Julie Love

Julie Love has 29 years experience and specializes in Psych NP.

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1. Leaving NP-Licensure Upkeep?

   Julie Love replied to NurseLS's topic in NP

   It was complicated -- I was Pedi NP, but from the very beginning working in RN roles, didn't have DEA or malpractice. (Graduated too scared to try to get an NP job, then fell in love with psych.) Some jobs (school nurse) paid better for my being NP...

2. Nurse Accused of Gossiping

   Julie Love replied to abu123's topic in General Nursing

   I'm really curious about the "famous" new nurse.... Famous? And that's why she's promoted? But yeah, get a meeting with her and at least one other person, and say you need more information about what is being viewed as "gossip" -- if it is a m...

3. I am a Psych nurse

   Julie Love replied to Guest1201992's topic in General Nursing

   Recording a patient without their permission is allowable under HIPAA when it is to report abuse or neglect. You might need to follow through on that to secure the exception, though. There should be a state office for Disabled Services (not sure wh...

4. Preceptors

   Julie Love replied to Jen Jacobs's topic in Advanced

   Is anyone else upset that students all have to find their own preceptors these days? What are they even paying the school for? They find a preceptor, the preceptor educates the student, and the school... collects the tuition.

5. LPCC transition to Psych Nurse

   Julie Love replied to csantiago's topic in Psychiatric

   Look for a "direct entry" program, where you come in with a non-nursing degree, and then go through RN to NP in usually about 3 yrs. Might be an MSN instead of a DNP (not sure if the degree inflation has started hitting the direct entry programs), b...

6. Do you do anything PRN?

   Julie Love replied to Piper98's topic in School

   I ran a "healthy snacks snack shop" (to reduce the hypoglycemic HA late morning among the 7th and 8th graders). Had fun, had one class run it one day a week. And then the 8th grade teacher came, very shame-faced, to complain that it was cutting int...

7. Contraband

   Julie Love replied to Nancynurse1983's topic in Psychiatric

   Sounds like your facility has horrible policies. Are you in any position to work on getting them changed? A lot of these arise from places having a very "black and white" approach, backed by the idea that finding a safe middle ground might be "too ...

8. Where to Start as a New Grad

   Julie Love replied to BuzzyAllyBee's topic in Psychiatric

   I never did the "2 yr of med surg" everyone talked about. But the weird bit was I did a hybrid program, so I was starting out as a Pedi NP who wound up working in psych as an RN. I also did School Nursing, and Camp Nursing, and was a nursing instru...

9. Do you do anything PRN?

   Julie Love replied to Piper98's topic in School

   I'm impressed you can live on a school nursing salary (and pay for school). When I was a school nurse and we were meeting the mayor about low salary, I pointed out to him that everyone there was working a second job "to support our school nursing ha...

10. Graduating a PMHNP program

    Julie Love replied to Sundevil2015's topic in NP Students

    Doesn't your program have this info? It seems likely to vary state-to-state. Admittedly, my memory is foggy because it was what all my peers were facing -- I already had a pedi NP, so all the hoops they faced were all set for me. As I recall, ...

11. Leaving NP-Licensure Upkeep?

    Julie Love replied to NurseLS's topic in NP

    I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here.... You have an NP, but are working as an RN but want to maintain both so you could go back? You could just keep renewing the DEA license; they don't care if you're not using it. Pretty sure the...

12. Is doing therapy as a psych NP realistic?

    Julie Love replied to Kaelif2015's topic in NP Students

    I do it, no problem. Specifics: Solo practice, self-pay only It is a sideline for my day job, but pushing FT. I have about 80 clients, ranging from those who come every 3 mo for med checks to those who see me for weekly therapy. I have abo...