No Prior Auth — A Podcast for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
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No prior auth.
Lindsay Hill, DNP, PMHNP-BC, sits down weekly with working clinicians to talk private practice, clinical judgment, and the parts of being a psych NP nobody warned you about.
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Real conversations about private practice, clinical judgment, and the parts of the job nobody prepped you for.
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Dr. Chris Aiken opens this episode with a sentence that could change your prescribing. The add-ons most of us reach for in treatment-resistant depression — bupropion, mirtazapine…
He Hates Networking. It Built His Entire Career. Mike Asbach, DMSc, PA-C, Psych-CAQ
Mike Asbach is the first physician associate on this show, and he set the bar high. He's the Associate Director of Interventional Psychiatry at DENT Neurologic Institute in Buffalo, where…
How to Find a Preceptor (and Not Waste Your Clinical Hours)
Andrea Kemp is back for Part 2, and this one is for the students. If Part 1 took you inside the inpatient unit, this is the practical playbook: how to find a preceptor when your program…
Inside Inpatient Psych: The Locked Door Isn't What You Think
I went to school with Andrea Kemp at Arizona State, so I've watched her become one of the sharpest inpatient psych NPs I know. She almost went to law school. Psych won.
He Runs Ketamine and TMS — but Wants You on Less Medication
Most of the guests on this show built private practices and never looked back. Ben Egbers is the outlier. He built one in rural Montana, and then he walked away from it.
The Criticism of NP School Is Sexist' — A Psych NP Fires Back
Nick Goodwin built one of the more interesting psychiatric practices in the country, and he did it on a shoestring.
He Caught Criminals for the Air Force. Now He's a Psych NP.
🌐Denis Grigorov has reinvented himself more times than most people change jobs. Born in Ukraine, raised in Seattle, he enlisted in the Air Force out of high school, got picked for the Air…
Traci Spent 30 Years Saving Babies. Then She Had to Save Herself.
Traci Powell spent almost 30 years as a nurse, most of it in the NICU, holding together the most fragile babies you can imagine. She was the strong one.
The Most Recognized Psych NP on the Internet | Dr. Kojo Sarfo
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How This Psych NP Hit 1,000 Patients in 6 months of Private Practice
Angie Janicek worked inpatient psych for 16 years and didn't know psychiatric nurse practitioners existed until 2020. A friend had to tell her.
Inside Carlat Publishing with Dr. Daniel Carlat; a Detailed Discussion with the GOAT.
In this special feature, we explore the deep connection between family legacy and the field of psychiatry.
Fired 3 Times, Built a 16-Provider Practice — Dr. Maria Ingalla on Refusing to Run a Pill Mill
She got fired three times from community mental health jobs for refusing to see patients in 15-minute pill mill rotations.
The Real Reason This Psychiatric Nurse Went Back to School: Kailee Lenczycki, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Kailee Lenczycki and Lindsay used to sell Miss Me jeans together at The Buckle in Beavercreek, Ohio.
Is Psychiatry the Right Path? A Look Into My Daily Routine as a PMHNP
Join us for a "day in the life" as we follow a nurse practitioner at a clinic in Colorado Springs.
From a Yakima Valley farm to 5 clinic locations
Miguel shares how he scaled Bellevue Psychiatry to five locations across Washington in under two years — and what it actually takes to start a group practice straight out of school.
From school nurse to private practice in two states
Heidi pivoted from school nursing into psychiatry and is now opening a private practice in Arizona and Nevada — states she does not even live in — to access full practice authority.
Forging an independent career path
Allison shares the decision to become self-employed and the honest journey of building a private practice from scratch.
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