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Nope I haven't heard anything except for an email about completing FAFSA stuff but that's it. I've emailed two different people about clarification on my admission letter since it just says health nursing MSN, nothing specific to PMHNP...but haven't gotten a reply from either.

Thanks so much! :)

I got my acceptance email an hour ago! Anyone know the next step? Will someone from our program contact us?

Congrats!! I'm obsessively checking on mine while at work today haha

Yep, I have my phone on me constantly and I have been refreshing the application site every 30 minutes for the past few weeks...and now I keep checking my email every 30 minutes lol.

My status just changed over in the past hour to say recommendation submitted...fingers crossed!!

Nope and I check multiple times per day! Haha

Yes, I contacted them and they said that they are hoping to have all notifications out by May 1.

What program did you apply to?

Thanks for the info! Yes I got accepted to SLU but being that USC would be in-state tuition (half the cost of SLU!!!) for me and it's also the school that I'm more interested in, I would rather go to USC. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that I was accepted at SLU and will be attending in the fall if USC falls through.

I applied for the PMHNP program for fall at USC. Have any of you heard anything about your applications?

I also applied to USC for their nurse practitioner program (PMHNP) and haven't heard anything and it still says decision pending online. I heard from the other school I applied to for fall today (Saint Louis University). Have you heard anything from USC yet?

I have been working in ED nursing since graduating with my RN ~4.5 years ago and earned my BSN a year ago. Ever since starting nursing school, I have wanted to work with peds/adolescent psych patients, but everyone talked me out of it, including my mother who has been a nurse for 30+years, all having negative things to say about psych nursing. While I enjoy ED nursing, I've been wanting to branch out and I found a position opening for a nurse working in an outpatient center for 5-12 year olds with behavioral problems who are at high risk for being kicked out of school. It's a day program with schooling integrated. I thought this would be a good introduction for me so I applied. I had an interview a few days ago and the administrative manager explained somewhat about the position (she couldn't tell me exactly what a nurse's day consists of there because she oversees 4 different types of psychiatric clinics for the hospital) and advised they had been looking for two months but the peer interview team did not want to bring on anyone that had interviewes yet. Basically I would be working with one other nurse and our assigned patients would be her with the younger ones and me with the older ones. She has been there a long time and is in charge of a lot and is concerned about hiring someone without experience or leadership abilities for days that she would not be there. I was advised by the manager to emphasize my leadership qualities, however I only have limited psych experience from the ED. I am more than willing to learn all that I can and I would like to have some necessary knowledge under my belt before my peer interview this week. Can anyone suggest some books and/or websites for me to read to increase knowledge regarding, ADHD, ODD, CD, etc? I would greatly appreciate it - I want this job so bad!

Depending on the community surrounding the hospital, there will be various types of patients. In my experience in working in community hospitals, in the past 5 years I have seen one stabbing, one shooting, a few drownings, many minor MVCs, and the rest being a mix of genuine "sick" people and then a lot of things that could have been handled by a PCP. I have also had a lot of drunks and a lot of psych patients. Major traumas and very involved ICU patients went to larger nearby facilities. You basically get a little bit of everything, but it is not always as exciting as what is portrayed on tv and in movies. I love the randomness and never knowing what to expect. Plus, as you stated in your post, there is a lot of autonomy for nurses in the ED.

20-something female with c/o tampon stuck in lady parts xfew hours and unable to find the string. She got tired of waiting so she had her boyfriend pull it out and then signed out AMA. 50-something overweight female with poor hygiene with c/o "I'm hemorrhaging from my left breast". I asked pt if I could see what she was talking about. She proceeded to lift up her shirt, lift up her bra, and remove a baby diaper from her breast area. Immediately after, her breast became a fountain of malodorous purulent discharge, creating a perfect arc and landing all over the floor of my triage room. I could not triage in the room for the rest of the day because no matter how much we cleaned it, it still smelled horrible. 30-something female with c/o chest pain. After taking pt to a bed, we had her change into a gown and proceeded with an EKG. Upon lifting her large left breast, a half sandwich was found. Pt's response? "Oh there it is! My boyfriend and I were playing 'hide the sandwich' last night." Wow, just wow.