RatchedAfterMidnight MSN, APRN

PMHNP/Adjunct Faculty

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About RatchedAfterMidnight

RatchedAfterMidnight has 11 years experience as a MSN, APRN and specializes in PMHNP/Adjunct Faculty.


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    PMHNP Fall 2019

    I did not have an issue finding preceptors, I did have significant problems with the paperwork process with UTA. In a couple of short years I had three or four clinical coordinators and they were...
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    Walden University - diploma mill?

    Walden has an extremely poor reputation among employers. I’d tell you to go anywhere but
  3. You have a terrible attitude. You have a savior complex and it's not cute. If you believe you're the most intelligent person in the room, you're super nurse I don't know why we're having a...
  4. I would never want to work with you. Not because you're gay, not because you're liberal, but because you're toxic. Words are not violence. No one came up and punched you, threatened you, or fired you...
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    Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Nurse Practitioner

    It would be ideal to become an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner if you want to work in the ER. I have seen a couple of FNPs in the ER but it's controversial whether working in an ER is out of the FNP's...
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    Interested in Mental Health- Options?

    Experience on an inpatient unit or in a Psychiatric ER will give you the experience to work in any kind of setting. Also note that nurse psychotherapists must have a masters degree. Therapy is not in...
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    Behavioral Health Nurses in the ED

    I have seen it done, especially in community/county hospitals. Psych is in every floor of every hospital but depending on the population the Psych RN in the ER can be very beneficial. The Psych team...
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    Is it appropriate to "show off" that you are a Nurse on social media?

    I’m a Millennial but the Instagram stories/reels, Tik Toks nurses make trying to be clever or cute drive me nuts. Most of them are not funny, what I see is a full group of people making a video at...
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    Struggling to move forward

    I would recommend EMDR therapy specifically. As healthcare providers we take on the trauma of our patients daily and if not addressed you will burnout, be your own worst enemy at work daily, and...
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    Scared of being harmed at work.. Am I overreacting?

    I would never work in any psych environment without another staff member with me. I know too many people that have been injured on the job to ever give the patients benefit of the doubt. Some patients...
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    Thoughts on online Psych NP schools

    I would strongly advise against online only programs. Most campus based programs are hybrid with a large online component. By the last year I went on campus once a month. As a previous poster...
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    Mental heath tech interview help!!

    I would not bring up personal health history in an interview. Think about what you like about psychology, specific conditions you are interested in, why you want to work in the hospital, and what...
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    Texas Residency Program Dates

    THR, Baylor, JPS and others have a Fall, Winter, and Summer Cohort. JPS’s application period ends in 2 days. If you do not secure placement soon, you will have to find an RN job without a residency....
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    Blacklisted from HCA

    Group One is a “credit check” agency that was founded in part by HCA. Includes manager comments that can be trivial. DFW area hospitals are notorious for blackballing people with a GroupOne report...
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    Struggling between ER travel and PMHNP.

    Only you can decide between ER and Psych, I don’t know your personal preferences. If you like to travel there are PMHNP Locums positions all across the country. If you like the rush of ER consider a...