umbdude MSN, APRN

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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    umbdude replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hard to tell. Most likely admissions will put much more weight on your grades in pre-reqs and other science
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    Boston College Traditional Master Fall 2017

    umbdude posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello, just wondering if anyone else has applied and if anyone has heard back. I applied on 3/15 to the psych specialty. Did you apply to other schools in the
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    Georgetown/Simmons????

    umbdude replied to mamamel19's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    ^^ this. This really should be the standard delivery method for all online NP
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    ACNP and Phmnp

    umbdude replied to TelemetrytoBSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just to give you a picture of crisis units... I work in an inner city crisis stabilization unit. This might vary depending on the area, but CSUs in my area will not hire PMHNPs without at least a...
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    ACNP and Phmnp

    umbdude replied to TelemetrytoBSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm not one who is adamant about getting years of psych RN experience before PMHNP. However, I think your belief that the NP program will provide you with a solid base is perhaps misguided. NP...
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    Read my story and tell me if I should become an NP.

    umbdude replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't know whether you should become an NP. That's your decision. At the end of the day, if you are intellectually capable and competent, have a strong interest in medical/nursing science and the...
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    Psychiatric NP preceptor VA/MD

    umbdude replied to LLF1234's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think you'll have a better shot posting this kind of request on a facebook group with NPs and NP
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    Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    umbdude replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    I've only come across one "malicious" instructor during my BSN clinical. However, she only picked on young college-age female students. She was always nice to male students, and she generally left the...
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    NP preceptor programs at Boston College

    umbdude replied to astuteRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    MGH IHP, Northeastern University, and Boston College guarantee placements (i.e., you don't need to find your own
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    umbdude replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    WOW!, original post in 2012. Nice to see that you're following through and
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    People who think becoming a nurse is so easy

    umbdude replied to Recovering_RN's topic in General Nursing

    People don't always look for the easiest or most leisure things to do when they retire. Some people simply want a new challenge in life and do something completely different or something they put off...
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    What sort of unit do you work in, and what is it like?

    umbdude replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    Look at where your patients often get discharged to and where they get their psych/therapy services after d/c from hospitals. There are usually human services organizations that offer ACT-liked...
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    Can nurses get their licenses revoked or suspended for fighting outside of the workplace?

    umbdude replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    This very same question came across my mind a couple weeks ago when I was in a movie theater and the guy next to me kept texting (bright light on the phone) even after I told him to
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    going straight into becoming an NP after BSN?

    umbdude replied to schallerjasmine's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    How did you come up with that "3 years"
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    PMHNP Additional Certifications and Education

    umbdude replied to Theofficenh's topic in Psychiatric

    PMHNP student here. No desire to get a DNP. I take a look at the curriculum and courses and they just don't excite me. In fact, they seem utterly boring and unnecessary. For me, I will get the CARN-AP...
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    BS 94, Lantus 20 units, give HS snack?

    umbdude replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't, not for Lantus or
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    12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    umbdude replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    That wasn't my experience. I had 2 clinicals where I did 12 hours shifts and we could sit and chart, look things up, or just rest. Our instructors gave us 30-45 min lunch. But we were always on the...
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    Choosing between schools help:

    umbdude replied to indomie23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Read the fine prints. Simmons online FNP does *not* guarantee clinical placements. The program provides you a staff to *assist* you find one. You will still need to do all the cold calling and...
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    Dr makes me feel so incompetent?

    umbdude replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Usually when something like this happens, I reflect on my actions, look up information, and think about what I would next time (sometimes I talk to a trusted RN coworker). After that I just move on....
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    Why the high turnover in behavioral health?

    umbdude replied to northmississippi's topic in Psychiatric

    I haven't seen very high turnover in places I worked. But in my last job, quite a few nurses told me that they work in psych because they couldn't find a job in a medical specialty and they needed a...
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    SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

    umbdude replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't see any dilemma here. Your manager asked that you do not work as a CNA after receiving your RN license, and that most likely is due to hospital policy. It you intentionally withhold that...
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    Future FNP Program Student!

    umbdude replied to darnellescott's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yale offers PA program online (didactic fully online). Students have to attend synchronous live online classes, which I think should be a basic requirement for all online nursing programs. It does...
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    Leaving Nursing

    umbdude replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like my first job in inpatient psych. The ratio is 1:6 (not a mandated number) but someone called out almost daily, so the rest of us always end up picking up
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    Best thing about being a nurse?

    umbdude replied to LM838's topic in General Nursing

    I just got very bored and couldn't see myself doing it for another 25-30 years. For a couple years I did consider other areas related to what I did but the ones that I had any interest in would...
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    Best thing about being a nurse?

    umbdude replied to LM838's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a subspecialty area of investment