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  1. Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    SCSTxRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a PMHNP- I wish there had been more Psych CNS style skills in my education, and I still work to bone up my therapy competency, as well as trying to improve my psychopharmacology knowledge. I'd do...

  2. Post MSN FNP Online Programs

    SCSTxRN replied to RN4KU's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have met a few people who were admitted to UTA's online np program. I know no one personally who successfully completed it. I can not recommend it, but I'm sure there are others who

  3. I Need Help In My PMHNP Program

    SCSTxRN replied to Mr. Haldol's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I like dsm5 made easy and

  4. lying about clinical hours

    SCSTxRN replied to astrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Forget getting in trouble with school... In Texas academic dishonesty can get you in trouble with BON. I don't think a co-worker would approach me like this, but if they did I'd have to tell them in...

  5. How Much RN Experience Prior to Psych NP?

    SCSTxRN replied to cocoa_puff's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    1. Enough to be confident in your physical assessment skills, because psychiatric patients don't always give good histories. You also need a good, broad understanding of meds because ours are...

  6. UTA RN to BSN while working 40hrs /week?

    SCSTxRN replied to malenurseintx's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Online, discussion boards and email

  7. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    SCSTxRN replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It might behoove her to get her CNA at 16, but I believe that is the minimum age for that program. She may find that nursing isn't exactly what she thought it would be, and she has plenty of time to...

  8. RN to PA

    SCSTxRN replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    Given the option, I'd have gotten both - PA and PMHNP - because I feel the PA training is much more rigorous, med school based, and would have given me more equal footing in some conversations...

  9. Forensic nurse versus psychiatric nurse

    SCSTxRN replied to AspiringRN-MSN's topic in Forensic

    I am a PMHNP. I work in a forensic state hospital. The people I work with are not categorized as victims in the crimes that brought them here, but they have frequently been victims prior to becoming...

  10. Advice needed

    SCSTxRN replied to Lauren D's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A. Because I wanted to be a nurse practitioner; and I wake up every morning excited to come to work. I tried to get all of my kids to do it, my older 2 went to CNA school and decided nursing is *NOT*...

  11. The University of Texas at Arlington

    SCSTxRN replied to zoeyzoe's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I finished the RN-BSN in 2013, and my MSN-PMHNP in 2015. Both at

  12. "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    SCSTxRN replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    This - totally. I think the OP's statement was borne, originally, out of a recognition of the difference between kinesthetic learners and auditory/visual learners - in school, on the tests, it's the...

  13. Negotiating my salary is exhausting!

    SCSTxRN replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Flip a coin, heads means RN, Tails means take the NP job for low pay. If what you get gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, go the other

  14. LPN being scheduled to work as CNA....

    SCSTxRN replied to bebbjo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'd probably be looking for another job - and once I had the offer in hand, submit my concerns to the DON - politely - in writing, along with my two week

  15. Nurse Practitioner Restrictions

    SCSTxRN replied to travelNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In Texas, we do have to have a supervising physician in order to prescribe, but not to practice 'advanced nursing'... but there is no distinct supervisory quantity requirements. New NPs and MDs have...

  16. Negotiating my salary is exhausting!

    SCSTxRN replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As part of my coursework in the last semester, we had to calculate what we would ask for in salary... it was average income (based on codes or RVUs) - overhead, - doctor's fee for 'supervision &...

  17. Would you be willing to do this?

    SCSTxRN replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I, too, am a new grad. I'd counter offer - three days of shadowing followed by a six week agreement with an opt out for either party at the end. If I really wanted to work there and had had...

  18. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    SCSTxRN replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No; UTA offers an online FNP program that does not seem to be well liked by many (any?) of the students in it. Their PMHNP program is hybrid; there were semesters that I went to campus one to two...

  19. Post ADN options "because" ADN isn't enough

    SCSTxRN replied to lorichka6's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'd recommend doing an ADN-BSN (I completed UTA's online RN-BSN in less than a year because of credits from previous degrees - also a career changer). The bridge programs cost more money and take...

  20. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    SCSTxRN replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am also in Texas, and I pretty much went into nursing to become a PMHNP. Well - in truth, I planned to do FNP and be a nurse injector, but my first psych rotation in nursing school hooked me like...

  21. Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    SCSTxRN replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My kids were vaccinated late. They are homeschooled. We didn't go to Disney. My pdd kid did not get mmr till he was walking and talking. Tdap is the only one that seemed to set him back a few...

  22. Should I do Nursing?

    SCSTxRN replied to Magdalena69's topic in Holistic

    Have you thought about doing a physical therapy assistant program? Based on what you're saying, nursing is really not for you... after 3 years of school, you have another 2 or 3 years at least until...

  23. PMHNP entering student loan repayment! What to do?

    SCSTxRN replied to bpu-psych's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can also apply for a 6 month deferment if you're not yet employed, or the income based repayment program if you're employed but

  24. MSN-PMHNP Program Recommendations?

    SCSTxRN replied to chuckster's topic in Psychiatric

    UTArlington's PMHNP is not online. They do have an online FNP program through the academic partnership people.. and I haven't talked to a single person who is really happy with the quality of...

  25. CNM or OB-GYN?

    SCSTxRN replied to Midwife or OB-GYN?'s topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I am going to sound so negative - it is not my intent - and I promise to answer something to your question at the end. If you have a 3.1 now, unless you've already got bioethics and organic chemistry...