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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

    BostonFNP replied to night_owl_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's not "silly". It's called moral character and professionalism. You were (and I say were because you have since changed it/or it was changed for you) making public statements attached to degrees...
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    Failed Clinical Early - Need Advice!

    BostonFNP replied to Hannah73749843's topic in General Students

    Isn't it also proof that nursing student could not appropriately don PPE? I'd think a student at that stage could be failed for that
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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

    BostonFNP replied to night_owl_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can not be licensed as an APRN in Texas without having passed a national board certification exam. "Requirements for Texas APRN Licensure - With Optional Prescriptive Authority National...
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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

    BostonFNP replied to night_owl_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1. According to the TOS it applies here. 2. Your post said that another student privately emailed a professor prior to taking the boards and used a credential. Was that student practicing and taking...
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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

    BostonFNP replied to night_owl_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Are you still a student? Might want to check your own
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    This is why managing a pandemic by way of the honor system is a Really Bad Idea

    BostonFNP replied to Nurse and Spy's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It can be a misdemeanor but only if there was an official order of isolation, (which unfortunately there wasn't until after the patient traveled to an out-of-state event). The two positive individuals...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely right: this is just your personal belief. You can “strongly believe” there is going to be some sort of evidence that that is going to come out, but this is no different from...
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    I just got hired in a plastic surgery clinic. Are these red flags?

    BostonFNP replied to Puppylover0213's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of this story:
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    HR wants meeting or report me to BON

    BostonFNP replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That’s pretty subjective. In this case if there was a pattern of missing narcotics (wasted narcotics with no co-sign) over a long period of time, what does the employer report? That they fired the...
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    HR wants meeting or report me to BON

    BostonFNP replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am curious, what exactly does the employer report to the BON related to termination and narcotics? Does the employer simply file with the BON that an employee was terminated due to non-standard...
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    How do you write your credentials after graduating but waiting to take the boards?

    BostonFNP replied to night_owl_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your only "credential" after graduating but not having taken the boards is your educational degree (MSN or DNP). Once you pass the boards you can use the appropriate credential (FNP-BC/ANCC or...
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    Online FNP program??

    BostonFNP replied to dsylcs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My two cents: you are investing in the foundation of your practice as a provider. This foundation is incredibly important because in your first years in clinical practice you are going to have to...
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    I’m being investigated by the BON!

    BostonFNP replied to guest0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Missing meds/narcotics? Where are they? Did the patients get their meds or not, because if they didn't they were
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    HR wants meeting or report me to BON

    BostonFNP replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Stressful day for you but it’s over. Now to work on the future. i don’t know much about these meetings but I am always curious to follow: you mentioned this was a co-sign issue. Was the other...
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    Online FNP program??

    BostonFNP replied to dsylcs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you really enjoy the classroom atmosphere why would you consider going online for NP
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    Did we/she violate HIPAA?

    BostonFNP replied to hippahippo's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    HIPAA not HIPAA ? Your facility should have a compliance officer you can discuss
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your well articulated and researched post. It would be helpful if you could provide us the primary source for your statements on efficacy; its not that I don't trust your word, but I like...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for contributing, as it was a perfect illustration of how the anti-vaccine thought pattern works. ? Because it has absolutely nothing to do with fetuses or anything other than...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    We all have a choice and all those choices have consequences. In example, one might choose to report a colleague they know isn’t
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    So basically you are admitting that it’s not at all about the cell lines it’s about not wanting to get the shot. This is exactly what it boils down to for nearly all the anti-vaccination...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Only one approved influenza vaccine is cell-based, Flucelvax. As stated many times above, influenza vaccines are predominately egg-based, with available recombinant as well. You continue to post...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse I trust you understand how and where you "do your research" matters. Reading blog posts from conspiracy websites isn't "doing research"; reading primary source articles in peer-reviewed...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Do you ever research yourself or just regurgitate anti-vax propaganda? Flu vaccines have zero to do with “aborted fetuses”. So want to drop by for your
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    1. This doesn’t mean what you think it means. 2. Read the actual study and don’t be a sheeple. 3. It is not a “large
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Most likely a coin flip between 1. I got the flu from the flu shot or 2. I never get sick. Or worry it's goign to make a grown adult autistic. Or