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I don't know where you live, but I commute to Boston so that I can attend Northeastern University. I love the PMHNP program, feel free to contact me with any info.

I feel for you. I am in a prn position ( I decreased my hours from 32 to per diem because of the upcoming year), I also attend a PMHNP program at a Boston school full time. I am a male, and I have worked many jobs in the past where I was the minority (group homes, home care etc.). I am just finding it hard to get over how much back stabbing goes on in the whole nursing culture. It seems as if people just care about looking the best to administration for hope of attaining a similar position in the future. As far as home care goes....be careful .There are a lot of "pop up" companies that appear overnight to get medicare and medicaid dollars, and could really give a "code brown" about the patient or your sanity. There also can be a lot of back stabbing and throat cutting in that field as well. They want you to be able to see a thousand patients and have all your work done on your own time if you can't get it done on theirs. Stick with school, and try to get an assistantship. I am a peer tutor at the University I go to and it pays 21 bucks an hour (a lot less than my usual pay) but I can get by. Good luck!

Northeastern's program is pretty good (transferring for fall 2012) and its an MS degree.

I just found out today I was accepted to Drexel and northeastern for family-pmhnp!

I'm a guy:)...lol thanks for the advice.

I worked in a psych facility for over two years. I am not a fan of restraining people and giving haladol injections. While not all of the units are like that, most are where I live. I worked 12 years a treatment coordinator and behavior specialist. Going to the psych facility may be different as a nurse though....maybe a different experience. My previous experience was in the psych facility's ER/admission...which was very tough because of the acuity.

I am on a critical care unit as a new grad for a little over 9months. I was an intern on the unit for a year, and was lucky to be one of the first new grad hires in critical care in the entire hospital, in over three years. The job isn't bad, and I am not nervous....I just don't like the chaos of it. The fast paced nature is not me. I am a second degree student, who has worked in psych for over twelve years. I prefer a more manageable job, with less chaos. I am going back to school in a few months for my NP, that is the only reason I transferred from an IVY league Pre-medical post baccalaureate program to nursing in the first place. I was originally going to go to medical school and be a psychiatrist, but with being married and a child on the way...a Psych NP seemed more appropriate. So now I have applied for a float position at a much smaller hospital, and will have the opportunity to float amongst Med Surg units and possibly get cross trained in the Maternity Unit(which I really liked and wanted when in school). Am I crazy...?...Am I just thinking the grass is always greener on the other side?

I have a half sleeve, and a big chest piece that goes to my collar bone. I am a very successful nurse, and tattoos have never been a problem. Interview with long sleeves and high collar if you are very worried about it. Nobody cares.....let your work and attitude speak for yourself; that is what people care about.

If you want it bad enough and are willing to work....the jobs are there for you to get. Be willing to take the part-time new grad position, and the over nights and weekends.....and you'll be fine. I graduate in December and I already have a job that I accepted yesterday and had one other offer prior to that. Both are in critical care, and in areas I am interested in. Both jobs weren't advertised as being for new grads, but I went for them anyway.

I got a BA in Psychology in 2002, and now work in a Psychiatric Hospital. I also work in a group home, for a company which I have worked for 11 years. I originally thought that I'd go into a PHD program, and while applying thought .....well maybe I could be a Psychiatrist. So, I applied and got accepted to a post bac pre med program in Boston...went for one semester and realized that medicine was what I wanted, but being in school for the next 10 years wasn't. So here I am, one year away from graduating and very happy with my decision. My Psych BA helps out alot, it provides me with a good overall understanding of behavior.. and allows me to have a better patient understanding. That's my rambling explanation....good luck!

for anyone else who is going to be picking an anatomy professor at ccri or uri: pick (moderator edit of name)!!!!!!! he is by far the best teacher...i picked him at uri, but he also teaches at ccri...he teaches regional anatomy, which provides you with a better understanding of injuries occuring in one specific region of the body, i.e. thoracic. i transferred from a post bac pre-med program at harvard university, and i can tell you that (moderator edit of name) provides you with an education that is equal in every way! just remember that you only get back what you put in....so don't expect to be a passive learner of anatomy and walk away with a comprehensive knowledge base.