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  1. Do I Need to Transfer Both RN and NP License?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am planning on relocating from Massachusetts to Illinois. I worked as an RN in IL, then moved to MA, became licensed as an RN in MA, and then went on to become an NP while in MA. So...do I need to...

  2. Stuck in an NP Speciality Role

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    I worked as an RN for 6 years before becoming an NP. I went back and forth trying to decide between an FNP/Adult NP and Psychiatric NP track. I chose an FNP program, because I thought it would lend...

  3. Trouble Getting a New NP Job in Boston

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm an FNP with four and half years of experience. I am also about to finish my PhD in nursing. I haven't worked in a clinical setting in 10 months, because I took all of last year to work on my...

  4. Issues with ANCC Renewal?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Hi. I'm wondering if anyone else here has recently tried to renew their ANCC certification and run into problems? I was first certified almost five years ago, and it's time for me...

  5. Issues with ANCC Renewal?

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hi Karen. I emailed them a week ago, and no response yet. I'll try again tomorrow. Fingers

  6. Funny Things Patients Say Contest | Nurses Week

    psych.nurse replied to Brian S.'s topic in News, Announcements

    I was giving a patient her medications one night. She was always nervous about taking her pills, and wanted an explanation for each one. When I held up her senna, I told her that it was a stimulant...

  7. Regret Becoming an NP

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    After working as a nurse for four years, I went to NP school. Most of my RN experience was in psych, and I thought about becoming a psych NP, but with the advice of peers, decided to become an FNP,...

  8. A Fishy Healthcare Operation?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wasn’t sure where to post this question. I’m a nurse practitioner working primarily with older adults. In the past year, a new hospice company has begun serving some of my patients. I’ve...

  9. Anonymously Reporting Abuse?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    One of the nursing facilities where I work has some bad practices when it comes to medications. I've seen patients overmedicated, had nurses lie to me about which medications were being given, had...

  10. Anonymously Reporting Abuse?

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    I agree that it would be ideal to go through someone at the facility first. Unfortunately, the times I've tried to bring up issues with the nurses or DON, it did not go well. The staff have become...

  11. Regret Becoming an NP

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thank you for your feedback, everyone. So, to clarify, what I've found that I really don't like about working as an NP is the pressure to see as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible. My...

  12. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm trying to figure out what to do here. About a month ago, I accepted an NP position with a local hospital. I am the first NP that the department has hired. I was told that this was a new...

  13. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thank you for the support, everyone. So, here's what happened. On Monday, I ended up taking the day off work because I was feeling so stressed out and overwhelmed by everything that I didn't feel I...

  14. New NP Job Not What I Thought...

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    So, here's an example of what's been happening. On Thursday, the nurse in charge of home care approached me and told me she'd like me to see some patients for one of the home care nurses who was out....

  15. Agency Nursing Problems

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I've been on staff with a nursing agency for the past two years. Until this summer, I was just doing per diem clinic work for them, since I was going to school full-time. Last month, they offered me...

  16. Professional Credentialing Services for NP License

    psych.nurse posted a topic in General Students

    Is anyone else here currently waiting to receiving their NP license from Professional Credentialing Services? I am in MA, which uses PCS. It's been awful. I got an NP job, and I can't start until...

  17. Agency Nursing Problems

    psych.nurse replied to psych.nurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thanks for your feedback. Yesterday, I chatted with a nurse friend of mine who's done home care for years, and she basically said the same thing: agencies have a hard time finding and keeping staff...

  18. Fitzgerald review course

    psych.nurse replied to mad24's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I took the course in Boston last month. I wish I'd brought a sweater, because the conference room in the hotel where it was held was freezing! I asked the staff if anything could be done about the...

  19. How Soon Can I Start Working?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm about to graduate from my FNP program (in one week--yay!) I'm planning to take boards sometime next month. I've started my job hunt. I desperately need a job. I haven't worked full-time as an RN...

  20. Simmons FNP Fall 2016 Start

    psych.nurse replied to samf918's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Overall, I think the program is good. It definitely felt intense at times! I really learned a lot. I've been told that Simmons has a reputation around Boston as being the "boot camp" school. As...

  21. Simmons FNP Fall 2016 Start

    psych.nurse replied to samf918's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey! I'm about to graduate from the FNP program at Simmons. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you or otherwise be of

  22. Fitzgerald Review?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in a FNP program, due to graduate in May. My instructors are recommending the Fitzgerald review course. It's really expensive; I'm wondering if it's worth it. If I went to the Fitzgerald review...

  23. Switching NP Specialty Tracks?

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi. I'm about halfway through the FNP program at Simmons, but I've been thinking that maybe I want to be a psychiatric/mental health NP instead. I was accepted to a psych NP program, also in Boston,...

  24. Finding Preceptors in Boston

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in one of the FNP programs in Boston (don't want to name the place right now--don't want to offend anyone). I'm frustrated with the clinical placement situation. We were told that the program...

  25. Questioning My Boss's Practices

    psych.nurse posted a topic in Research

    I recently took a job with a private research company, where I am in charge of running a few clinical trials testing psychotropic medications. My background is in psychiatric nursing, and I was...