psych.nurse

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1. Do I Need to Transfer Both RN and NP License?

   psych.nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am planning on relocating from Massachusetts to Illinois. I worked as an RN in IL, then moved to MA, became licensed as an RN in MA, and then went on to become an NP while in MA. So...do I need to apply to transfer both my NP and RN license from ...

2. Stuck in an NP Speciality Role

   psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

   I worked as an RN for 6 years before becoming an NP. I went back and forth trying to decide between an FNP/Adult NP and Psychiatric NP track. I chose an FNP program, because I thought it would lend itself to a broader scope of practice and more job...

3. Trouble Getting a New NP Job in Boston

   psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

   I'm an FNP with four and half years of experience. I am also about to finish my PhD in nursing. I haven't worked in a clinical setting in 10 months, because I took all of last year to work on my dissertation full-time. I'll be teaching at a univer...

4. Issues with ANCC Renewal?

   psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

   Hi Karen. I emailed them a week ago, and no response yet. I'll try again tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

5. Issues with ANCC Renewal?

   psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

   Hi. I'm wondering if anyone else here has recently tried to renew their ANCC certification and run into problems? I was first certified almost five years ago, and it's time for me to renew. When I try to renew my FNP certification...

6. Funny Things Patients Say Contest | Nurses Week

   psych.nurse replied to Brian S.'s topic in Announcements

   I was giving a patient her medications one night. She was always nervous about taking her pills, and wanted an explanation for each one. When I held up her senna, I told her that it was a stimulant laxative. She asked me what that meant. I told h...

7. A Fishy Healthcare Operation?

   psych.nurse posted a topic in Safety

   I wasn’t sure where to post this question. I’m a nurse practitioner working primarily with older adults. In the past year, a new hospice company has begun serving some of my patients. I’ve been suspicious of their operations for a couple of reasons...

8. Anonymously Reporting Abuse?

   psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

   I agree that it would be ideal to go through someone at the facility first. Unfortunately, the times I've tried to bring up issues with the nurses or DON, it did not go well. The staff have become defensive. It's not just this one med issue; it's ...

9. Anonymously Reporting Abuse?

   psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

   One of the nursing facilities where I work has some bad practices when it comes to medications. I've seen patients overmedicated, had nurses lie to me about which medications were being given, had nurses ask me to order meds to "keep the patient qui...

10. Regret Becoming an NP

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

    Thank you for your feedback, everyone. So, to clarify, what I've found that I really don't like about working as an NP is the pressure to see as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible. My work is psych-related, which I like, but I find it...

11. Regret Becoming an NP

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

    After working as a nurse for four years, I went to NP school. Most of my RN experience was in psych, and I thought about becoming a psych NP, but with the advice of peers, decided to become an FNP, since I was told it would be a more useful, fulfilli...

12. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

    Thank you for the support, everyone. So, here's what happened. On Monday, I ended up taking the day off work because I was feeling so stressed out and overwhelmed by everything that I didn't feel I could function at work that day. I sent my boss an ...

13. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

    So, here's an example of what's been happening. On Thursday, the nurse in charge of home care approached me and told me she'd like me to see some patients for one of the home care nurses who was out. The home care division is apparently having a hu...

14. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced

    I'm trying to figure out what to do here. About a month ago, I accepted an NP position with a local hospital. I am the first NP that the department has hired. I was told that this was a new position, and that I'd been hired specifically for this ne...

15. Professional Credentialing Services for NP License

    psych.nurse posted a topic in General Students

    Is anyone else here currently waiting to receiving their NP license from Professional Credentialing Services? I am in MA, which uses PCS. It's been awful. I got an NP job, and I can't start until my license is issued. Every time I call PCS to che...