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I haven't read much of her work, but what I've seen so far looks like the ravings of a schizophrenic. It looks like she rejects the medical model completely and believes in telepathy and mind reading over distances, and unmeasurable electromagnetic ...

I witnessed a nursing supervisor physically abuse a patient. While I have seen abuse before, this rose to a level at which I think the supervisor should face charges in court for assault. It was that bad. That supervisor's judgment is atrocious. U...

I couldn't believe I was being asked to write paper after paper about Watson and her nonsense. Lately, I've talked to a couple of women who were going into nursing school and I asked them if they'd ever considered PA school. If I knew then what I k...

That's a weird thing to deal with. Gender insecurity is RAMPANT in nursing. That sucks. I don't know what to say, just thought maybe it would help to know that somebody else feels the same way from time to time.

Custom made is the way to go.

Nope.

I just finished up this past Friday. Here is what I have to say about the program. The quality of the student body is excellent. I studied with nurses who have decades of experience in various specialties. All of the students in my class were flue...

I worked some of the time while I was in school. During the EBP class, there was no way I could have gotten as much out of the class as I put in during that time while still working. It was a transformative experience and I would suggest that anyon...

This is in the context of an outpatient appointment with a guy who was a missionary for decades. I do not happen to be a believer, but I have quite the religious background. It's been enough years that I am very friendly with my religious culture a...

If you are objecting to a nurse busting out of her uniform, you need a time out.

Do everything you can to learn about pharmacology. It will pay huge dividends in your career to come.

If it was me, I would ask the patient for their preference. Do you want me to do it, do you want me to get a female to do it, do you want a female observing me during the procedure, what would make you the most comfortable? It doesn't matter to me ...

I don't worry about the gay male nurse thing at all. There are quite a few gay male nurses, but I don't feel like I need to comment on that situation. What does that mean to me? Most of the gay male nurses don't make their sexuality a thing in the...

I don't think you're being hard enough on yourself. Everything you see in A&P 1-3 will be back again. The last time I counted it up, I repeated all the same content from A&P six times through nursing school. If I had any idea how important...

I'm a fellow student, so I feel your pain. Working hard for good grades takes a lot out of you. That said, there is no substitute for a 4.0GPA. Nursing schools are very competitive right now. They have to use something to screen applicants. For ...

Nope.

I found this great book on psychiatry called Psychiatrists and Witch Doctors that changed my mind about a lot of things. It was probably the most important book I read in my masters program (though it wasn't on the book list... I just liked it). In...

Well, I had another appointment after the one under discussion where I almost left. The missionary guy was proselytizing and that struck me as grandiose and entitled, but the couple that came after him were astonishing. Grandiose and entitled are v...

That's a really great answer. Partly because it is true. The other part is because it puts the focus back on the patient, and that's where it should be. Why should a patient pay to help me with my issues?

Definitely go the community college route first. You can take your prereqs at a uni, but you'll pay 20x the tuition. I believe that figure is fairly close to the truth, twenty times as much money. It's a lot of money. Do your prereqs at a CC, and...

Lots of interesting feedback. The background makes all the difference. I'm in clinicals with a very senior and experienced PMH-NP in outpatient private practice. All of the providers in this practice group are Christian, and I think most of them c...

Evidence Based Practice, Mental Health IV, Mental Health Practicum IV, and then graduation. PMH-NP, Masters in Nursing Science. Then, on to a $250K/year slot in clinical practice. Make sure to nail your nursing school prerequisites so you can wind...

Think about what you want to do with your life. Some things are more fulfilling than others. I would not be happy as a CRNA, or a floor nurse working in psych. As much as psych is my passion I just don't see working the floor anymore. PMH-NP is a...

I bought all my textbooks and sold the ones I didn't think I would use again immediately. Amazon will buy textbooks back at something like 50%, so I didn't lose much buy buying and then selling. Renting is fine, but if you think you might use the b...

This weighed heavily on my when I decided to switch from sales to medicine. The bottom line was that I needed to make a living NOW rather than wait far too long to start my family. I'm in an NP program now. As far as money goes, I can tell you some...