TheDude77

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  1. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I got some answers from my school. We use Typhon as well but am still not sure what EXACTLY counts towards

  2. Kind of off topic..COTA

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

  3. PMHNP and violent patients

    TheDude77 replied to TexanRN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Probably the same way we do our assessments as nurses when we get an admission. When you get to questions you can't answer due to the state of the patient you state "unable to assess due to...

  4. PMHNP and violent patients

    TheDude77 replied to TexanRN10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been a psych nurse for two years and never been attacked. Cussed at?....Yes. Just out of pure curiosity, each time you were attacked, was there plenty of staff on the floor? As far as PMHNP...

  5. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What counts towards your clinical hour? I saw someone post that there were a lot of exclusions as far as what counted toward your

  6. Any Psych Nurse Practitioner's out there?

    TheDude77 replied to HealingThoughts's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My base hrly rate is higher than my fellow graduates base hrly rate on

  7. Suggestions for online Psych NP Program

    TheDude77 replied to xmas16's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Eku has an online program. No campus

  8. Any Psych Nurse Practitioner's out there?

    TheDude77 replied to HealingThoughts's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree with everything he said, besides the compensation part. I think this has to do a lot with locale. In my area there are hardly and PMHNP's and the ones that do practice in outpatient settings...

  9. Baby during NP program

    TheDude77 replied to ljrrRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ditto. I had an advisor in my RN-BSN program tell me not to worry about having a wedding and going off on a honeymoon two weeks prior to a class ending. I was told that the instructors are flexible...

  10. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Inbox cleared

  11. Psych to Psych NP, Need Advice?

    TheDude77 replied to folakasumu's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes there are several if you google psych np bsn-doctorate/PhD. I saw several then looking for a psych masters program. I don't think being certified in psych does anything for you besides looking...

  12. when to add cogentin/benadryl?

    TheDude77 replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

    MDs at my facility don't give the cogentin or Ben. Until there are s/a

  13. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh let me delete

  14. Med error

    TheDude77 replied to bionicgirlie's topic in Patient Medications

    I agree that there is no limit. I would think corrective action would depend on your facilities specific rules and procedures. I would think that if two people had to sign off on it, then both would...

  15. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just don't see how this is going to work for my psych rotations. The doctor my friend and I will be following don't stay at one site for hours. They meet with each patient for 15 minutes if that,...

  16. Nurse Corps Loan Repayment 2014!

    TheDude77 replied to NY1984's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yikes! Definitely not an option for me. Thank you for

  17. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What would be hours that "didn't

  18. Nurse Corps Loan Repayment 2014!

    TheDude77 replied to NY1984's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As in, he HAD to move, in order to meet the requirements of the

  19. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yeah, I don't even think all of our professors are instate. It's completely online and we have to find our own preceptor. Luckily, the psychiatrists at my place of employment are willing to

  20. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That looks like a pretty interesting

  21. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My school is on the other side of the state so I'm not sure that would happen. But it would totally suck if it did! So do you have to tell them "I'll be doing my clinicals every Tuesday from

  22. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm kind of nervous about this. I can see some of my preceptors saying, "OK, good enough for today. Go home and study" without completing the hours for the day. As if preceptors weren't hard enough to...

  23. Any Pscyh NPs here?

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in General Nursing

    I still have a year and a half. I know where you are talking about. They have had quite a few positions posted recently. I would be more than interested when the time comes. I would also love to do...

  24. what is an appropriate migraine treatment

    TheDude77 replied to dsherman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I personally take a triptan. If that doesn't help I take the second dose, if that doesn't work I end up in the ER and get the iv migraine cockatail of reglan, decadron, and Benadryl. The iv cocktail...

  25. Oral Comprehensive Exam???

    TheDude77 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Anyone else have to do an oral