As a psychiatric nurse for the past 20 years in a variety of settings and treating a diverse age population of clients, I have witnessed first-hand the high recidivism rate primarily related to medication and treatment non-adherence. This finding has been consistently supported in the...
When the American Psychiatric Nurses Association asked me to represent them for the Army Medicine Experience Tour (AME12), I was both honored and thrilled. There have been three distinct times in my life when I considered joining the military. Once in high school when West Point invited me for...
The post-graduation elation has given way to the reality that I now have to use the education I have taken a couple of decades to acquire. So, where does a DNP go from here? For starters, I have to take the ANCC certification exam. Application was sent, the card was charged, and I am...