Psychcns

Psychcns

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  1. Travel Nursing

    Psychcns replied to wavewatcher's topic in Travel

    Boston is nice but likely an over saturated market. Cape Cod probably uses travelers in summer since it is a vacation area. New England has beautiful areas and depressed areas. Ask your recruiter...

  2. Why preceptors don't precept

    Psychcns replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My understanding is that residents are paid- though not as much as they will make later on. One of the missions ( maybe the primary mission) of the teaching hospitals is to train residents. I also...

  3. To the APRN Curriculum Critics

    Psychcns replied to Psychcns's topic in Advanced Practice

    The nursing "fluff" courses could probably be condensed to one course and meet accreditation requirements. The big take away from research and evidence based practice is how to evaluate research and...

  4. Equal work for Equal Pay

    Psychcns replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Psych guy says it well. Physicians have statuary authority to do everything medically and NP's are relegated to what our NP leaders and lobbyists have been able to get as our scope of practice and...

  5. ARNP VS APRN

    Psychcns replied to MissRN_Dior's topic in Advanced Practice

    Each state will tell you what you need to write after your

  6. Fear of Regretting NOT Going to Nursing School

    Psychcns replied to lalions11's topic in General Students

    Go for it! There are a lot of roles in nursing. A lot of information on all nurses. There are ways to not become physically and mentally exhausted. I still think it is a great profession after 30...

  7. Pain management in Primary Care

    Psychcns replied to NurseWayne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Could you transfer the patient to a methadone maintenance program. It sounds like she is a drug abuser and needs more

  8. To the APRN Curriculum Critics

    Psychcns replied to Psychcns's topic in Advanced Practice

    I went to a clinically focused program. I was immersed in clinical work before and after I got my degree. When I got my degree my state had just started prescriptive Authority. For my first...

  9. About to get fired. HELP!

    Psychcns replied to BellaBlackwell's topic in General Nursing

    OP she asked for instances where you were not trained properly! Just give her that. She didn't ask for all the things wrong with the unit. For now focus on learning and doing correct procedures....

  10. Why did you pick your NP Program?

    Psychcns replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    5 miles from my house in major teaching hospital area. Psych specialty. Good reputation.

  11. About to get fired. HELP!

    Psychcns replied to BellaBlackwell's topic in General Nursing

    The director will listen to the preceptor and her supervisor. They are the ones you have to please. This is politics. When you look for a new job do not say anything bad about this facility. If you...

  12. All the degrees, no job

    Psychcns replied to DNPFNP15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think they meant any pain meds stronger than Tylenol which was part of the standing orders. I always referred for eval to the medical docs covering. Or ER if

  13. About to get fired. HELP!

    Psychcns replied to BellaBlackwell's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe ask your supervisor/preceptor to speak up on your behalf. Otherwise you now know a little more than you did before and there are other

  14. Confused!! Post masters or DNP

    Psychcns replied to supernursejason's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If they pay for a DNP would they pay for a APRN-DNP and get your new certification that way. You are probably learning as much if not more with the mentoring and self study you are doing

  15. All the degrees, no job

    Psychcns replied to DNPFNP15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The DNP is likely the future. I worked one place that had a DNP PMHNP cover weekends and the nurses were under the impression that since he was a doctor he could prescribe pain meds within his scope...

  16. To the APRN Curriculum Critics

    Psychcns replied to Psychcns's topic in Advanced Practice

    There was a time when nursing and medicine worked together. Then as medicine incorporated science and became more organized they were able to get laws in every state that everything related to...

  17. What should I do? Need advice

    Psychcns replied to lucky927's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do not see how a psychiatric nursing curriculum would come up in a court setting. I have testified in favor of patients being given psychiatric medications against their Will and I had to submit a...

  18. Patient f/u frustration

    Psychcns replied to malapata's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You have to have rules that allow you to protect your time . Provide treatment within this time. You have to teach them the rules. Be thorough but detach emotionally-- it is their treatment not...

  19. LPN regrets!

    Psychcns replied to jba.dcva's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What would it take to get your

  20. Psych NP programs

    Psychcns replied to morningcoffee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Figure out the cheapest way you can do it. Any state schools in your area? Since you are in the school mode it might be good to go straight through. Working as a staff psych RN could be interesting...

  21. Why preceptors don't precept

    Psychcns replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is an art to practicing. We meet privately with patients who come to us for help. We use our interviewing skills and exam skills to figure out what is needed. People practice differently and...

  22. Educational path to Pain Management

    Psychcns replied to INN_777's topic in Pain Management

    I am a psych aprn and pain management is not in my scope of practice though I think chronic pain should be. I think there is often an anxiety component to chronic pain. I have heard pain management...

  23. About to get fired. HELP!

    Psychcns replied to BellaBlackwell's topic in General Nursing

    Can you meet with your boss to get feedback to see if you can improve enough to keep the job. Come in early, be calm and organized, do everything you can to do a good job and to look good. Be polite,...

  24. Why preceptors don't precept

    Psychcns replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Those of you with criticisms of np education should figure out how to be involved in np curriculuum development and accreditation of np programs. The field needs to evolve and would benefit from...

  25. What should I do? Need advice

    Psychcns replied to lucky927's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    @psych guy. I appreciate your candor about this. I was trained as a therapist which involves attending to your own and the patients emotions. For me it makes the work very interesting. But it may not...