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  1. Question for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners

    LPC2RN replied to rock hopper's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Pretty much what elkpark said. Although you can find some PMHNP programs that have a stronger emphasis on therapy. I know the University of Missouri - Columbia has more therapy requirement hours than...

  2. Helping patients kill themselves

    LPC2RN replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    AllOfMyWat, So I'm sure your logic applies to other areas as well, right? If you don't like spousal abuse, don't abuse your spouse. If you don't like child abuse, don't abuse your child. Does that...

  3. Helping patients kill themselves

    LPC2RN replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OllieW, It's interesting to me how your second paragraph totally contradicts your first paragraph. You hate how people "demand to force their beliefs on everyone else" and then follow that up with...

  4. Question for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners

    LPC2RN replied to rock hopper's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Rock Hopper, First of all, I would like to say hello to a fellow former psychology student. I too enjoyed the psychology route and wanted to become a psychologist. It was not until a failed PhD in...

  5. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Okay...so maybe gutless is a strong word but I am having a difficult time finding another term to describe some of my colleagues after the most recent assault I was involved in. The nurses station is...

  6. Any Military psych NP? Needs some overview regarding military life

    LPC2RN replied to gilversplace's topic in Government, Military

    Whether they give the scholarships depends on their needs. The only NPs that I am aware of are FNPs and psych. I don't know about them giving the scholarship for FNPs, though. Here is the thing with...

  7. Any Military psych NP? Needs some overview regarding military life

    LPC2RN replied to gilversplace's topic in Government, Military

    I graduated in June 2014 and immediately started in an ED internship. Six months later I was on an adult psych unit. When I applied, I had been on the psych unit for about three months, so not much...

  8. Any Military psych NP? Needs some overview regarding military life

    LPC2RN replied to gilversplace's topic in Government, Military

    Gilversplace, You can find a healthcare recruiter by going to the AF website. I applied for an HPSP position last year. This was my experience: You call them and let them know you are interested. They...

  9. Job Outlook in Alabama

    LPC2RN replied to aspiring42's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Aspiring, Where to begin? Well first off, if $80K is your goal, then any and every organization will hire you. The VA appears to be at about that level, maybe a little less but their pay scale...

  10. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    So it is barbaric to use manual restraints on a person but not to have three people enter the patient's room and physically restrain them? What is the difference? How long do you restrain them for?...

  11. PMHNP- Salary expectations

    LPC2RN replied to megank5183's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Megan, I am interested in your progress. It has been a couple of years since you created this post? Have you accepted a position? Was the compensation favorable?

  12. Failed ANCC, now taking AANP (Adult-Gerontology Specialty)

    LPC2RN replied to ARNP2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    For those of you who have taken the ANCC, could you please tell me what study methods or study aids you used that you felt were helpful? Due to my specialty, I will have to take the ANCC.

  13. Passed the AANP Exam

    LPC2RN replied to kmsmith4's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congratulations!

  14. ER interview tips?!

    LPC2RN replied to JV-RN's topic in Emergency

    I was a new grad hired into the ED so the questions I was asked will likely be different than the ones you, being an experienced RN, might receive. I was presented with a scenario of patient is given...

  15. How do nurses view psychologists?

    LPC2RN replied to PsychNewbie's topic in Psychiatric

    I am wondering if maybe it is your work place. In my work as an RN with psychologists, I have found that they are generally respected on the unit, although there is not a whole lot of working...

  16. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    We use a 5-point restraint system with padded straps on the wrists, ankles, and one across the waist. What do you do for patients that are intent on harming themselves? Are your seclusion rooms...

  17. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    In this case, the techs' account of the story would be interesting but not necessary as the security footage showed them standing just feet away, doing nothing, while other staff members are seen...

  18. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you to many of you for your support. Recent comments by Marigoldey, TCASII, and Chevyv are spot on. It seems it is common to have this issue in psych. For those of you worried that I may be in...

  19. Nurse-Patient Ratio Adult Unit

    LPC2RN replied to pennie4n6's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't see a 1:7 option. That's what I

  20. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I may have jumped the gun in my assumption that my colleagues, at least one of them, did nothing. One of the two on the unit with me was on safety checks and per policy, is not allowed to engage in...

  21. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    There is no policy, or at least none that I am aware of, that states specifically what each person's role is. It is kind of a judgement issue. If someone is calling for help and you are the closest...

  22. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    My management has actually been very helpful and supportive. I love my workplace. As far as what others here have said, many are correct. It is a multifaceted problem with understaffing (made worse by...

  23. Psych ER or inpatient

    LPC2RN replied to justdoiting's topic in Psychiatric

    Having worked both, I prefer the fast pace and excitement of the psych ER. If you enjoyed getting to know your patients as a med-surg nurse, you would probably like IP psych as the patients are there...

  24. Gutless Colleagues

    LPC2RN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    My thoughts exactly. I was half-tempted to tell them at that moment that they should consider a new line of