[NPInfo] Psych NP programs

Sun Aug 3 06:22:26 PDT 2008

LOL  ha ha ha,
Thanks for the laugh Doc!
mm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dena" <galdena at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NP Info'" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 1:49 PM
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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