Joebird21

Are there any pmhnp's that do ECT?

Thanks everyone for your replies..... Another question I have is do pmhnp's round in non psych hospitals? And do any of yall do ECT?

So I am just curious if a PMHNP can ever prescribe any non psych medications in certain situations? For example, an elderly patient has a ua done to r/o a uti due to a change in mental status. The ua comes back positive.... does the pmhnp go ahead and order an antibiotic? I know of psychiatrists that will. If a patient is in pain are there any type of pain meds a pmhnp would be OK with ordering? Or medications that will alleviate side effects of a prescribed psychotropic (ie colace for constipation, etc?) Or what about refilling routine meds? (Simvastatin, etc?) Lastly, are all abnormal labs referred to a pcp? Sorry, probably dumb questions, but I am just curious.......

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So my question is how can this "fluff" be changed? Petitions? Emails to program directors?

Well usually if you are in any type of program where they pay you a monthly stipend to go to school you are non deployable. So programs like ROTC, the IPAP program (physician assistant), etc. I guess my question is are there any programs that pay a monthly school stipend where you can remain in the reserves after and not have to go active....(other than ROTC)?

Hello, I am currently enlisted in the Army Reserves. I will be taking my core nursing classes for my LPN to BSN program in January. I have 2 years or less left until I am done with my BSN. Once I am done with my BSN I would like to stay in the reserves (branch doesn't matter much...prefer Army) My question is.... What programs are available (in any branch) that will allow me to remain in the reserves as a student and not get deployed or sent to re-class while I finish? And could also help pay? Again I would like to stay in the reserves not active once I am done with school..... Thanks!

Oh ok cool. Thanks! Looks like I will also apply to Indiana State just in case lol.

Really? Another person told me they had only 25 applicants so all 25 got in. But perhaps they meant for a different class.

Does anybody know how many applicants there are for just the bridge? Or the average worksheet score. Mine is very low compared to the regular ASN applicants I have seen on here. However, I know less people apply for the bridge so I might be able to make it in.

How many apply to the LPN-RN Bridge each year???

I'm not sure why you think you can't have both FNP and ACNP licenses. To be able to recertify and maintain your license in both it requires 1,000 hours within the last 5 years. That can be done. Especially for an NP that sees people outpatient and also does hospital rounds.

Yay for chiropractic pseudoscience! I'll stick with being a skeptic......

Learn it all. You are becoming a Healthcare provider not a cna. I see so many people that post on here wanting an easy route.....

Yeah that's what I was confused about. Why do they even have psych residencies that are open for FNP's to apply to. I'd rather just do an additional cert.

So if an FNP does one those one year "residency/fellowships" in psych will that be viewed as an OK replacement to the pmhnp cert.? Will most state BON be OK with a residency trained FNP working in an PMHNP role?

Yeah I'm just trying to figure out how long it takes if all pretty reqs are done? Can you only take 2 nursing courses at a time?

Which part am I confused about?

Just realized I said some of the same exact things you did lol

It amazes me to see health care providers subscribe to pseudo science. There is absolutely no empirical peer reviewed research that shows Homeopathy is effective for anything. Acupuncture is only equivalent to a placebo effect. Chiropractors claim to be able to treat acid reflux, diabetes, etc. But the only thing the evidence points to is them effectively treating low back pain. if "alternative" medicine worked it would be called medicine. Skeptic

Does anybody know the outcome of the suit?

There is a Psych Residency in Minnesota that accepts FNP's and I'm guessing once you are done you can treat psych patients without the PMHNP certification,?

Also a cool discussion on The Psychology of Pseudoscience in Medicine

I think the problem that people have is staying open minded. Usually when a person "attacks" our personally held beliefs and tells us our beliefs are wrong we get naturally defensive. Especially if this belief is something you have dedicated hours of time into. One of my favorite quotes by Steven Novella a famous skeptic and Neurologist is that if alternative medicine worked it wouldn't be called "alternative" it would be called "medicine". I use to believe in a lot of CAM, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Acupuncture etc. until I started to realize that most scientists view it as "junk science" or pseudo science. I asked well why is that? It is due to the lack of empirical peer reviewed studies that these treatments work. Most of these treatments show nothing more than a placebo effect. Double blind studies of Acupuncture have shown that patients who were only tapped with tooth picks versus acupuncture needles reported the same effects. Also, they discovered that it didn't even matter where you put the tooth pick/needles the results were the same. Studies on prayer have not shown anything other than a placebo effect. Personal accounts of being "healed" are what keeps these claims alive. A persons personal belief that something works is not evidence that it does work. Often these people will never be open to the possibility that it was a placebo effect.

not to mention the "success stories" posted all over the website..... i'd be checking with my state's nursing board to see if they even accept that degree.