verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Can a Nurse Practitioner become an Art therapist?

    verene replied to Pres14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This may be a place to start?
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    Can a Nurse Practitioner become an Art therapist?

    verene replied to Pres14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Art therapists are licensed therapists and you will need specific training and credentialing to work in this profession as such. It isn't just being a group leader for art groups, but utilizing...
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    How to stop last minute calloffs?

    verene replied to PManager's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is definitely a high level of professionalism required from NPs and in my setting we are held to the same expectations of professionalism as the physicians we work with. As NPs and...
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    verene replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Updating with experience of second dose of Moderna. Day 1 - 1400: Received vaccine, no pain, hung out in observation area for the required time and then went back to my desk to finish writing up...
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    Scrubs color requirement??

    verene replied to Kendrer's topic in General Students

    Yes, most schools have a specific color for students to wear. Hold off on buying them until you know 1) what color, and 2) if you school offers a discount/second-hand program for scrubs. (My school...
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    Do you get covid pay?

    verene replied to newgraduategal's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Really depends on your specific contract and the employment laws where you work. We don't have any COVID pay/differential where I work. Case counts at my hospital have been, and remain low - those who...
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    APRN in scrubs?

    verene replied to CommunityRNBSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    PMHNP here, pre-pandemic I wore business casual to work. Now I typically wear scrub pant, long-sleeve shirt, and vest. Occasionally I will wear scrub shirt too, but the I prefer the shirt and vest...
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    Is it reasonable for Nurses to be fired who "ran away" from work during the pandemic?

    verene replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We never know what is going on in another person's life, and often have only a limited window into what is going on in a coworker's life. Are there individuals who "took advantage" of LOA as OP...
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    Involuntary commitment question regarding use of this practice

    verene replied to WCSU1987's topic in Psychiatric

    Is this for all hospitals or just for specific hospital? (I work at for a State Psych hospital where ALL patients are involuntarily committed under one form of commitment order or another but there...
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    Question on prescribing controlled substances in California

    verene replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In regards to schedule II it's not just a California thing. Every script is technically a "new" script as no refills. That being said, you don't have to see the patient to fill each new script, so...
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    Sleeping In Vehicle Between Shifts

    verene replied to NGRN89's topic in General Nursing

    Look into renting a room. My brother did grad school in a different city from where he/his wife were living. He rented a room near the university and stayed there 2-3 nights per week when he had...
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    Full vs Reduced vs Restricted Scope of Practice- Do you feel it?

    verene replied to Myec's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in a full practice state. While legally I could do something crazy like open my own private practice out the gate after boards, I intentionally chose to work inpatient because of the resources...
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    verene replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No it doesn't seem to work at all. While the vaccine information sheet I had from my employer does mention it, it says to go to the CDC website, CDC website says to get hand-out from employer. Doesn't...
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    verene replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I tried to, can't get it to work. Instructions just send me in circles.
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    verene replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Got the moderna vaccine 1st dose this morning. So far nothing more than some mild stiffness in deltoid. Anyone registered for V-safe? And reporting symptoms/response to CDC. The information I...
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    Finding 1st job in PMHNP

    verene replied to PsychedOut's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What on earth are you doing to bring that pay in?! That's about 300K per year prior to taxes! The highest paid psychiatrists I know are making 400K/year and that's with decade+ experience,...
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    Accelerated BSN or MSN-NP?

    verene replied to megandickson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you don't know what specialty you want to go into, I would advice NOT doing a direct-entry MSN/NP Program. I'd also advise against it if you are planning to work as RN for several years prior to NP...
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    Finding 1st job in PMHNP

    verene replied to PsychedOut's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Networking is what worked for me! I reached out to an alumna of my school (at my director's recommendation) regarding informational interview and possible DNP clinical placement. (She works for...
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    Any PMHNPs work PRN weekends for extra money?

    verene replied to chuchie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I looked into providing weekend coverage for a residential facility. Needs were for call 5pm Friday-Midnight Sunday, and for 3-5 hours of rounds (in-person; this was pre-covid) on both Saturday and...
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    Not Getting Paid Overtime. Is This Illegal?

    verene replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    If the scheduled shift is 12 hours it typically does NOT qualify for overtime pay. Typically overtime is for more than 40 hours in 1 week. So places have a differential for swing or night shift which...
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    Specialty areas for new grads

    verene replied to 2021NEgrad's topic in General Students

    1) Look for residency programs and apply to openings (many Summer start residencies have their applications open in Jan/Feb). 2) Pay attention during your clinicals - which areas have you...
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    Nurses/Pre-nursing students who took intro statistics

    verene replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't find statistics that useful for the BSN program (though it was required) as it really only applied to small section of our public health/community health coursework. I was more useful...
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    Degree in different field before nursing school

    verene replied to Kate Walker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started with a liberal arts degree because when I went to college first time around I had no idea I wanted to be a RN. I later change careers, became a CNA and then went through an ABSN program. I...
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    PMHNP inpatient

    verene replied to AllyW's topic in Advanced Practice

    For stable medication regimens, we can continue home medications when a patient is inpatient - provided we can confirm dose/route/reason with pharmacy. It helps that 99% of the patients I see for...
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    how to get a new grad psych job?

    verene replied to mf04dalb's topic in Psychiatric

    1) If you can find a residency program that's great. Psych residency slots tend to be less popular than other specialities. 2) Keep applying. Two weeks is hardly any time at all, and many places...