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1. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thanks for the input on your experience. Would you mind sharing more about locations where you are searching? I'm glad you found this thread and added your experience. This is important information....

2. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Not true. I am really interested. You are right, I am not a nurse, which is why I am asking. As an outsider I would assume that these programs are vetted and there are science based reasons they are...

3. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I wish financing my education was an option. Just a little fyi out there, I worked full time through my entire undergraduate career but still needed a few small loans. The bulk of my loans are from...

4. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Yes, someone will lend me money when I already have student debt. Most people finance graduate educations this way. It may seem crazy, it may be crazy, but with the currently exorbitant cost of higher...

5. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I don't think I'm clear. I'm not unsure about doing the PMHNP, what I'm unsure of is the best path to take. I know where I want to be, the only question in my mind is the best way to get there....

6. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I may do that. My primary concern with asking this question is to get some feedback on employment outlook, especially if you go DE route. I just can't afford once again to follow my gut/heart and find...

7. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Wow, Ok I really do appreciate the diversity of opinions from you guys. I think they are all valuable. I'm not sure it is making my decision easier, but it is definitely giving me plenty to think...

8. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thanks chemokine, I need to double check that post-grad issue. I felt like that was something I read on the schools website, maybe I need to double check that. As for the DE MSN/NP, that is what I am...

9. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

   middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I"m sorry. Maybe I did not make this very clear. Let me try to clarify. What I was speaking of was the option to get the MSN first without an NP specialty. Then do post-graduate classwork to fulfill...

10. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ok, well my thoughts were similar with regard to posting on the NP forum, however since it has been moved to the student forum; are there any PMHNP students here doing what I am considering, the AE...

11. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow psych guy. What a different perspective. I appreciate it as a counter to other perspectives, though it does complicate my decision to get this take. I would really like to hear from some new grad...

12. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh i realize I would need to pass NCLEX. The program is set up where you do a full calender year completing RN work then take NCLEX at the end of that first year. After that, you continue class work...

13. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ok, maybe this is an ignorant question. If it is impossible to be successful as an PMHNP without several years of RN experience, why do SON offer DE or AE PMHNP programs? I'm not doubting you, just...

14. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not at all. I appreciate your candor. I have actually considered this and wondered, while this may sound crazy. Would I be able to get employment as an RN even with the PMHNP, or would people be...

15. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    middleagegal posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello all, I am hoping to get the low down dirty truth here. I've recently found myself at a dead end in my current M.S. level career (not nursing) and need to make some decisions. I have kicking...