[NPInfo] Psych NP programs

Fri Aug 1 10:57:01 PDT 2008

LOLOL. . . now (CONGRATSSSS!!!!!!) You ARE a doctor so would be totally
appropriate to ask, "whazzap doc?"
I toast you, Dena!  You always (well, almost always) bring a smile to my
face.

Priscilla

Original Message:
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From: Dena galdena at sbcglobal.net
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:49:57 -0700
To: npinfo at nurse.net
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs

I had a "relationship" with a physician once... and almost lost my job
because of it <G>.
Dena Galler

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of David Mittman
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:34 PM
To: NP Info
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs

Lisa: I can't speak for MI but in most states the PA or NP can be 500  
miles away but have to havre a "relationship" with a physician.
Dave

On Jul 31, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Lisa Meyer wrote:

> How would that work if the nearest psych NP is 100 miles away?  And  
> in that city, I know of only 1.  Can the preceptor be available  
> remotely?  I live in a remote area of Michigan's upper peninsula  
> (which is why our area can't get a psychiatrist).
>
> Lisa
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Richards" <maureenmr at cox.net 
> >
> To: "'NP Info'" <npinfo at nurse.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs
>
>
>> Lisa,
>>
>> Yes, you need the organization to sign their contract which is not  
>> difficult
>> if they are not on the clinical provider's list.  You will need a  
>> psych NP
>> as your preceptor.
>>
>> Maureen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On  
>> Behalf
>> Of Lisa Meyer
>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:17 PM
>> To: NP Info
>> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs
>>
>> Maureen,
>>
>> Can you use your regularly scheduled work hours (in a psych  
>> setting) toward
>> your clincal hours in the program?
>>
>> Lisa
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Richards" <maureenmr at cox.net 
>> >
>> To: "'NP Info'" <npinfo at nurse.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:02 PM
>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs
>>
>>
>>> Hi Pat,
>>>
>>> I got my PMHNP-BC from the University of South Alabama.  It was  
>>> great and
>>> all online except for the clinicals of course.  I do not think you  
>>> can use
>>> your FNP clinicals as the psych are all psych so they do not  
>>> satisfy any
>>> of
>>> the requirements for certification.  There are 240 hours of  
>>> clinicals
>>> required.  I enjoyed the program.
>>>
>>> Maureen
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net]  
>>> On Behalf
>>> Of doc
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:51 PM
>>> To: NP Info
>>> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Psych NP programs
>>>
>>> Try northern kentucky university. I night recommend the program.
>>> Pat m
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 31, 2008, at 12:32 PM, "Lisa Meyer" <meyerlm at chartermi.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, all.  My cert. is as an FNP, and until last fall I mainly  
>>>> worked
>>>> in an ED.  Now, I'm working more hours doing "med management" in a
>>>> university counseling center and working every 3rd wkend in the ED.
>>>> There is such a lack of psychiatrists in my area (in fact, this
>>>> school year, I will have one once per month who will come to do
>>>> chart review with me for a few hours, but doesn't actually want to
>>>> see any students--last year had one twice per month for the
>>>> afternoon and would see a couple of my more complex/acute
>>>> students).  My employer has asked me if I'm interested in getting  
>>>> my
>>>> psych/mental health cert. and they would pay for it.
>>>>
>>>> My questions:  Can anyone recommend any programs that are all or
>>>> mostly on-line?  Do these programs allow you to use at least some  
>>>> of
>>>> your work hours to satisfy your clinical hour requirements?  Would
>>>> having this cert. allow me to expand my scope of practice, and if
>>>> so, how?  Right now, I am fairly comfortable evaluating and  
>>>> treating
>>>> students with anxiety and depression issues.  I get more
>>>> uncomfortable with new onset bipolar, schizoaffective stuff,
>>>> Asperger's, and those students with recent unstable illness/
>>>> hospitalizations, as well as those with combinations of disorders
>>>> (medical and psych) who require multiple meds.  Would having this
>>>> cert. enable me to better care for these students, instead of
>>>> referring them out to psychiatry?  Right now, the closest referring
>>>> psychiatrist that will see my students is 100 miles away.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice/info from anyone out there who is a PMHNP or especially
>>>> those who have picked it up as a second cert. would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Lisa Meyer
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