Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Podcasts Anna Sanchez, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C

Holistic nurse practitioner is a provider who uses a comprehensive approach and address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

This episode is about a Nurse Practitioner who challenged herself, followed her passion and is a very successful business woman. Mrs Victoria Randle, MSN, FNP-C has a wide experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner, worked in Burns/ICU, Occupational Med and Urgent Care. She is the Founder and Executive Director of CNA Instructor Consultants LLC aka “The Secret Cocktail” where she helps her client, establish, manage, provide strategic planning, curriculum, development, and policy writing for healthcare training, schools. She has a YouTube Channel and constantly has new content. Mrs. Randle opened H.E.R.O. Institute in Marietta, GA and trains students to become a CNA and Phlebotomist. This episode shows that we as Nurse Practitioners can follow our passions and be innovative and become entrepreneurs!

Strength-based therapy is focusing on your patient’s resourcefulness and internal strengths but not focus on their psychiatric diagnosis and situations.
As the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you will focus on your patient's resiliency, positive qualities, strengths and positive mindset to change their perspective and worldview.

Telepsychiatry has been shown to be effective for patients and providers. With the use of telegealth, there is an increase in the access for patients who have mental health issues. Today telehealth is used in a variety of settings such as school children for counseling and therapy, adolescence, teen agers who have busy schedules, college students may see their providers in between their classes. Many working adults have utilized telepsychiatry as well. Studies have shown that nursing home patients have found telepsychiatry beneficial. Prison and Jails where patients are incarcerated have also benefitted to telepsychiatry There is is a high level of satisfaction when using. Telepsychiatry and is comparable to those who go face-to-face.

SSRI’s are you first line antidepressants that are used because of its tolerability, efficacy and safety. SSRI’s are also indicated for anxiety, eating disorders, PTSD, OCD, premature ejaculation, premenstrual dysphoric disorder’s and other somatic disorders.

According to research, social support is critical in the maintenance of mental wellness. Have a good support system helps cope with stress and daily challenges in life. Have a wonderful support system helps one keep motivated with personal goals.