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1. Will I have trouble finding a psych NP job without medsurg experience?

   SDStudent1 replied to alisongoldie2000's topic in NP Students

   I think you will do fine. In those classes, the resources used is what helped me the most. For Path, I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend "Pathoma". I cant stress that one enough haha. Makes incredibly difficult concepts incredibly easy to understand. Yo...

2. Will I have trouble finding a psych NP job without medsurg experience?

   SDStudent1 replied to alisongoldie2000's topic in NP Students

   Short answer is No, you having med-surg will have very little, if any, effect on your job prospects once you graduate. Longer answer is that people with Med-surg experience will have an easier time during the general nursing courses in the begi...

3. Anki

   SDStudent1 replied to SDStudent1's topic in Share Tips

   I am sorry for the delay. I am just now seeing this. I didn't use pre-made decks during nursing school or my NP Program. I feel what the information each professor is looking for you to know is so individual that wasn't a good idea (for me at least)....

4. Psych NPs working in California, what is your salary?

   SDStudent1 replied to ToFNPandBeyond's topic in NP

   A friend Of mine got an inpatient job at a local hospital starting at $211,000. This is in the San Diego area otherwise I know of several offering $160,00 with full benefits.

5. Psych RN salary?

   SDStudent1 replied to TAE, RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Socal: $48 with benefits | $59 per diem. More with differentials. Probably another 5 -7 in differentials if on nights . Depends on where you work though. I worked for county an the pay was half of what I got in hospital locked unit

6. PMHNP Specialization

   SDStudent1 replied to SDStudent1's topic in NP Students

   Both seem extremely interesting areas for entirely different reasons. Thank you very much for taking the time to answer.

7. PMHNP review books?

   SDStudent1 replied to JordanRobersonNP's topic in NP Students

   Just memorize the high yield information provided by the movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shutter Island and 12 monkeys (in that order exactly) and you should be good to go.

8. PMHNP Specialization

   SDStudent1 replied to SDStudent1's topic in NP Students

   Regarding the DSM, thats a good way to conceptualize the ability to subspecialize in the PMHNP profession. I would not have thought to put it that way. I feel like the deeper I get into my PMHNP program the more I hear about interesting niche roles ...

9. PMHNP Specialization

   SDStudent1 replied to SDStudent1's topic in NP Students

   Would you mind describing what a typical day for a Forensic PMHNP would look like, what you found interesting about it and how it differs from working on something like a Psychiatric ICU (where I work now as a Psych RN) ? Forensics seems very interes...

10. CRNA Automation?

    SDStudent1 replied to Seth96's topic in CRNA

    Again, I will have to respectfully disagree. And again, I would use the cell phone as an example. The “Brick” cell phone was discontinued within a few years of its creation, but I am willing to bet you have a far more advanced and capable version of ...

11. CRNA Automation?

    SDStudent1 replied to Seth96's topic in CRNA

    I feel like the horses in the 1800's told each other the same thing. They thought they had job security because the horse and buggy would always require a "horse component". Excluding the horse power comparison in cars, that turned out not to be true...

12. PMHNP Specialization

    SDStudent1 posted a topic in NP Students

    What sub-specializations are available for PMHNP. The ones I can think of off the top of my head include ............ Forensics / Correction Telepsychiatry Perinatal Psychiatry Addiction LTC Geriatric Pediatric ...

13. ACT nurse interview

    SDStudent1 replied to Kbearden's topic in Psychiatric

    It was a somewhat hard choice for me. I enjoyed working at ACT and really liked the autonomy. There was two main reasons. First, we had a really good program direct that moved up in the company and he replacement was unethical and incompetent. She wa...

14. ACT nurse interview

    SDStudent1 replied to Kbearden's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked at an ACT program for about 1 yr before moving to an Inpatient setting. I thought it was a really good model for how to treat mental illness. It not only treated the illness itself, but also the aggravating factors that may be contributing t...

15. Physical Assessment and diagnosis

    SDStudent1 replied to SDStudent1's topic in NP Students

    Thank you for the suggestion. I just got in the mail and it looks like it will be a good resource