HikingNinja BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP

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About HikingNinja

HikingNinja has 16 years experience as a BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP and specializes in Psych.


Former ER travel nurse, now a PMHNP.

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    Easiest/quickest online MSN-DNP program

    I loved the Touro DNP program. Highly recommend.
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    Touro University - Nevada DNP Program - anyone???

    Just finished the program. Like with any other program it has its kinks but overall very good. The pace is hectic, but I learned alot. I'd recommend it to anyone thinking of obtaining their DNP. However, you will need to complete some practicum h...
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    Psychiatric Telehealth

    Try the Telepsychiatry and Mental Health Discussion Group on Facebook. Pretty active group of over 800 members, all telepsych. Many PMHNPs.
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    Need psych np preceptor

    Glad I could help.
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    Need psych np preceptor

    First, how many hours do you need this Fall? My program wanted 100 hrs child, 100 hrs senior, 200 adult and 200 whatever we wanted. But these were spread over 3 semesters & we could mix age groups each semester. I got the majority of my child ho...
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    Need psych np preceptor

    Did you ever find a preceptor? Do you need child hours only? Or would adult be okay? What school? I might know of a place in Nevada. Quick licensure. But at this point I don't know if you'd be able to get a clinical contract in place that quickl...
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    Looking at psych NP programs

    I'm currently finishing up a PMHNP program. Expect to invest 2 - 3 years of your life. I'd go for a MSN PMHNP not the DNP. You can always get a DNP later if you want and it's not required for licensure in any state as of yet. Alot of the DNP prog...
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    Brave or just stupid?

    Here's the one for Oregon. Still looking for Colorado. Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division
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    Brave or just stupid?

    I truly believe you could work fulltime and complete the NP part time. ICU experience would be ideal and most places require a fulltime 2 year contract to be hired into the ICU. As a previous poster said, I would not mention you are in an NP progra...
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    Brave or just stupid?

    A few things: Have you checked with local physician's groups, hospitals, etc. to see if they'll even hire you as an ACNP without RN experience? Where I'm from, ACNP's must have RN ICU/ER experience. Or they simply don't get hired. In the ER, we've...
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    NP Programs, Preceptors and You - Get Your Voice Heard!

    Done. Not sure what good it will do. But it's worth a try. Just had a clinical buddy tell me her school popped up just a couple of weeks ago and told the class they decided their entire summer semester needed to be strictly therapy (its a PMHNP pr...
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    New Grad PMHNP Salary negotiation

    There's a FB group called PMHNP. You can join if you are a PMHNP, student PMHNP. They have over 3000 members. They do a yearly salary survey located in their files and often offer advice on salary ranges, negotion,etc. If you submit a request to...
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    Weird meeting with manager

    Fellow ER nurse here. Do you have a union? If so, you can bring up these issues with a union rep? Even using procedural pyxis, i've always either written the pts name & MRN # down, rolled the computer over, or sometimes simply gone back to t...
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    PMHNP Student Helpful FB Groups list

    I'm attending Gonzaga. I chose it for a variety of reasons. First - It is a second masters (I have an MSN Ed) already and wanted to be able to use federal loans. Post certs are out of pocket or private loans. Second - Good reputation and top rank...
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    psychiatric nurse practitioner

    There are very few programs out there anymore that will provide preceptors. At the time I started my program there were no PMHNP programs in my state. I chose a distance program with with a top ranked PMHNP program. Even that program would only as...