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That's crazy. If I'm understanding your comment correctly she was only trying to protect the patient and she didn't put it in faucet water, she put it in a toilet bowl. What do you think of this CNN story of the patient refusing to go to the hospital after she hit her head? Retirement home shut down after a death and a beating - CNN Should the administrator been arrested?

What's the minimum amount of clinical hours that you (experienced NPs) consider acceptable upon graduation?

Bumping for other responses.

Awww man, I would've loved to go. I'll be out of the country for a work assignment. But I will definitely attend next year. Tnbutterfly and FLO4Life, please let us know how it went.

Awww man, I would've loved to go. I'll be out of the country for a work assignment. But I will definitely attend next year. Tnbutterfly and FLO4Life, please let us know how it went.

Disclaimer: I'm not a Psych NP. Yikes, I'm hoping this is a case study for homework in your psych NP program rather than a live patient. If you are indeed an LIP, please take Aromatic NP's advice and look up the information on one of the evidence based guidelines portals. I personally like UptoDate.

Yes, that's my fear too (of running out of money). God willing, my mortgage will be paid by then. I just want to the flexibility of doing a lot or hardly nothing at all.

Currently, I work for the federal government as a QI nurse. It's great, fulfilling, yada, yada. Having said that, I'm so tired of the Monday through Friday 9-5 grind. I'm in my early forties and will retire from the Feds promptly at 57. At that point, I won't have enough money saved for a FULL retirement, but will want to significantly slow down. Are there any of you that had a transitional retirement job that allows for flexibility and mobility (ability to travel)? I'm thinking flu shot nurse, online adjunct, remote chart review. Any other ideas?

I had no idea about this program. This may be a contender.

Thanks PsychGuy for this perspective. Not too long ago, it used to be that RNs had to do med-surg before entering a specialty and now it's almost the norm to enter into a specialty as a new grad. And unless a study comes out indicating otherwise, these nurses appear to be doing fine. JulesA probably thinks it was her RN experience that served her well as a APRN, but it may just be she has an extreme interest and passion in this field and her RN experience amplified that interest. What I'm saying is that prior experience in psych is great, but other intangibles and/or transferable nursing skills will serve a nurse without psych experience just as well....if they have a true interest in the field.

Bless you. I don't think I have it in me to care for folks like that.

It's unfortunate. I guess the way to go would be to do a NP post-MSN certificate. Hopefully, they could even waive or transfer some of the credits from the CNS program.

If you provided the exam in the ER -assuming you mean the bay rooms-wouldn't that be an issue with privacy, cross-contamination and possibly chain of custody?

Yes, I'm a little frustrated with the lack on non-SANE nurses in my area. I would like to get into investigating elder abuse, but it appears no one is really doing it.

Maybe start a health related NGO or go into administration in a FQHC?