PMHNP Man MSN, APRN, NP

PMHNP Man has 7 years experience as a MSN, APRN, NP and specializes in Psychiatry.

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1. Army Reserve Nurse Corp (66E) October boards and special pay

   PMHNP Man replied to elleMrn's topic in Government

   Congratulations! Let us know what you decide to do.

2. Army Reserve Nurse Corp (66E) October boards and special pay

   PMHNP Man replied to elleMrn's topic in Government

   Hey, just to confirm, are you saying there was a brief period of no bonus incentives, but now the incentives are back on the table?

3. Army Reserve Nurse Corp (66E) October boards and special pay

   PMHNP Man replied to elleMrn's topic in Government

   I've been waiting since June 2018. Regarding special pay, I confirmed today there are very few special incentive pays for FY20, and those mostly relate to the medical corps. I was just told there are no nurse corps incentives other than loan repaymen...

4. DMAT Disaster Teams

   PMHNP Man replied to flygirls2's topic in Government

   Google around for your state's DMAT, e.g. Florida DMAT or something. I found onr day by happenstance that my state's DMAT CNO worked in the same clinic I do. This person said "we'd love to have you" and gave a cursory overview of recruitment, but it'...

5. Why are FNP paid less than Psychiatric NP?

   PMHNP Man replied to The0Walrus's topic in NP

   I think FNPs come running ready to take any "advanced" job they get and become saddled with low pay regardless of what billing is collecting off of them. In pysch, we are fewer and number and more likely to be reimbursed closer to what is billed som...

6. Will you get your DNP

   PMHNP Man replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Advanced

   Your resolve is admirable although you do present a fallacy of logic. Your patients's care, clinically, will be no greater based on current curricular models with a DNP as there is no added value in the courses offered. Your depth and breadth of stud...

7. Will you get your DNP

   PMHNP Man replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Advanced

   As I reflect more on this topic, I maintain my immediate thought. "I don't care anything about a DNP." And I don't. I think the entire premise of the degree is vapid. Having said that, there are some things to consider. The opportunity cost is too gr...

8. Will you get your DNP

   PMHNP Man replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Advanced

9. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

   PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

   Hence their current dilemma, lol. In a 40 hour work week only 29.5 hours has to be clinical.

10. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    I actually feel like the load is rather light, quantitatively. Our max is 12/day if they're all med checks. I used to schedule that over a 3-4 hour window, but more rapid work was heavily incentived and lucrative. I miss that dearly. I document rapi...

11. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    Yeah, it's an odd place. I do a lot of what I'd code 99214 in any other setting, but here they're fixated on the number of diagnoses you treat at each visit and don't like any referen to diagnoses you didn't address die to the quality metrics. I don...

12. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    30 minutes on the med checks with a 99213 typically. Yeah, it's the desired outcome of each visit with the the therapeutic dialogue and psychoed it's a doable deal. In a revenue generating capacity is favor it, but then in that instance I'd rather do...

13. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    Yeah, I was in public safety myself and have had those same thoughts, but it's not really practical. On a side note, I read something about CISD making trauma worse later down the road. The theory was in sitting around thinking and talking about it y...

14. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    In theory, yes. However, you'd probably have to work independently and accept, exclusively, only cash or insurances that reimburse PMHNPs for psychotherapy. Additionally, you'd want to engage in your own training and certifications, e.g. EMDR, ACT, C...

15. Psychiatry question - Must I provide Therapy too?

    PMHNP Man replied to PMHNP Man's topic in NP

    Yeah, I'm with the VA. They're very med heavy and very therapy light. Fortunately, the therapy is mostly evidence based and not supportive nonsense that leaves people in counseling for years, yet it is a very rigid, formalized referral process. Prev...