PMHNPinWV

A friend of mine is in FNP school and her place of employment has allowed her to use multiple providers across different settings for clinicals. They have also agreed to let her get paid for these on the condition she clocks out and finishes her regular work. Is this legal? I know I had to drop down to PRN status my last 12 months of schooling and barely had enough for my family. Good for her if this is allowed by her school and employer though.

No there are hardly any psych nurse practitioners in my area. It is very rural and the need for a pmhnp is high where I work. I juat feel 46 an hour is a bit too low, especially with the new FNP they hired from the outside starting at 46. What would be reasonable I.n your opinion? I figure the benefits are pretty non-negotiable but at least I can try with the salary.

So I recently graduated PMHNP school and passed boards. I meet next week with my current employer (FQHC) to discuss position, salary, etc. I have been with this company for 5 years in their ACT program at 25 an hour plus on call, travel. The HR director told me that they recently hired a new grad FNP at 46 dollars an hour so I don't know what pay rate I should settle for if offered. For consideration, this employer has less than optimal benefits, no 401k, and do not give pay raises. New RNs in the CSU are starting at 30 an hour so I feel asking for a bit more than 46 an hour is within bounds. Also, this is a low cost of living area in West Virginia. Anyone have pointers for salary and benefit negotiations? Thanks in advance.

For those starting Herzing, I have nothing but positive reviews. I obtained my BSN at Hersing and graduated the PMHNP program a week ago. It's online, so what you put in, you get out of it. Alot of papers and miscellaneous assignments but doable. I've been board prepping since March and feel confident about testing (I test in 12 days).

I completed my BSN at Herzing in April and was automatically accepted into the PMHNP program. The BSN wasn't bad at all and I completed in 8 months. This included being full time and taking 3 classes each 8 weeks during the Spring semester. Since I took the 4 dual credit courses, I will graduate the PMHNP program next December. As for the BSN coursework, it was alot of papers. Very few tests were on the BSN portion. I worked almost 50 hours a week in a Mon-Fri job and rarely had to do any school work on the weekends. It's not bad at all and worth it. Hope this helps.

From my experience with Herzing, they will try and get you to take as few classes as possible to stretch out your program over multiple semesters. I completed my BSN through Herzing and was told it would be 4 semesters and take 16 months. I ended up taking 2 semesters and finished in 8 months. I had the time to devote to school so I finished quickly.

Any chance someone could email me the powerpoints for patho??? My email is [email protected]

No I don't have my schedule yet. My transcripts and license juat got verified and pending my background check will start September 8th. From working in psych the past 5 years, I thinking finding a preceptor won't be too difficult. My advisor also said I can precept with a Psych NP where I work as long as it isn't during my scheduled work hours. So that's a positive.

Yep I will be starting in September as well. I am anxious, yet excited to get back in the classroom.