PMHNP2023 RN

I am a BSN graduate and was thinking of becoming a psych NP. The school I went to for my BSN (Cal State San Marcos) offers two different programs for MSN...Advance Practice Nursing and Post Masters Certification. The hospital I work for (Kaiser) pa...

I will be in the Fall 2020 PMHNP cohort 13. I was accepted last year and deferred it to this year, so that's the only reason I know that I was accepted.

NSO, Proliability. Great prices obviously because they're rarely (if ever) used. Curious if anyone on here has any actual experience where they've had to use the malpractice insurance? What was the experience like?

No offense, but the only people saying that around these parts are shady TV bail bondsmen. That completely disregards my original question. Has anyone actually USED their liability insurance? So far, I hear crickets....so I put as much weight on i...

Plenty of threads...not a single one seems to talk about actually USING the insurance when needed.

I have a side job working for a someone (lets call them John) that owns their own company that basically provides a roster of nurses to an ambulance company and they run "Critical Care Transports" with a contract for a large hospital organization, wh...

I was working in the ER psych unit with an older psychotic patient. A couple of uniformed PD came to pick up a patient in another room to bring him to jail after he was medically cleared. As they started walking out with the patient, I was about 2 ...

The security tackled the guy to the ground a couple of seconds after the police were walking by saying they couldn't do anything.

Been an ER RN for 5 years, thinking of going back and getting my PMHNP. Live in So Cal. Pretty much have admittance to a program because they are telling me it's often hard to fill their cohort because not many people want to go that NP route. I'v...

Is it ok to touch a pt to check responsiveness? If a patient with a triage note stating ems found them unresponsive was lying supine in a bed with a towel over the head and not responding to being called, is it ok to touch them (tap their foot) to c...

"Are you ok Annie...you've been touched by...a smooth criminal!"

I am in the process of renewing my RN license for this 2 year cycle. As of last year, it looks like the PHN Certificate application is now $300. I currently hold this certificate as I was granted it when I initially obtained my RN license. If I c...

It's $300 to renew the PHN, price went up this year.

Is there a penalty for not renewing it and letting it lapse?

I'm curious if, as a CRNA, you are still allowed to pick up bedside shifts as an RN? I know, you might say, why would you want to do that, you make more as a CRNA. But to have variety in work and keep up bedside skills (NGs, foleys, person-to-perso...

I have a BSN with 5 years of nursing experience after getting my BSN. I was just offered Level I, grade 3 step 8 at approx . 95k in San Diego ER. This is a per diem/part time spot. I'm curious why I wasn't given Level II?

I am an RN working full time in the ER. I want to go back to school in San Diego, CA to get my psych NP (PMHNP) part time. I think I earn too much money for financial aid? I was curious if there are any programs like scholarships, loans, etc. that...

As a CCT nurse, I am reimbursed from the company per trip. I am an independent contractor and was told I need to provide an invoice with the name of the patient, where they were picked up, where they were transported to, date, time of run and unit n...

I am currently a working ER RN (4.5 years), thinking of going back to get into NP/Psych because I like psych but also because people I know have gotten multiple job offers as psych NPs before even graduating. I also live in So Cal. Which route wou...

5 years from the original post and CCT RNs are still here in So Cal!

Another reason I'm wondering is if it took me a while to find a CRNA job, it would be nice to work as an RN to earn income!

I am an ER RN so I know about the ENA conference and the NTI ACCN conference. Curious what other large conferences for nurses are out there? Also curious what the attendance is of these big conferences? Is the ENA conference the largest attended o...

I can't imagine the ICU NTI one being more fun than the ENA conference. For one, it looks like you can do some pretty cool classes (ultrasound iv, codes, disasters, first responder stuff, etc.) in the ENA one. I doubt they'd have that fun stuff in ...

Follow up to this post - I've been working as a staff ER Nurse for the past 2 years. No problem getting my license!

I was curious how the Abboject syringes for the code meds (epi, atropine, etc) are put together? Does the medication vial screw in to the syringe vial? Does it stick out the end of the syringe? How does one push the med, is there a plunger that is...