Smitty08

Smitty08

Psychiatry (PMHNP), Family (FNP)

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  1. Accessories for graduation

    Smitty08 replied to Deataru's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I graduated with my RN (20 yrs ago!) I was the only guy who made it through the program, the females, about 40 of them wanted to carry roses No thank you! At least, being the only male...

  2. Bipolar Disorder/ADHD which is it?

    Smitty08 replied to Triple A's's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It is a difficult differential diagnosis (bipolar vs. ADHD). Lots of symptom overlap. You can take a "Mood disorder questionaire" or MDQ available on line which has approx. 70 % accuracy in dx of...

  3. Help I Failed!

    Smitty08 replied to mp478's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This happened to me too, ouch! I had used as a FNP prep book, a book that had very easy questions in it. They were not on par with the test at all. Back then it was paper tests, not computer based. I...

  4. best areas for male nuses....

    Smitty08 replied to dgrbrr's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think it depends on your temperament aka personality. Psych. is also a great area with a lot of room for

  5. How did you study for the NP certification exam??

    Smitty08 replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think it depends on 1. which test you are taking 2. where is your experience and 3. what materials are you using. Take me, for example - I took the FNP test after going through an FNP program with...

  6. Certified in two specialties?

    Smitty08 replied to TWUSN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi ya Well, I started out right out of Nsg School in Psych., although I did some work in Long Term Care too, I stayed in psych -loved it, every minute of it- but realized when I started my MSN that...

  7. Certified in two specialties?

    Smitty08 replied to TWUSN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I thought the specialty creds were Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (APMHNP), Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP), or simply Adult Psychiatric Nurse...

  8. Norwalk CC anyone?

    Smitty08 replied to nursic's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Glad to see people applying to NCC. I graduated from there in '84 (fossil) and it was the best thing I could have done for my career. All these years later, still in nsg, and moving on! Good luck...

  9. Certified in two specialties?

    Smitty08 replied to TWUSN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I should have mentioned before that my 2 specialty areas are PNP (Psych. Nurse Practitioner) and FNP. Not to be confused with Pediatric Nurse Practitioner -also PNP, I believe. Boy its an alphabet...

  10. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    Smitty08 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    This is great! I like seeing this visually. Congrats to all the men in nursing. i've been an RN/APRN in psych for 20 +/- years. What a great career it has been. Good luck and happy trails to you...

  11. Certified in two specialties?

    Smitty08 replied to TWUSN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Although my area is psych, I did pursue both PNP and FNP, I'm glad I did. It opens up more to me later in my career as I start down a teaching track towards retirement. It was tough getting dual...

  12. new nurse biggest mistakes

    Smitty08 replied to smtwinfalls's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ugh! I'm remembering "many moons ago" as a new nurse in Psychiatry, a tired doc, asked me to "divert" him some ativan, or whatever the sleep med. was at the time. Dummy me *did it* and got...

  13. Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

    Smitty08 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    For anyone interested in personality types, there is a great system: the "Enneagram" which goes beyond Meyers Briggs as it incorporates developmental/spiritual aspects. Its very helpful. There are...