NuggetsHuman BSN, RN

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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Egad! I think after four or five years of stewing on this, I have decided to start down the path of nursing education, leading toward a PMHNP (family). I have a BA in psych, an MS in social...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi All, Coming back for yet another update on this saga. Now 2 semesters away from graduation with my MSN! My clinical last semester was an inpatient geropsych hospital. Spring will be...
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    Summer 2023

    NuggetsHuman replied to vampiregirl's topic in Camp

    Leaving on Friday for 3 weeks in Pisgah National Forest. It will be my first camp nurse experience. Prior to that I worked at a special needs Summer camp 2004/2005 taking kids off camp for outdoor...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Forgot to say that I stumbled into teaching undergrad psych nursing this Spring and Summer. It's really fun. Generally, my MO is to assume most of the people are not remotely interested in psych...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh, hi there. So here's what's happened since the last update. 1) I completed several courses in 2021-2022 year toward the MSN that qualifies to sit for the PMHNP board exam. Ironically or not,...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh... Also... Question for the old hats out there if you can remember. Was there a point in your NP Program where you had a momentary freak out (or 5) about becoming the person who drives a...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Currently in the MSN from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA where I did my BSN. There are faster options, but I also like my full-time job. Currently taking population health... and happen...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I took my NCLEX this morning. Given feedback from my nurse coworkers, and the Pearson Vue "trick" one of them told me about, I'm reasonably confident I passed....
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ahahahaahhahahahahah!! Just waiting for my authorization to test from the state board of nursing!!! Everything else is done and checked off. SO CLOSE to being done with the
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Latest update... An arts and crafts break from Critical Care studying. The days between now and BSN assuming all else goes well Giving the exit HESI some *SERIOUS* side eye right about...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for the pro-tips, umbdude. I appreciate your following this thread over the years. I was trying to talk the nursing program into applying for a workforce development grant that would pay...
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    Too old for NP school?

    NuggetsHuman replied to Guest1030824's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I figured I could be 50 and be a psychNP, or I could be 50 and keep on with being an LCSW. Either option is fine. But if I don't keep going with nursing education, I won't have the option to work as a...
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    Mid-school Crisis (PMHNP)

    NuggetsHuman replied to indomie23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I feel you so much on this, Community. The barriers to accessing appropriate and quality mental health care for our FQHC patients are astounding and so many people don't actually understand what...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Two semesters left for the BSN! Whoooop! I'd like to update the little index card that hangs in my office soon because there are only 4 squares of coursework left to fill in. However, I'm...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Checking back in... 67% finished with the BSN! We had Genetics and Genomics on line for the Summer. Child and Family 2 was peds, which also was on line because COVID ruins everything. Clinicals were...
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    What's your ESSENTIALS?

    NuggetsHuman replied to Happy Life's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm not a nurse yet, just a nursing student. I will say that my "everyday carry" includes 2 pens: Pilot Frixion 4 color refillable pen (erasable), and a Pilot G2 extra fine black pen for anything...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Next week is midterms. Officially half-way through with the BSN. ? Right now we are in Child/Family I, which is OB. Clinicals are 7 hours every Saturday. OB clinicals seem to be a lot of observation...
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    (risk for) impaired gas exchange?

    NuggetsHuman posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi All, Rather random question that I'm having a hard time finding an answer for. I want to do a nursing diagnosis of "risk for impaired gas exchange" because my patient has stage 4 lung cancer...
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    Starting ABSN in August. suggestions on how to start studying for Pharmacology now.

    NuggetsHuman replied to Fav1892's topic in General Students

    Echoing adventure_RN, BSN that staying on top of studying for pharm is really important. I had a couple lapses last semester in pharm and getting back on top of it was more challenging than keeping up...
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    Picking Clinical Sites

    NuggetsHuman posted a topic in General Students

    We have the option in our program of selecting our clinical sites provided we are in good standing with academics and financial obligations. If you had the option to choose between the following types...
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    Picking Clinical Sites

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in General Students

    Other than having a bugger of a time getting into the EHR, clinical is going well. I try really hard to make myself useful to my staff nurse with basic things that I can do. She really took a shine...
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    sweaty person + humid summers = sweat through scrub tops

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks, Leedeedee. I'm curious to see what Sweat Block is made of and will look into it when I have a litte more time. So far I can attest the dri-fit/wicking undershirts are great! Underwear, not so...
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    sweaty person + humid summers = sweat through scrub tops

    NuggetsHuman posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi all. Student nurse here. Suggestions needed! I'm naturally a "high sweat" person at my baseline. I also live in an area that gets quite hot and humid during the summer. Combining these factors...
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    MSW to PMHNP/FNP (dangerous ideas!)

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    (also my typos are
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    sweaty person + humid summers = sweat through scrub tops

    NuggetsHuman replied to NuggetsHuman's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks, @barcode120x, for the input. It sounds like the dri-fit undershirts are helpful for you and are worth checking out. We have a surprisingly decent set of colors for our student nurse uniform:...