Euphrosyne7 MSN, RN

Help! Currently working in community setting part csu and part outpt. The csu is a mess, numerous med errors, pts admitted that are either not safe for unit or needing more care. Asking me to "give med orders" for pts who are not yet on the unit but ...

Hi Jules: I think you are misunderstanding. I am working in a csu, it is a 9 bed unlocked unit. When I say emergency services, I do not mean emergency department. The emergency services in this clinic is a room where people go who are having psychiat...

A "certfied" psych RN is I think a certification you may be able to get from the ANCC however, a Psychiatric Nurse Practioner requires at least a MSN and is a APRN. Best wishes

Hi there: I stopped working as a RN for my last year of grad school. (I, too, only had approx. 3.5 years total as a RNat that point) I decided to focus on school and also had a very sick family member who I was helping out. Once you graduate, you sh...

Hi TraumaRus: I'm not sure what states are considering it, but it has to do with that whole matter of making advanced practice nurses scope of practice the same in each state which they are calling the advanced practice nurse consensus model. In RI...

P.S. CNS won't be grandfathered in as "NP's" but as advanced practice nurses.

Hi: From what I understand, CNS' will be grandfathered in as far as RI and in whatever respect they are working in; however, they will not be able to move to another state, etc, which is why, I decided to get my PMHNP instead. Starting salary in RI f...

Hi: I attended Drexel University in PA. I am hearing that it is now very competitive to get into.........they are receiving over 400 applicants per each new class that starts.............and the curriculum is only offered at certain times throughout...

Hi all: Just wanted to chime in with a few thoughts. First, I agree that it seems most DNP curriculum seems to be lacking with regards to what would be most beneficial versus theories, research, etc. That being said, I am now able to understand rese...

Hi Nelly: I attended Drexel. I do think that Family PMHNP is more marketable (but PMHNP seems to be pretty marketable too) because then you can see children so depending on where you want to work, it may make a difference. Also to consider is the f...

Hi Nelly: I just passed the boards the end of July so not even licensed by my state yet.......still waiting for them to process the paperwork! I am certified to see ages 13+, however, in RI, many of the CNS's see all ages (it seems that if your coll...

Hi all: Just took the NP exam at the end of July, and there was no question like that on it! I'm sure we don't all have the same exact exam, but this is the first I have heard of any type of nursing board question asking something like that. Carla

Hi Anne: Sure PM me. That's fine. Carla

Hi Dr. Tammy: This is off-topic, but I am wondering did you have clinical for your DNP program at Duke? I am currently looking for online MSN-DNP programs and am noticing quite a bit of differences within the curriculums...............for example, s...

Hi: Psych NP's are also able to do therapy and my NP program (Drexel) did have a quarter on therapies as well as required clinical time. Perhaps you could get a psych NP and then further your knowledge regarding particular types of therapies w/semina...

Hi there: It can be profitable to open your own practice in MA. I know several CNS'/NP's who have. You must have a supervising physician and learn about reimbursement or initially use a billing company so you will get paid. There is quite a bit invol...

As I just passed the ANCC for Adult PMHNP, I would suggest purchasing their practice questions online, using Barkley review and also the ANCC review book. As a side note, I am selling my 2011, Barkley PMHNP review guide w/CD's. If anyone is interest...

Hi: We are in the ED. What we do is give a verbal report privately then round to each room quickly to see if the patient needs anything and let the pt know the status of their disposition at that time or let them know that the dr. will be in soon as ...

Hi: I agree with the others who have posted. Particularly as Bluegrass mentioned, some patients who smoke will be adamant about getting a nicotine patch but when it comes down to it, the doc will not order as the patient may have some underlying medi...

Hi again: I also wanted to add that we also evaluate each class at the end of the quarter. Our instructors are physicians, NP's and Doctorate prepared RNs. Our classes (once we are done with the general requirements) are pretty small (approx. 12-16...

Hi there: I felt that I would comment here as I currently attend the Drexel online PMH-NP program. First, in order to succeed in an online class, you must be extremely organized and motivated. There are online lectures as well as what is called Wimb...

Hi there: I find that after working a 7p-7a shift, if I go to bed almost immediately after getting home, sleep for about 5 hours, get up then go to bed at the usual time, the next day, I am "flipped back" to a regular schedule. However, it also help...

Hi: My brother who is 31 had been diagnosed with sigmoid/colon/rectal cancer about two months ago. His physician has informed us that this is all due to a genetic condition which is the title of this thread. First of all, we immediately went to Dana...

Hi again: Well since my first post, a lot has happened........my brother had radiation for 13 weeks, chemo for a year, and a total colectomy with a permanent colostomy. The cancer mets to the liver. So this summer, he had a wedge resection...........

Hi: While in school, we had a similar thing. I would just try to get to work with the patients who had the specific dx. I would have to tell my preceptor that I needed X, Y, & Z, and she usually would try to make sure that I would be exposed to...