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Great story. You used the terms "Task" as opposed to "thought" orientation. I like the term "process." Process, process, process! It's another way of referring to "critical Thinking." What comes to mind is a book written by a physician called, "T...

Dear Nurse Beth, I am go glad that you took the initiative (and perhaps risk) to share your experience. I feel gratitude knowing that your share will help other's who may have pre-determined ideas about the so called "here-after." My awareness of ...

I am in the clinical portion of a PMHNP program. My preceptor is a psychiatrist who provides Suboxone therapy. My understanding as of last year is that NPs are not allowed to become certified to provide Suboxone treatment. I am aware that there wa...

I have heard in class that lab monitoring can be a major pain. I don't know what the solution is, other than some kind of visiting nurse (RN; LPN) doing home visits or something. It looks like the specialty of mental health clearly can has its own ...

As with any specialty area, I agree that the provider (be it a PA; MD; NP; DO; etc.) needs to have experience and training in the area. I believe that there is a great need for this service given the dismal results (based on what my preceptor told m...

Thanks Verne for finding that information! Your efforts and skill with tracking down the information are greatly appreciated!!! I am going to try and contact my State Board to see what they say.

Thanks for your response. I always appreciate your posts PsychGuy. I suspect that the information that NPs can offer Suboxone TX is not accurate. As a PMHNP student I am curious about your comment. Where are you absorbing the clozapine patients f...

I am looking for some feedback/direction. I am a clinical psychologist in an FNP program. I chose the FNP track BTW because as an RN I did mostly psych and got "type-casted" there, i.e. couldn't get into other areas (e.g Med-surg,; ED) later on. I w...

Hello Atomic Woman, I haven't been back to this site for awhile. Thanks for responding to my question. Your response is similar to the conclusion that I came to after giving it some thought. With Gratitude.

PsychGuy, Your comments are much appreciated. BTW, I note that you respond to a variety of people's questions/concerns in a very positive, upbeat, and informative manner--kudos to you! Patients in mental health (well, actually all patients in any ...

Thanks jer_sd, DNP,NP, CNS for helping to separate out and clarify the issue.

"we're so limited to a singular niche." Thanks PsychGuy , appreciate your feedback. Your comment about the "singular niche" I see as being a real problems with the NP sphere. I believe that our training and professional structure should be such th...

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Thanks for taking the time to respond to my query. To give it some context, I attended a grand rounds workshop sponsored in part my the local medical college and attended by a prominent member of the board of nursing in my state who is also an PMHN...

I would like to "piggy back" off of ernurse2013's question. Most of my nursing experience has been in psych. I eventually went on to get a graduate degree in psychology and I haven't worked as a nurse since 2010. I want to get back into nursing bu...

Dear VivaLasViejas, I read your reply yesterday (August 2nd) and it has been "hanging-out" in my head. It really resonated for me personally, because I have personally found that I can always come up with good reasons why a job isn't right. What I ...

The bottom line is that you are already being charged for people that don't have insurance through "cost shifting." Will this prevent costs from rising? Who Knows. As far as helping you. If you are fortunate enough to have health insurance coverage...

Hello All, I am new to this site. I have my BSN and my doctorate in clinical psychology. I am looking at pursuing a nurse practitioner degree (increase my knowledge on medications and physiology as well as treat with psychotropics) but I do not wan...

Thanks Zenman. Spaciousness.