jebernhard

I have been attending USA online in Mobile AL. It has been a good learning experience, good per credit tuition rate, and relatively poor responsiveness from faculty with the exception of my clinical instructor. My feeling is that many/most nursing schools don't have good professors as they are nurses first and teachers second. Although I have been frustrated at times, and most of the work is offered through the syllabus with little personalized instruction, the curriculum is what all schools must offer to be accredited. I did the work, and I learned a lot. My program required that I find my own preceptors and this was a lot of work. But its online and 1000 miles away. And Psychiatry which means fewer students and fewer practitioners. The choice of setting was entirely mine, with the exception that half the hours were inpatient, half outpatient, and 60 hours of pediatric psych. Outpatient sites were Psych agencies offering med management appointments and counseling services, inpatient was on a mental health unit in a community hospital. Good luck and don't get discouraged. jb

I am graduating from an FPMHNP program in a few weeks and would like any advice on preparing for the cert exam. There is lots of info for the FNP folks out there, but how about for Psych? Please do tell. thanks

I agree with the ethical and HR concerns, and those concerning how mental illness severe enough to lead to an inpatient stay is not something that can be fixed with a complicated intimate relationship (aren't they always?). In Psychiatric Nursing, when one feels an immediately repulsed or attracted to a patient, always think of their transference and your own counter-transference. Many have been snared in this trap.