more holistic training and NPs are having even less standard...

7. New Paradigm for the DNP. What do you think?

   Ellen NP replied to KetafolDNP's topic in Doctoral

   I did take all those hard sciences as well as 2 full years of Calculus (Calc 4). I can actually understand statistics, pharmacokinetics, read and interpret research. I use those sciences (that too many nursing leaders dismiss) every single day. I a...

8. DNP: Mirroring the Path of DO?

   Ellen NP replied to AF2BSN's topic in NP

   I work in a state with FPA after 2 years of full time practice with supervision from either and experienced NP or physician in the same specialty. We have a good number of psychiatrists so FPA is not a barrier to finding psychiatrists as someone sugg...

9. Psychiatric NP

   Ellen NP replied to xtl311's topic in Advanced

   I love my position as an NP on our Psychiatry Consultation Liaison service. I work in an academic medical center which has an inpatient med-gero-psych unit, and Acute psychiatric Unit (ED) and an active CL service. I work midnight to 0800, Sun-Wed, n...

10. Should NP training be standardized?

    Ellen NP replied to orangepink's topic in NP

    many physicians have no understanding of NP education. We cannot just jump from specialty without training. An NP with 20 years experience may have no neuro expertise. Physicians often believe that we are trained like PAs as generalists. It's unfortu...

11. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    Ellen NP replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    Just an FYI, in an independent state, were are NOT supervised by physicians. In fact, in my state, new grads can have their two year supervisory requirement met with an NP or physician. I happen to love both PAs and NPs. Neither is 'better' than the ...

12. Ancc adult psychiatric np exam

    Ellen NP replied to ralph41's topic in NP Students

    Family PMHNP is now the only option. The adult only track is no longer offered just as the adult np (ANP) track has been discontinued. They are trying to prepare all specialties across the lifespan. I did my training at Drexel. It was a great progra...

13. Ancc adult psychiatric np exam

    Ellen NP replied to ralph41's topic in NP Students

    They won't be identical questions, just similar. Every test is a bit different.

14. Ancc adult psychiatric np exam

    Ellen NP replied to ralph41's topic in NP Students

    I actually passed the first time but know others who passed on the 2nd.

15. Ancc adult psychiatric np exam

    Ellen NP replied to ralph41's topic in NP Students

    My understanding is that it will be essentially the same. They always vary from test to test.