psych.nurse

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 apply to transfer both my NP and RN license from ...

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 itself to a broader scope of practice and more job...

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 dissertation full-time. I'll be teaching at a univer...

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 to renew. When I try to renew my FNP certification...

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

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 laxative. She asked me what that meant. I told h...

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, since I was told it would be a more useful, fulfilli...

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 been suspicious of their operations for a couple of reasons...

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 nurses ask me to order meds to "keep the patient qui...

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 defensive. It's not just this one med issue; it's ...

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 work is psych-related, which I like, but I find it...

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 position, and that I'd been hired specifically for this ne...

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 could function at work that day. I sent my boss an ...

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. The home care division is apparently having a hu...

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 a part-time 5-week home care position, which I ac...

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 my license is issued. Every time I call PCS to che...

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 to cover assignments, so inconsistencies and disor...

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 temperature, and they told me that it depends on wha...

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 since started the FNP program two years ago, and I'...

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 far as clinicals go, I saw a lot of patients on my ...

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 help.

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 live class closest to me, it would be the one in Bos...

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, but decided to go with the FNP because I thought i...

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 would place all of us, that there were plenty of opti...

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 recruited because of my psych experience. I am having...