PMHNP program at University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT

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Hello all,

Just wondering if anyone is currently in or soon to be starting the PMHNP program at Saint Joseph University in West Hartford, CT. I just recently submitted all my documents and could potentially be starting as soon as January 2016. It would be cool to know if anyone else on here will be there as well.

I applied for Fall 2016 FNP program. For those of you currently at USJ in Psych or Family, how is clinical arranged? Do you have to locate clinical sites on your own? If you have to set up clinical sites on your own, do they at least offer some direction i.e. a list of sites to contact? Or, does the school arrange sites? Thanks!

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.

You have to arrange clinical sites on your own. USJ does offer a list of places where they have active agreements, or sites that have worked with USJ students in the past, but nothing is guaranteed. You should start securing clinical sites in Jan-Feb of your 2nd year in the program so that you can start clinical that following Fall semester. You must take the clinical courses your last three semesters in the program (Fall, Spring, Summer), otherwise you run the risk of having to wait an entire year until the next year they are offered. You also have to have the "three P" courses (Adv Physical Assmt, Adv Pathophys, Adv Pharma) completed *prior* to you starting that first clinical class in the Fall. Advanced Physical Assessment class has 40 hours of clinical required along with it of which you have to find a clinical site for as well.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Forensics, Addictions.

Is finding a clinical site as hard as it sounds?

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.
Is finding a clinical site as hard as it sounds?

Yes. Start putting out feelers with Doctors + APRNs you think you would be interested in percepting with in the December the year before you plan doing on clinicals that following fall. The paperwork required takes some time to process on both ends.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Forensics, Addictions.

Does the school offer any guidance at all on clinicals?

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.

They give you a list where past students did clinicals. Once u are in the program they will have numerous clincial placement info sessions...but its still up to u in the end to cold call potential placements and try to land one.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

xenogenetic,

I do not have enough posts to be able to private message you, because I am not "active enough" on the site. I was able to get into that Statistics course over the summer that you recommended...can you PM me? Or I can give you my usj e-mail for that info?

Thanks so much for your help!

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Hello everyone! Long time reader- first time poster on allnurses. I was also just accepted into USJ's PMHNP program for the Fall of 2016! I am hoping to register for NURS 500 and NURS 519 tomorrow. Excited and nervous! Sounds like I will be seeing some of you this fall! ☺️

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Hi, I go for an interview in two weeks.. I wanted to message you but apparently I can't due to inactivity :( How was your interview? They asked me to come to a group interview. Can you share any tips? Did you wear a suit?

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