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You can check out Gonzaga University in Washington State (Spokane). It's almost entirely online, but you have to attend a weekend seminar 1x per semester. You have to find your own clinical sites though, which can be tough. The school offers a lot of support though. I've been happy with the program.

Congrats Riburn3! I am about halfway through Psych Mental Health NP school. Do you (or does anybody) know if these tips would be helpful for our exam as well? I've heard that there is a lot of the FNP material on the exam mixed into psych aspects of the questions.

Great article! I enjoyed your perspective. I'm in a new job, and will take some of this seriously!

Great points in your article and I found it helpful. I'm doing some psych teaching work now, and I get to where street clothes. This is after mostly wearing scrubs which are easy and I enjoyed never having to think about my clothes too much (which is kind of a relief). On the other hand, it's nice to wear your own clothes, I just find myself double-checking everything to make sure it's appropriate.

Zenman, I really enjoy reading your posts, as I am applying to schools to be a PMHNP as well and appreciate your perspective in these forums. I especially appreciated this article because of the power of human touch! Before I became a nurse, I was a massage therapist and studied many modalities. Shiatsu was one of my favorites, and I still use some of this today. I also read a lot about how diet can affect health status (anything from diabetes to mental health), and agree with your perspective on this! We need to take care of the whole person. I think you must be a great healer!

Madglee, I've read many of your posts and appreciate your insight on being a psych NP. I'm a new RN, and have applied at Gonzaga in Eastern Washington to do their online MSN NP program. I'm very interested in becoming a psych NP, and am working towards that goal. I've done a lot of research on schools recently, I wanted to let you know about their program as it's one I'm very interested in for my Masters, and possibly DNP later. Their online program is reasonable considering the market at $875 a credit. The great thing is that it's almost entirely online with the exception of one weekend visit (you would have to double check on the details). It's also approximate 30 credits which seems reasonable when some programs are double that. So you might go to another school that is cheaper, but then have to take double the credits. Alumni feedback on that school has been great on forums. I recently spoke to the director of the program and he seems to have a lot of great insight, is very accessible and interested in helping students. Doctor Of Nursing Practice Online Program | Gonzaga Online Good luck in your search and I hope that helps. You have certainly helped me with your advice in the past--so thank you.