Posted on Aug 14, 2019
MAJ Elisabeth Fabrizio
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I am a student at the University of Colorado psychiatric nurse practitioner program, and desperately need an internship for the fall semester. We have to find our own placement and I am having a difficult time. I have a family nurse practitioner for 17 years, and this is a post-masters certificate. I need 135 hours, which is about 2 8 hour days a week, September through November. Children, adolescents, adults...I live near Boulder, CO.
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LTC Kevin B.
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If you don't mind my asking, are these normally paid or unpaid internships? I'm familiar with health administration internships (which are normally paid), but not with patient care-focused internships. Have you tried the VA to see if they can facilitate something? The availability of funding (for a paid internship) could present an obstacle.
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MAJ Elisabeth Fabrizio
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It’s unpaid. I’m actually paying the school for the credits obtained during the clinical practicum. The VA would be a great experience but this semester I need to do some child psychiatry. I get my healthcare at the VA so maybe my doctor knows someone I can talk to for next semester. Thank you, sir!
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LTC Kevin B.
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MAJ Elisabeth Fabrizio - I sent a note to someone I know at Denver Health (on the admin side). Hopefully he can facilitate a connection into the child psychiatry lane to see if anyone might be interested. I'll keep you posted.
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1LT Medical-Surgical Nurse
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I know this is a bit of a older topic, and thus a short in the dark, but is there an Army PMHNP and/or an Army psych nurse that would be willing to talk to me about the number of slots, promotion potential and shadowing opportunities?

Thank you!
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MAJ Byron Oyler
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They will hook you up at your first duty station and many CNO require you to shadow before you can do a course.
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MAJ Byron Oyler

Understood sir. I know I want to go for my APRN and I’ve been leaning towards CRNA. But the more I think about PMHNP to more interested I become. I was hoping, against hope, to find an Army PMHNP ahead of time to ask some questions.

Thank you.
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MAJ Erik Larson
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Ma'am, you reached out to me earlier this year and I wasn't in a position to help. Are you still looking for a placement?
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