zenman

My day in Dhaka begins with a slow awareness that the noise outside has sounded the alarm to awake. Banged-up autos at the intersection below my apartment blow their horns in urgent awareness that their drivers have no intention of slowing down. Most...

Because your body is shot after a few years of lifting patients, walking miles down long hallways, etc., etc.

This is pretty much it. Maybe the shooter needed a higher dose, but I suspect meds are not responsible for the planning and carrying out of this deed.

Get him to ask his buddies what life is like when you mess with a woman's dream.

Call his wife and ask her if she has any suggestions for how he is treating you. Or if you start talking "hostile workplace" to management he may be gone fast.

I'd like to chat with any PMHNPs working at the VA. I'm presently working for the military and would like to compare positions.

I work for the Army cause there's nothing I like better than getting up early every morning and hoping I made the ISIS hit list.

You can work in Kroger meat market and do all kinds of surgery. Don't have to worry about malpractice either.

Your upscale client might be a different matter, but in my extensive career, 40 + years, I've never seen anyone wear a white coat on a psych unit. It's actually dangerous. Hope you don't also wear a tie.

Common Access Card. Mine is used to get on post and access my computer

Are you kidding me? Donald Trump wears a suit. Psych people, even those with an MBA like me would never think of wearing a suit. That's about as bad as wearing a white coat on an inpatient unit. I mostly wear camping pants with a button up shirt with...

It's not so much trial and error as to which one to use as it is how will the patient and drug get along.

You think he needs to take an IQ test first?

As a former Level 1 trauma, nurse, helicopter flight nurse, ICU, etc., etc., I can say that psych beats them all. Opening the airway and stopping up leaking holes is nothing compared to the human psyche. Everyday is so interesting I can hardly stand ...

I'll bet you don't have a max of 12 patients a day either which is what I'm busting $200k on

I think you mean that you don't do therapy but I use E&M plus psychotherapy codes for billing which may explain why I bring in double my revenue goals. But then, I am ZENMAN!

Everything in bold is actually correct. Zenman, former Assistant professor and test question writer for several universities.

Oh, be quiet...

There are just too many uptight people in this profession! You're no special than anyone else. Shake a person's hands like any "normal" person. Maybe your cooties won't rub off on them.

From HR: "In order to become a GS employee she would have to have one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Then she would come in as a GS-13 step 1. On the current pay scale she would make $101,246 annually. As you know, she would also quali...

I'll ask HR tomorrow.

Do a post-masters program and then start working on certificates, further training etc., cause that's what we do in psych…never stop ...

How many patients you see daily? I can't answer any questions about the VA. Remember I work for the Army treating active duty gunslingers.

I work for the Army and Psych NP's are GS 13 pay scale. I worked as a contractor for the Army for 2 years then went GS in the same job, and have been for almost a year. You get a locality adjustment which in my location is 29K, making my salary over ...

What kind of NP am I? Damn good one. What is your work setting? I work for the Army.