As a nurse who went from a busy SICU to a clinic nurse position I will be watching this thread. Sometimes I feel I am losing all my critical thinking skills at this job - but in a clinic I have a lot...
I would love to hear an answer as well. I want to go back to where I did my BSN (actually already accepted into their BSN-DNP program) but want to be a PMHNP, but there are none in my area. :[
I am not the OP but this question has been on my mind for awhile. I am starting a BSN-DNP program in the fall and the NP focus is the FNP. There are no PMHNP programs where I live by (South Florida)...
CRNAs are at the top of their field? Why? Because they are paid the most? IMHO NPs and CRNAs are two TOTALLY different career paths and no more ahead of each other than other options like Nurse...