SDStudent1 replied to Nimrodel's topic in Psychiatric
I mean no disrespect, I am not talking about you in particular. Just offering my 2 cents. From my experience, I find that in psych your level of boredom is directly related to what kind of nurse you...
Understood, I am not trying to be over optimistic about the profession. Many improvements need to be made, especially in education and quality variations of NP programs. There should be less fluff and...
Thank you for the input. The head of my program is a PMHNP and an FNP and talked a lot about working in Alaska doing telehealth using both for those without access to in person healthcare. Seemed like...
Jules A......I am a nurse who works with several NPs, I have seen an NP for medical problems and just finished my first year of an NP program. Why do you
Respectfully, I couldn't disagree with you more. I feel NP are like any other profession in healthcare, they have a role to play and are valuable in the niche they fill. My experience has been quite...
I think what would be a better move would be to improve the quality instead of increasing the quantity of NP education. There are a lot of really good online programs, and there are also some that are...
SDStudent1 replied to Theofficenh's topic in Psychiatric
I am not finished with my PMHNP program yet (1 yr left) so take it for what it is worth. I am in a masters program that also offers a DNP or PhD option. Instead of getting a doctorate, I plan to...
SDStudent1 replied to nina12345's topic in Psychiatric
Like everyone else has said, depends on the area and company. For me at least (southern CA), the first job I got was an OP psych at a non-profit. Worked there for a couple months and then got hired on...
I just want to follow up because I like when other OP explain how everything worked out. I ended up using Pathoma as my primary source, "Baby" Robins Pathologic Basis of Disease for areas of...
Has anyone used "Pathoma" as a resource for their NP programs Pathophysiology? I have done some research and med students widely use it for patho on their Step 1. They say it covers the bulk of...
Thank you for your response. You sound like you had a pretty good system down. My biggest problem is that I feel the book they want us to use isn't very good. Although I will have to use it to some...
Has anyone used "Pathoma" as a resource for their NP programs Pathophysiology? I have done some research and med students widely use it for patho on their Step 1. They say it covers the bulk of...
Unbind your books/reference material and group the info in a way that makes sense to you. Ill use my NP program as an example. I am taking Patho, Pharm & Assessment. So I have folders that include...