Mkim680

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1. Psych NP programs that are the most psychotherapy focused?

   Mkim680 replied to priorities2's topic in NP Students

   I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who is doing the pre-reqs to apply for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program. I got most of my psychotherapy experience after graduate school by reading lots of books, clinical supervision, attending psychot...

2. Switching careers and interested in psychiatric NP

   Mkim680 replied to Mkim680's topic in NP Students

   Thanks everyone for all the responses. I had one question to ask everyone. Currently, I am torn on whether to get my BSN first then apply for a psychiatric nurse practitioner program or go straight into a MSN program that offers the psych nurse pract...

3. advice for becoming a nurse practitioner

   Mkim680 posted a topic in NP

   Hi everyone, I had a question regarding becoming a nurse practitioner. I have been reading on these forums that it would be beneficial to obtain BSN before getting a MSN/NP. I was considering a direct program that would bypass the BSN to go into a p...

4. seeking advice about psych np

   Mkim680 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi everyone, My name is Mark and I wanted to seek some basic advice about the psychiatric nurse practitioner specialization. Currently, I work at as a mental health therapist and wanted to prescribe. In order to do so, the best way I have found is t...

5. Switching careers and interested in psychiatric NP

   Mkim680 replied to Mkim680's topic in NP Students

   Thanks for the information everyone. I just registered for my introduction to biology course. I am hoping to do all my prereqs before applying. Do people recommend an entry levels masters NP program or doing a accelerated bsn and then work as a nurs...

6. Switching careers and interested in psychiatric NP

   Mkim680 posted a topic in NP Students

   Hello everyone, This is actually my first post on allnurses.com. Currently, I am a licensed psychotherapist working for the U.S. Army's addiction clinic. At my current work site, a recent legislation was passed that anyone possessing a LPC or LMHC li...