verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Hospital requiring personal cell phones for patient care

    verene replied to krekear's topic in General Nursing

    NO absolutely not. RNs have unit land-lines, work cell phone, radios, and emergency/personal-alarms all of which can be used to summon assistance. As an NP, RNs on my team can call my land-line/desk...
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    Your Interview Experience

    verene replied to 3UNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For my current role (PMHNP), I had conversation with recruiter (brief info about position and logistics of interview related) and then day of multiple-panel interviews with psychiatry department and...
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    Preventing patients from leaving AMA, legally covered?

    verene replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to be state dependent. In my state a psychiatrist (or other mental health professional) may place a "hold" on a patient if concerned for their mental health. A patient on a "hold" (of...
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    Dot and samhsa

    verene replied to nurselove757's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It may help if you provide some more information about what specifically you are asking. The only DOT acyronym I'm coming up with off the top of my head is Department of Transportation, and I'm...
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    Non-Nursing related bachelors to NP?

    verene replied to Guest1152390's topic in General Nursing

    If you have 1.5 years left on your bachelor's it is likely MORE cost effective to switch your major to nursing and get a BSN now if you want to go the NP route. (You can also still go to med school...
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    Question for Psych Nurses

    verene replied to sw0495's topic in General Nursing

    No shift is going to be completely quiet in inpatient psych so you will definitely get patient interaction. I enjoy swing, but do not recommend it if your partner is on an early morning shift - as you...
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    Hardest Clinical Rotation?

    verene replied to Leapheng123's topic in General Students

    Everyone has different experience of clinical rotations - and what may be difficult for one person may feel much more comfortable to someone else. For example - many of my peers really struggled in...
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    Seeking Nurse Psychotherapist Point of Veiw

    verene replied to KatieB.'s topic in Psychiatric

    You are correct that for most PMHNPs the focus is not on psychotherapy but on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment (primarily medication focused treatment). While there is some therapy education in...
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    Getting a Psych Nurse Job After Graduation

    verene replied to BSNstudent44's topic in Psychiatric

    No, not particularly difficult to get into as a new grad particularly if you have psych tech experience. Just make sure you start out in a place that provides some support/has reasonable expectations...
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    Are PMHNP allowed to prescribe outside of their specialty like BP meds or antibiotics?

    verene replied to The0Walrus's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can they? Yes. Should they? It depends. Prescribing metformin relating to blood glucose regulation secondary to atypical antipsychotic side effect -OK. Prescribe it for diabetes - you may lose your...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

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

    It doesn't need to be Ivy League but yes, going to a school which has at least regional name brand recognition helps. I went to a public B&M school - it's nursing program is well known regionally,...
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    Do you have your own malpractice insurance?

    verene replied to tgod288's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, I've had my own malpractice insurance since I was a CNA. I am also covered by my employer. For me it is about piece of mind and knowing I will have my own representation should I need it and an...
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    Psych NPs working in hospitals. What are your hours?

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

    I work inpatient, and there is some schedule flexibility to work either 8s or 10s for set schedule (many chose to work 4 10s). However, if there is work that needs to be done, you may come in early...
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    How many drugs should we know when we graduate?

    verene replied to porscheXN's topic in General Students

    As others have said, in nursing school we are taught drugs by drug class, and were expected to know a couple of the most commonly used drugs in each class and the couple of weird outliers that don't...
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    I put the blinders on and am regretting it

    verene replied to Arafelle's topic in General Students

    I am very glad I was able to help put your mind at ease. This field isn't always easy, patients (and families!) will sometimes say mean things, sometimes there is chaos, and occasionally threat of...
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    I put the blinders on and am regretting it

    verene replied to Arafelle's topic in General Students

    I work in inpatient psychiatry with a forensic population (aka patients who have been charged with crimes and are also mentally ill). Assault - even in this population - is NOT an everyday...
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    NP application process

    verene replied to Guest1030824's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Online programs are not created equally. Make sure you do your research! This forum is littered with posts from online students who can't find preceptors, are having to extend time in school, and/or...
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    Misconceptions/truths about specialities

    verene replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Come join the dark side -- we can't promise sanity, but we can promise completely and utterly random knowledge of more topics than one might guess, a delightfully dark sense of humor, the ability to...
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    Misconceptions/truths about specialities

    verene replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG yes! And with no orientation to different population/unit at
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    NP application process

    verene replied to Guest1030824's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you want to start this fall I would double check you can still apply to the programs you are interested in. Many schools close applications by early Spring for fall admission in the same year. If...
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    Sending patients to ER

    verene replied to jmathe23's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I usually do just because ED docs locally are notorious for writing off psych patients. I try to make it super clear that I am sending from another HOSPITAL (with primary care level medical on...
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    Misconceptions/truths about specialities

    verene replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Myth- Psych is for those who don't want to deal with feces, urine, or blood. Truth - we may not deal with as often - but when we do there is a good chance it is on the ceiling and the walls and...
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    NP

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

    Full-time brick and mortar program and public research university. Clinical rotations included: 6 months in peds private practice, 10 months paid internship with VA, and 2 months high-acuity...
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    NP

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

    Umbdude-- Unfortunately I'm in inpatient/forensics so my exposure to outpatient/clinic work is limited. I'd still reach out to the Correctional facility about PRN positions - even if they don't have...
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    NP

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

    ^ This. Which specialty are you looking for? Budget range? Able to relocate? Online vs hybrid vs brick-and-mortar? Part-time vs full-time? There are a number of variable to consider. I'm happy to...