PsychNurse23

I also received my acceptance email. Yay! So excited! See you this fall!

Congratulations! So happy for you!

They will review applications Monday (4/24) and will make phone calls for those accepted within a couple days. Then those accepted will get their official letter a week after that.

Has anyone heard anything yet?

Congratulations! And thank you for the update!!

I have also applied to the fall DNP program as well!

When I see someone clear up. It is amazing to me to see a mother, a father, a teacher, a lawyer, or a doctor, come out of a psychotic state and be able to live and work independently again. Our work is probably one of the most thankless nursing jobs, we are verbally abused most days, but if you can learn to not take it to heart, and realize that they're sick, the work is very rewarding.

Typically, on a true behavioral health facility, they should be medically cleared, meaning no tubes or invasive lines because of suicide risk and they don't typically have the staffing for it. In the past, I have reviewed medical paperwork to see if a patient is appropriate for admittance or if they need more medical care. Nurses can pass medications as well as collaborate with other team members about the care. We do rounds with the doctor so they know the status of the patient and what interventions are needed. Psych units are pretty busy because of different behaviors, so don't think you'll be bored, but to cherish the moments that are "quiet". The most important part is patient and staff safety. That itself, is enough to keep you busy and your nursing assessment abilities working! ?

As a new grad nurse, I got my first psych job offer before even passing boards. I first got a job in an outpatient community based setting, and worked my way into an inpatient acute psych unit. It was interesting to see patients in the community setting and I really felt that it helped me with my inpatient nursing abilities. Some hospitals like HCA, have the StaRN program for new grads, but I feel that orientation was enough for me. Psych is kind of like other nursing where you either you love it or you don't, and you learn as you experience it. Congratulations on finishing nursing school and good luck to you!

Hey Suna I sent you an email, did you get it?

Yes, I am also doing the RN-PMHNP program. It's my understanding that we go there for a few days, a few times for practicums. I am from Virginia. There is not much out there on this program but hopefully will get more info in the coming weeks!

I was accepted for Spring 2016 for the Wilkes PMHNP program. Did you ever decide where you were going?