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Also, keep in mind that a big psychiatry shortage is looming. With ACA, more people than ever will have access to services (since mental health parity is part of the law), so there will be an influx...

Hey apocatastasis, I tried to send you a private message but your inbox is full. Do you have any advice for future psych NPs? What regions of the area are promising?

I think the DNP as entry to practice is absurd.

My program is still MSN. While it will start offering the DNP in the future there are no plans to discontinue the MSN. I believe many programs are starting to adopt this idea, offering both the MSN...

I also agree that you should go for PMHNP if you really want to treat psych patients. As a FNP, you're not going to be trained in very much other than basic psych, it's a separate specialty. Also,...

I just applied for HRSA (the scholarship, not the loan repayment program) with this logic in mind. We'll see what happens. It's frustrating, because I joined this field with the intention to serve...

Programs not supplying the clinical training is a huge problem. Where is the quality control? How does the university even know if you learned anything or if your preceptor could teach? Just because...

Hi Dixiecup, I'm curious, what was your clinic's score? In a presentation about NHSC, they informed us that nothing under 16 received funding last year.

Psych qualifies. Even though it is considered a "primary care" program, psych is listed as a specialty for NPs who want loan repayment through this program. And yes, I've heard this program is...

This is such an important point. You are not a martyr and a job is a job. Get out and save your license.

This is how I feel. If students stopped attending these programs, this wouldn't be an issue.

?? Direct entry programs are NP programs. There is a pre-licensure portion, but then once the student is a licensed RN they continue (often seamlessly) on to the NP portion and are licensed NPs upon...

I'm 99% certain this is a troll thread, but here's a link to all the fake research being done by nurses and affiliates at UCSF. What a pretend field! Look at these nurses with their fake PhDs - who...

Cool. It seems like these bills are spreading like wildfire... NY, CA, NV, MI... anyone know of any other states with similar legislation being proposed? I wonder how many will pass.

It sounds like you are putting your license at risk by staying. I know you care for your patients, but what good can you do them if you end up going down with the ship and losing your license? It...

I'm sorry, but I don't understand how 5 years of ICU experience (compared with other kinds of nursing experience or even a new grad) translates to higher quality FNPs that work in outpatient settings...

Do you have any actual evidence that demonstrates that these laws protect patients? I ask because, as has already been made very clear, these laws vary widely. How does chart review two times a year...

agree. In the bay area the job market is an absolute nightmare for RNs, but not as bad for NPs.

Really, really depends on where you live. If you are willing to relocate, there are jobs. I'd argue that in this economy, the NP market is actually pretty damn good, especially if you compare it to...

Glide is fantastic, and it's owned and run by NPs, though there are MDs on staff. It has a FNP residency, as well.

I agree that no novice NPs should open up an independent practice, that's just a recipe for disaster. If we want to improve NP practice then I think we should require more hours of NP training and...

Heh. New Mexico has had NP independent practice for over 20 years and the world has yet to collapse in on itself. I lived in an independent practice state and knew NPs who had independent practices...

Interesting. A step forward?

I think a lot of the opposition in this thread is coming from a very idealized notion of MD and NP supervision in practice. The reality is that most MD supervision/collaboration varies widely across...

No one is saying you're not allowed to disagree, so I don't know why you keep trying to tell people to read the terms of service. Please point out the specific limitations with the studies (ps. all...