Pla-Port Resort, in Shell Knob, MO, is located on a gently sloping, grassy shoreline of Table Rock Lake
Gear your education towards nursing. Psychiatric nurses are required to at least have a GED or high school diploma. A master's or bachelor's degree in nursing can help you get a higher paying and more specialized position. Take the NCLEX-RN test to become a registered nurse.
It's a different training. Psychiatrists go to 4 years of undergrad, then medical school for 4 years, and do 4-5 years of additional training in psychiatry, both in psychotherapy and in medication management. They have an MD and are medical doctors. Nurse practitioners have an NP degree and start out as nurses.