FuturePsychNP

FuturePsychNP

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  1. Doctor Anyone?

    FuturePsychNP replied to Ant24's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There are a couple nurses who became doctors on the boards. If you can take your prereqs, (2 gen chem, 2 o-chem, 2 physics, required maths [differs by the school] and any extra biologies if not...

  2. What are some jobs for a male nurse other than bedside care on med/surg floor?

    FuturePsychNP replied to northmississippi's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There is a shortage of personnel to do the job. HOWEVER, funding is not provided to have more available staffing positions. Theoretically, there is a staff shortage. Operationally, any open...

  3. Earrings?

    FuturePsychNP replied to healthy12's topic in Male Nursing Students

    They're great when you need to bury a treasure chest! I must have read Treasure Islands a half dozen times growing up. A truly great, adventurous read! Master and Commander was pretty darn good...

  4. I know this an old beast BUT ...

    FuturePsychNP replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    LOL. I'm not laughing at your vent. I'm laughing at the "universalness" of this anecdote. I was the typical career changer, got a BSN, and ran straight into the NP program (because I went to...

  5. Just accepted into RN program, what to buy before class? Chattanooga State

    FuturePsychNP replied to kmac3414's topic in General Students

    A 12 pack of patience and a bottle of

  6. Switching careers and interested in psychiatric NP

    FuturePsychNP replied to Mkim680's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Like Psychiatric NP, I too went BSN first. It took me four semesters to accomplish that, and some of it was great and informative. Some of it wasn't. I work now as a RN in a medical unit while I'm...

  7. PMHNP programs all going from MSN to DNP?

    FuturePsychNP replied to shannarini71's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The excuse is that it's totally unnessary. Hours in the master's level NP programs are already wasted. My education and degrees are not limited to nursing which I state because I fully support being...

  8. Would you still become a NP or would you go the MD route?

    FuturePsychNP replied to OrangeSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No doubt. If I were a young, early 20s, college kid again I'd apply to medical school or pharmacy school (maybe both) and go with whatever took me. Back in then pharmacy school was like hitting a...

  9. Sick of the Certs!!!!! Just let 'em be an NP!

    FuturePsychNP replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Although I personally have no desire to work with pediatric medical issues or "female issues," I think all NP programs should start with a primary care-oriented curriculum and allow all NPs to "tend...

  10. FNP to PMHNP

    FuturePsychNP replied to chuckster's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As others mentioned, the FNP would be helpful. It seems that psych patients generally have other diseases, as mentioned, and many don't really live a long time (subjective experience). Although the...

  11. PMHNP programs all going from MSN to DNP?

    FuturePsychNP replied to shannarini71's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am in a master's program for psych NP. Had a doctorate been required I'd have never gone back to nursing school (which I only did to become a psych NP). Although the school is opening a DNP...

  12. Is it really necessary to learn to read an ekg? anyone really use it?

    FuturePsychNP replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. Nursing school teaches a lot of useless stuff we never use on the job. Revamp the

  13. Is it really necessary to learn to read an ekg? anyone really use it?

    FuturePsychNP replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you mention this. I went through nursing school with a boy who is a telemetry monitor person. In school, I recall him not being really great at reading them. Ironically, I know for a fact...

  14. Burned out and hate nursing

    FuturePsychNP replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    When people ask my name I give them my last name. I'm fine with people knowing my first name, but professionally I've used Rank and Last Name so long that I'm not accustomed to going by my first name...

  15. The growth of male nurses

    FuturePsychNP replied to ProudPapaRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    What exactly about this are we supposed to discuss? My impressions of men in nursing are that they wanted a job, it seemed doable, they had an interest, and they looked forward to the higher salaries...

  16. Earrings?

    FuturePsychNP replied to healthy12's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm old school and think only pirates wear ear

  17. Part-time in home health??

    FuturePsychNP posted a topic in Home Health

    Ok, so in a month or so I'll be quitting my full-time hospital job, and I'm eager to do so as like many nurses it's not for me. I have another offer doing something besides nursing that I'm going to...

  18. Losing respect for nursing students

    FuturePsychNP replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I understand my contrast and have been in a contrasting environment. I wasn't always a RN, lol. I've worn the uniform. However, when saying "doh those kids who sit around at the desk couldn't handle...

  19. bedside nursing, is it really that bad?

    FuturePsychNP replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty bad, yes. The gift of reflection is that in the future things never seem as bad as they are in the present. Generally, we forget the bad and remember the good - in the future. In the...

  20. Burned out and hate nursing

    FuturePsychNP replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    We don't have mobile phones. I wouldn't carry it if we did,

  21. Burned out and hate nursing

    FuturePsychNP replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I couldn't care less what is going on in the unit. If have to pee I'm going to pee. I also ignore the phones for the most part. If I'm sitting by it I'll answer it, but I'm not making a special...

  22. Losing respect for nursing students

    FuturePsychNP replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    That seems pointless to compare opposing cultures. That's l saying, "You ought to handle up on those aggressive patients because if you were a police officer you'd tase

  23. Burned out and hate nursing

    FuturePsychNP replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There's a lot to be said for this, and I identify, from personal experience, what a good manager is. This doesn't apply to nursing. Prior to being a nurse I was a manager in another state government...

  24. Burned out and hate nursing

    FuturePsychNP replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Bold. I feel ya. I'm about to get flamed, but since we're sharing our feelings here goes... I don't care about #4 so inherently I have little concern with #3. Unlike most other staff, I don't...

  25. Attitude Towards NP Students

    FuturePsychNP replied to Heart2015FNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    She seemed to be so I wanted to console her,