juschillin MSN, RN, NP

Not long ago I hired a resume writer to re-work my resume. I asked up front if she had written RN resumes before and she said she had, but she totally missed the mark on mine. I discovered that writing a RN resume is a specialty in itself! There are ...

I too am looking at locums work as a psych NP and hope you find something that works for you. I don't have too much to say but will share that I'm working with locumtenens.com and have done one assignment with them, it went fine, had no issues. Now I...

I'm back in my old role as a psych np, this time in community mental health. I put all I have into the job, trying to provide the best care I can. I have 20 min. for follow-ups and 45-60 mins for new clients. I have found it to be impossible to see t...

Thank you for these thoughts. I think every community mental health and/or outpt clinic has different levels of acuity and there isn't one method that will work for them all. I have a lot of clients that need higher levels of care, such as ACTT or CS...

Hello, I just needed to vent a little... Today I accepted a psych NP position without countering on their salary offer. All I asked for was annual CME conference allowance, separate personal malpractice allowance, and up-front payment for my DEA numb...

BabyNP, I've never heard of that. Glad you feel good about what you're getting, so that's awesome. That's like this job for me, I thought it was an amount I was comfortable with, so I didn't feel the need to ask for more. Congratulations on your new ...

NRSKaren, and everyone else, great information! Boy do I wish I had access to all this before I accepted. I don't think I am far off at all, but still can't help but kick myself a little for not at least trying. I am in the process of making peace wi...

Thank you for sharing your story. I'm hoping to have a locums position soon, and it probably will be in "Appalachia", so I can empathize with you. Also, when I have a paycheck again I'm going to subscribe to the Carlat newsletter, and probably by his...

Focus Cares, Inc is advertising on Craigslist again in my area, NC, advertising for RN Care Managers. The position if for doing short health in-home assessments for Medicare recipients. He said they are contracted by Humana for this. I received an em...

Hello, Does anyone know if there are any outpatient (or inpatient) behavioral health codes that nurses with master's degrees can bill? My situation is that I am a RN with a master's that used to be a psychiatric NP. I left NP practice for 5 years, a...

Thank you Jeremy, and Psychcns for your information. Yesterday I was reading about "incident to", and SBIRT, and it seems like there are services that can be billed. I don't know if other states have the designation "Qualified Mental Health Professio...

KRSKaren, Thank you and I will certainly investigate and help spread the word.

I'm renewing PMHNP certification (following a few years away from practice for family leave) and need 400 clinical hours. When I graduated in 2003 the only enticement for a preceptor to have someone tagging along was their ability to use the time for...

Just this week I met a gal who was preparing for graduation from Frontier's NP program and she had lots of positives to report about the program... just commenting on that since you just mentioned it. I was just accepted into a post grad certificate...

While networking today, I spoke with a local pediatric NP who said that her office gets DAILY requests from NP's needing clinical hours and preceptor time. She said that there is just not enough time to do it, plain and simple, and there is no amount...

Thanks UNCNP. It's an issue of time, yes. One of my colleagues in SC precepts at the VA and is already so slammed with her regular job duties... chillnurse, you're correct in that some people just don't want the bother of helping someone. I'm glad t...

I agree. I'm not pursuing this one anymore. Thanks for your thoughts.

Hello Nurses, I'm trying to choose a post master's certificate in nursing education and there are so many. I'm looking for institution recommendations. My goal is to teach at nursing schools (as opposed to nurse educator at a healthcare facility). I'...

Thank you, and I will look further into their program.

Thanks for your reply. How was the job search following graduation? Was it an online program? I'm glad it was positive for you.

Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply. I have a MSN and used to have APRN certification. I elected not to renew because at the time I was in the midst of caregiving for my mother who has Alzheimer's. My specialty was psych/mental health and to be ...

I'd love to read any updates on how this is going.

Sparker, That is an incredibly good synopsis of a home health nurses work and it sounds like you enjoy it and are good at it. This specialty can be really rewarding and it's always been my favorite. However the last stint I did I was in a really toxi...

What's the opinion of legal nurse consultants on the outlook for psychiatric LNC work? Not SANE work but assisting on psych cases. Forensic nursing encompasses varied jobs I realize. But outside of being a correctional nurse or sexual assault nurse ...

GrnTea and SirI -- Thank you for your thoughts on this. If I could tap into the market I think I'd be happy! I really have such extensive experience and know I would be good at it. I was a member of AALNC a couple of years ago and attended the super ...