MentalKlarity BSN, NP

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    Looking for PMHNP Preceptor in SoCal

    MentalKlarity replied to kat_attack_85's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Only in terms of many people thinking poorly of it or refusing to precept/hire students from there I'd transfer while you
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    Looking for PMHNP Preceptor in SoCal

    MentalKlarity replied to kat_attack_85's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think the issue is going to a for profit program like Walden. I don't think they are invested as much into whether you graduate or not as they are profit (hence the term "for profit"). My...
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    Evaluating a new offer

    MentalKlarity replied to Mr. Southern NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You didn't mention PTO for second job. The bonus isn't great for you. It's less than 10% of collections ($2,500 out of every $30,000). It's obviously better than the first....
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    Working remotely from abroad

    MentalKlarity replied to esipbisn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, I don't think so. You could do cash only but insurance requires you to be in the US, specifically Medicaid and Medicare Rules. This may have changed with
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    Psych NP school

    MentalKlarity replied to GaNicuRN14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do you have an interest in mental health or do you feel there's more money as a PMHNP? If that's the case, be aware the field is saturating like crazy. There's no guarantee salaries will be high or...
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    Mizzou PMHNP

    MentalKlarity replied to allie127's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes the field is saturating. If your concern is income and you don't LOVE psych I would become an FNP so that you have more options. At this point I only recommend people do PMHNP if they...
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    Psychiatric nurse practitioner pay

    MentalKlarity replied to Etgentile's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's very bad, especially the 2 weeks vacation a year. You work 50 weeks per year? Ugh. Your employer is taking such advantage of
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    I'm just so flabbergasted by someone not understanding job economics well enough to understand that when labor supply increases more than demand that wages/benefits fall. This is literally econ 101....
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sure, the concern is that those schools we are speaking about (the diploma mills such as Walden) do not really produce "highly educated" nurses filling the market. They have no admissions standards...
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    PMHNP or FNP?

    MentalKlarity replied to Pearl2014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    They're so different I really don't understand this question. Do you prefer primary care or mental healthcare? Do you have experience in one? Both can make similar salaries and have similar work...
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    Yes but I just checked their Winter commencement and they had nearly 2,000 overall MSN graduates. They have two commencements a year so assume around 4,000. Imagine thinking you're getting...
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    Walden publishes their annual graduation list and last I checked the total MSN nursing cohort was around 5,000
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    Are you ACTUALLY supervised???

    MentalKlarity replied to ICUnurseEst2015's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For profit education is a joke and Walden students are generally bottom of the barrel. You're right that school takes anyone with a pulse which means they admit a lot of people who have no business...
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    HELP! New NP in MI - DEA, NPI...

    MentalKlarity replied to PedsNP6119's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's usually irrelevant for you. Whoever hires you will do the paperwork and send it to the required
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    I'm not sure how it can. No one has an impetus to stop it. Nursing orgs want more money/power/members. Schools want tuition money, especially the for profit programs that enroll thousands at a time....
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    Exactly correct. The restrictions on telehealth by states and insurance companies mean that it has blossomed during state of emergency executive actions but once the pandemic is over we will go to...
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    Interested in PMHNP online programs out there

    MentalKlarity replied to catsmeow07's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Everyone has to do clinical hours. That's not a mark of a good school. Maryville is for profit and should be
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    Everyone's response to the saturation is the same: move to an undesirable or rural area. First, obviously not everyone can do that or would be miserable doing that. Beyond that though, do people think...
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    Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    Ha would be amazing if nursing boards actually cared. I think they see the $$$ and that's all. There's no way they don't already know what a poor job some of these programs do preparing
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    "Waiting" to apply for NP job after graduating?

    MentalKlarity replied to bete-noire's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had a job soon after I graduated but I also waited and went through many offers before finding one I wanted. Even when I was a new graduate I was unwilling to sacrifice my values for a selfish...
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    Why is finding preceptors so hard?

    MentalKlarity replied to Kalibear17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    NO ONE should go to a for-profit. It is literally "for profit" which means education with the sole purpose of making money for shareholders. That means they have a conflict of interest, they cannot...
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    Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    MentalKlarity replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Same. I enjoy it. I get to spend more time with patients, don't feel as rushed, have half as many notes to complete and make the same or more than if I was trying to do 15 min med management 4x an...
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    Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    MentalKlarity replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ah, okay. What add on code allows 11-15 mins or do you not do an add on
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    Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    MentalKlarity replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That leaves 4 mins max for med management so it's easy to fall
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    Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    MentalKlarity replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Read the whole thread and I must say I have worked as a PMHNP both in a position that was all med management and then my current position which has therapy as well. The norm is definitely the 15-20...