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Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. Help Select June Caption Contest Winner!! Currently just finished 1st year PharmD curriculum at an expensive private school. I am making a decision whether I should continue with pharmacy school or take a year off before applying for psychiatric nursing.

Here are some pros and cons for quitting pharm school and go for PMHNP Pros for quitting PharmD to pursue NP: Lots of bright students in my class. New grads in my school already have tough time finding jobs even in retails. Hugh financial risk, see below. Even with working part-time as RN, I will be graduating with hugh loans from PharmD.

Cons for quitting PharmD to pursue NP: Is the job market also tight for PMH-NPs with more schools and all those online programs?

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I am horrified by the idea of still having to work as a bedside RN after completing NP program to supplement the income. Have to wait until Do you guys know which NP schools will start in Spring ? I have put lots of time and energy during my 1st year in pharm school. Got good grades, leadership potential, and research involvement. Part-time opportunities as PMHNP or psychiatric CNS? Jun 20, '09 by StaRNew.

Follow a PMHNP for 1 week. Ask yourself honestly if this is what you want. If not compete with the geeky kids at PHARM school even though I am sure you will find quite a few in your NP program!

P and be nice when nurses call you looking for their meds in the future. Jun 20, '09 by BabyLady. Jun 20, '09 by aymara, MSN, APN, NP.

If you are already in the PharmD program I would stay and finish, especially since you are getting good grades. Unless after this first year you really don't like it, can't stand it. I had a friend who couldn't stand pharmacy after going that first year.

Are you a psych nurse now and enjoy it? Yes, you will have higher loans but you will make more money starting out. Are you sure you'll go back to school after waiting a year? Will you get in the program you want in a year? If you don't go to school full time will you have to start paying off the loans you already have? There's no guarantee that the job market for a PMHNP in your area will be any better than what the pharmacy graduates are finding it to be today.

It all depends on how much you love pharmacy. You may become a pharmacist and decide to go back and do an MSN after working for a few years. Jun 20, '09 by oohnurse. Jun 20, '09 by caliotter3. I agree that you should finish your Pharm degree. Perhaps you could do the other later on a part time basis or online.

Lots of nurses have two careers, look at all the nurse attorneys there are.

You will be more intellectually challenged if you leave room to do both. Just experienced as a nursing student that's all. On reflection, I do enjoy psychology and like what I "observed" in Psych NP. I enjoyed talking to patient privately. And I just have the feeling that psych is more harmonious with personality and values. The working environment will be different than working in the back scene in pharmacy.

As I mentioned, I planned to talk to as many PMH-NPs as I can Are you sure you'll go back to school after waiting a year?

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I am sure a person with a personality like me like to waste money for schooling.. With so many NP program, I am confident I should get in some where. I love school but I hate to work. The knowledge that came with getting PharmD is nice but I don't see that it's utilized as much as I want. I don't like retail pharmacy or hospital pharmacy positions where routine and task-oriented environments are dominant. Basically, I hate feeling like being a robot who just focus on completing tasks after tasks per orders.

Unfortunately, most pharmacy jobs are structured in this way. Clinical pharmacy and academia is the area where I may like. It's financially risky because I don't like the "majority" of the jobs in pharmacy. Even with clinical research, I am still bored with it because it lacks the "artistic" and "humanistic" portions where I may find in psych.

In this economy, there is no guarantee in anything! Going to school and accumulating more debt are quite risky no matter what program you're getting into. By that time, MSN may have been converted to DNP and will take longer time to finish: The other option to complete NP online but still that add a few ten thousands to my loan.

Jun 20, '09 by ghillbert , MSN, NP Pro. Depends if you want to be an NP or a pharmacist. I don't think anyone can tell you that. Go shadow each and decide. Jun 22, '09 by oohnurse. Quote from ghillbert Depends if you want to be an NP or a pharmacist. Jun 23, '09 by oohnurse. Lower salary or narrow scope of practice?

Jun 23, '09 by sunray Bottom line - most people are accountable to someone else in their work and just about any job can start to feel mundane and task orientated.

It's up to you to decide which of the two career paths you prefer right now. Assuming that you've probably put a lot of time and money into foundational courses in pharmacy school it does make sense to see your investment through however it's your money and only you can decide if that's what you want to spend it. Jun 23, '09 by Joe NightingMale.

I agree with ghillibert, shadow first and see. I wanted to point out that the two fields you're considering seem highly disparate to me. Psych, on the other hand, involves very intense patient interaction and requires more emotional and intuitive skills.

I think you should think more about your personality and values, and decide which way they're directing you. For the record, I too have been looking at the psych NP though my clinical in inpatient psych was a negative for me. Jun 23, '09 by zenman , APRN Guide.

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