PeacockMaiden

I was just offered a position at the Sacramento VA for a psych nurse practitioner. The salary quote was low. I tried to negotiate but they wouldn't budge. Does anyone work at the Mather location? Do you like it?

I was wondering if anyone had any information about the Behavioral Health Nurse offered by AccentCare? AccentCare is a home health company and the job ad reads as: Responsible for providing nursing care requiring specialized psychiatric and mental ...

No I am no longer in that job. It wasn't a fit for me.

I decided go with the VA. I'll be starting in a couple of weeks Are you at the Sacramento VA yet?

What position did you apply for?

They offered me grade 3 step 4. I ended up not taking the job because my current employer offered me $20 more per hour. I am sad that I can't have the VA benefits though.

What did you decide to do on the question of the salary? It sounds like a good salary to me. I just received a tentative offer as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, level 3 grade 4. (Relatively new nurse practitioner with only 2 years of experience as...

I am very interested in the Mind-Body PhD at Saybrook. I am try to decide between that program and the DNP with the Integrative Health concentration at Regis. I want to be able to teach someday at a university, so while I like the looks of the curr...

I work as a RN charge nurse at a small 16 bed county managed acute inpatient psychiatric facility. The psychiatrist says she "doesn't believe in benzos" and has declared us a benzo free facility. She won't prescribe them, no matter how agitated or...

I agree with what many people are saying here and what I previously said here about the DNP program that I am currently in (which I will drop or take a leave of absence from after this semester is over). I really enjoyed my DNP classes and the cla...

The focus was psychiatric nursing, and I am adding on the psych NP certification since I already have a MSN. I already completed the 3 P's classes in a AGNP program and those classes were not that rigorous, in my opinion. I never assumed the DNP wo...

I have done two semesters of a DNP program, just long enough to learn it will not teach me advanced clinical skills and it is focused on research and policy, as the other posters above stated. So I am dropping the program. I love education, but I ha...

I like psychguy's posts too! I'm currently in an online NP program in a well known state program (the school is discussed on allnurses frequently). We have to find our own preceptors. The school provides a list of past sites, but it is largely outd...

The DNP is not a valued degree. I'm in a DNP program and I'm going to drop it because it doesn't make financial sense to continue at this point.

What a rude post by Harmonizer!

Where do you find the ANCC test questions for purchase? I looked on the ANCC and didn't see anything. Also, where do we buy the ANCC study guide? I saw some study guides on the ANCC website, but how do I know which is the right manual to buy? It'...

I agree the the PA school stance. I wish I went to a brick and mortar school. There is one that is a two hour drive one way, but I would have done it if I had known what a nightmare this would be. However the post masters program is $32,000 per y...

I am considering taking a leave of absence from the DNP to reevaluate it. I am academically inclined, so from that stand point I am finding it fulfilling personally. But I'm not sure if I can justify the cost of time and money just to satisfy acad...

ENP Network cost about $90 to join, and I heard from others who had joined that the preceptors on the list didn't even call them back.

Getting locked out of facilities is happening in my area. UCSF (who provides preceptors) has contracts with several facilities in the Bay Area, all the way up to Sacramento where I am located. These facilities will only take UCSF students. So my e...

I tried the VA. They were going to take me but then stopped returning my emails and phone calls. I don't see this as a good networking opportunity. I'm in a PMHNP program and there are only about 12 psych np's within a two hour radius. They all sai...

I am in Northern California. UNR (University of Nevada, Reno) finds preceptors. Also I looked into the University of CA, San Francisco (UCSF) and they find preceptors. UCSF is $8000 a quarter, too expensive for me to afford. Since I am not a NV re...

Finding my own preceptors has been the worse, demoralizing experience ever. I looked into schools that find preceptors for you, but the tuition was 3-4 times more than what I am paying. If I didn't already have so much student loan debt, I'd switch...

I am currently in the USA PMHNP program. If I had to chose a program again, I would not select this program.

I am in a DNP program currently, and enjoy it very much..from an academic point of view. It is absolutely not a clinical degree, although it is touted as such. I don't really see much of a benefit to clinical practice.