verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Help! Advanced patho is kicking my you know what!

    verene replied to Gr8fulRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is great advice! I had an excellent instructor for patho and she made it clear that memorization was just the first piece - knowledge relies on having deeper understanding. You couldn't score...
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    What study strategies is getting you through Advanced Health Assessment?

    verene replied to strawberryluv's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Our midterms and final in health assessment had a large chuck of the grade based on practical not just theory - so I did a lot of hands on practice with classmates of mock exams and establishing a...
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    DNP NECESSARY????

    verene replied to TheFuture09's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    DNP worth depends on many things - how many years do you anticipate having in your career at this point? Do you work/live in a highly competitive environment or are FNPs few and fare between? Do you...
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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

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

    After graduating and before boards I wrote my credentials as: Verene, MN, RN On my resume I listed my education including Masters degree, and under licenses/Certifications added: ANCC PMHNP Board...
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    What is it like in your hospital right now?

    verene replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Things are changing rapidly - I work inpatient psych - we shut down admissions temporarily - converted several units over to quarantine status for confirmed/suspected cases, went from 2 negative...
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    NP's how are you these days?

    verene replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    PMHNP at a psych hospital. We're being proactive-- we did a lot of restructuring of units over the last couple of weeks so we can have isolation units for our high risk patients (e.g. elderly,...
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    Any RN student clinicals cancelled because of COVID-19?

    verene replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This isn't my *school* but rather the hospital at which I'm employed at - we are no longer allowing *any* students with the exception of post-doc fellows (e.g. those who are already managing patient...
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    School is cancelled but clinical is not? (COVID-19)

    verene replied to nurseann11's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'd clarify that you actually have to go to clinical and/or that hospital would allow you if you show up. When I did my nursing clinicals our local hospitals went to "Essential personal only" due to...
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    Any RN student clinicals cancelled because of COVID-19?

    verene replied to llg's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My hospital is no longer allowing students, interns, or volunteers to enter facility. The only exception is post-doc fellows who may be responsible for their own patient panels. Given we typically...
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    Applying for DEA/prescription agreement

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

    This is state dependent. In filing out the DEA application you do need to have a business address - so I would think it makes sense to have a job offer before completing DEA application. I started...
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    Working as a Nurse Psychotherapist

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

    This article doesn't seem to have much to do with being a PMHNP though... The author appears to be an APRN who also holds a Masters in Counseling who is working as a psychotherapist and consultant-...
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    Nurse Practitioners, we want your input

    verene replied to Brian S.'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Started the survey but the format leaves much to be desired and many of the questions force a single option answer which is not accurate e.g. question one asking "NP vs DNP"--- this isn't actually an...
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    Clinicals

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

    If your school is nationally accredited they should be helping you find clinical
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    What’s with “researching” patients before clocking in?! Is this a standard?

    verene replied to NurseOrBust13's topic in General Nursing

    I think this can be unit dependent and also personality dependent. As CNA and RN I may have arrived 15-20 minutes early to work - but I usually just hung out in the break room, got my stuff put away,...
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    Which is better, a BA in Psychology or a BSN for the PMHNP?

    verene replied to HansenRN's topic in Psychiatric

    That is correct. You will need a degree in nursing - specifically advanced practiced nursing with a focus in psychiatric mental health nursing to become a PMHNP. Most MSN/PMHNP programs will require...
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    Nurse Practitioner Needed/Not Needed?

    verene replied to Sigrimis's topic in Advanced Practice

    As others have said there is definitely over-saturation of new graduate NPs in some specialties in some locations. It really, makes sense for ANYONE looking at making a career shift to do research...
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    Is it an ethical violation to quit a job before you start?

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

    I highly recommend you contact an attorney for legal advice. If you are cash strapped both Seattle U law school and UW law school are local to Seattle and have FREE legal clinics where you can get...
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    Psych NP for medspa?

    verene replied to 3TimesACharm's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    PMHNPs are limited in scope of practice to psychiatric/mental health issues. Prescribing weight loss medication and aesthetic related injections would be out of scope of practice and could result in...
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    PMHNP jobs

    verene replied to arcadian23's topic in Advanced Practice

    There is a shortage of providers in many areas - which can also lead to BOTH the combination of long wait times AND to lack of jobs being advertised - if an organization has had an open position for a...
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    Which is better, a BA in Psychology or a BSN for the PMHNP?

    verene replied to HansenRN's topic in Psychiatric

    In brief a PMHNP is an RN who has gone on to obtain a masters or doctorate degree in nursing with a specialty in psychiatric & mental health nursing. This education builds on nursing education and...
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    Which is better, a BA in Psychology or a BSN for the PMHNP?

    verene replied to HansenRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I do think doing a LOT of research about what the role of psychologist, therapist, and PMHNP is likely to look like in practice will help you figure out which direction will make more sense for you....
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    What do you eat during your shifts?

    verene replied to socal212's topic in General Nursing

    If you can buy food at the cafeteria every shift - you can probably afford to meal prep. I found breaking my meals into a number of small items that I could quickly eat if need be to be the best....
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    Keep asking full time staff to do overtime

    verene replied to MTRNlove's topic in General Specialties

    Set boundaries you feel comfortable with - you are obligated to work your contracted schedule - you are not obligated to pick up over time. Picking up a little extra now and then (when it works for...
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    Truama Informed Care is a pipe dream in acute psych -Change my mind

    verene replied to puravidaLV's topic in Psychiatric

    I think limiting trauma-informed care to only those with hording/PTSD/MDD/etc is limiting the abilities of this philosophy of intervention. I work on a forensic unit - my population is by and large...
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    "Residency" before completed certification

    verene replied to KitRN33's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Essentially it sounds like he is offering extra clinical hours with pay - it is likely legal, but I'd ask for more details around expectations - what is the level of supervision? What will you...