FullGlass

FullGlass BSN, MSN, NP

Psychiatric and Mental Health NP (PMHNP)

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  1. NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    FullGlass replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    People pick the specialty they are interested in and want to work in. FNP pay is really going up, at least on the West Coast, and is approaching PMHNP pay. Mental health is a difficult specialty -...

  2. RN with 25+ years burnout. What next?

    FullGlass replied to Biff's topic in General Nursing

    She might just need a break. She can go out on temporary disability for 3 months, or whatever seems needed. Her primary care provider can process the paperwork for this request. Or she may want to...

  3. MA or CNA prior to NS general education?

    FullGlass replied to KirbyK05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did the CNA program through the Red Cross prior to starting nursing school. It gave me hands on patient care experience. Several of my classmates in nursing school worked part-time as CNAs, so it...

  4. Finishing my Nursing Degree - 20 years on!

    FullGlass replied to Rachel Hurst's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to be a nurse, go for it! You will probably have to start over, as it has been a long time since you took classes. I started an accelerated BSN at age 53, become an NP at age 57. I went...

  5. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    So, you have nothing to back up your opinions and comments. Thank you for clarifying. Whether you intended it or not, yes, you are putting down NPs by implying there is some nefarious plot involving...

  6. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is a very far stretch of an accusation. Please provide evidence to back it up: 1. Did the pharm companies lobby for FPA? I'm not aware of this happening. 2. With regard to more...

  7. Odd Work Letter Request by Patient

    FullGlass replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We just wrote a letter stating the pt has been seen here from start date to end date. They are no longer a pt and we are no longer prescribing medication. There really is nothing else we can...

  8. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    I have just posted my article under Specialties - Nurse Practitioner. It is titled: Does RN experience improve NP competency. It is a "mini" evidence

  9. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    At least for competitive NP programs, even though RN work experience may not be a requirement for primary care NP admissions, pretty much all admitted students have some sort of patient care...

  10. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    FPA for NPs is here, like it or not. At some point, all 50 states will have it. The Veterans Admin also has FPA. Should we better prepare NPs, especially in FPA states, with NP residencies?...

  11. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thank you for the congratulations. I never intended to attack NPs with RN experience as a group. Just because RN experience is not necessary to become a good primary care NP; that does not...

  12. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Prefers, yes, but it is not a

  13. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Please provide evidence for this statement. I went to Johns Hopkins. They are not exactly desperate for applicants. So when schools like Hopkins, Yale, UCLA, etc., decide that RN experience is not...

  14. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    You seem rather defensive. No one is putting down your ER RN experience. It's great that you benefited from your ER RN experience when you became an NP. However, that does not mean that NPs w/o ER...

  15. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    PAs must have about 3000 hours of healthcare experience to get into PA

  16. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    First, ER RNs are RNs. They do not have the practice authority to perform certain provider functions, such as detailed assessment, diagnosing, developing tx plans (including ordering labs, tests,...

  17. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Couple of points: 1. My first week of my first NP job, I was sent to the most remote clinic in that system because the doctor was out sick or something. There were no other providers present....

  18. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    It is good that you found your RN work experience helpful when you became an NP. My point is that you don't know if you would have done just well as an NP w/o RN experience - perhaps you would have...

  19. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Your RN experience is laudable. However, my experience differs from yours. I have personally seen no difference in PMHNP competence, or general primary care NP competence, between NPs who had prior...

  20. Experience

    FullGlass replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    The OP asked for the experiences of users of this forum. That is, by definition, anecdotal. So each response here is anecdotal. Each response is the writer's lived experience. I did not feel that...

  21. Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

    FullGlass replied to deza's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ahh. The Allnurses profile asks the user to check off all their degrees and that is what populates the profile name, so I'm not going to change that. However, when I sign my name, I only...

  22. Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

    FullGlass replied to deza's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ah, good catch - I will fix

  23. Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

    FullGlass replied to deza's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do not understand your comment. My example clearly stated: [name], MSN, PMHNP [or whatever specialty]. As a nurse practitioner, I never said to include BSN. For NPs, it should be MSN or DNP,...

  24. Odd Work Letter Request by Patient

    FullGlass replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Writing some letters and completing some forms, like disability applications, are part of our job as providers. At my first primary care job, all providers were expected to do this and we weren't...

  25. Can we stop with the class discussion boards?

    FullGlass replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am sorry that the OP and others have had such difficulties. I admit that sometimes those discussion board posts seemed tedious. However, students have to get through those and trying to cultivate...