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    Is Allnurses now controlled ?

    elkpark replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Look who's
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    Is Allnurses now controlled ?

    elkpark replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    (That was a great film -- thanks for reminding me!
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    Texas Testing Limit expired, need help to re-exam

    elkpark replied to Kingjay2015's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Because Texas is a "compact state" (member of the ENLC, Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact), you will need to find a state that will let you test that is not also a compact state. The compact rules...
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    Psych nursing experience

    elkpark replied to DNuber's topic in Psychiatric

    Lots of psych units and psych facilities hire nursing students to work as techs on the unit, part- or full-time. Over the years, I've worked with lots of people who were going to nursing school while...
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    FNP-C vs FNP-BC

    elkpark replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is there something keeping you from looking at the two websites and seeing for yourself what the requirements and costs are? That seems like the sort of information it would be easy to get on your...
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    MSN but can't get a Management position!!??

    elkpark replied to mlalte's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like, for whatever reason, your current employer doesn't want to move you into a higher level position. Are you job-hunting farther afield than just your current employer? Other employers?...
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    Is Allnurses now controlled ?

    elkpark replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't even know what that's supposed to
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    MSN-FNP or General DNP?

    elkpark replied to Circulating's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes, the "NP" in "DNP" is unfortunate, because it's somewhat confusing to people who are new to the field. A "general" DNP will not make you a nurse practitioner. You will have to complete a...
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    Ohio BON Restricting FNP Practice

    elkpark replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    They don't. Their degree has the same name, but they don't have "the same title." The DNP is a degree, not a title or a role. A nurse practitioner with a DNP is still a nurse practitioner. A CNS...
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    Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's who you think "invented science." Not everyone shares your beliefs, nor is anyone obligated
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    Bachelor in Human Biology to DNP pathway

    elkpark replied to edelisdiaz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not necessarily. There are, of course, the kazillion direct-entry MSN programs, that do not require people to have a BSN to matriculate (a BS in biology would do just fine). There are some MSN...
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    How to be in the honors society for nursing

    elkpark replied to pumpkinbaby's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some individual STT chapters are v. active, and provide scholarships for members to further their education as well as good networking and mentoring opportunities (including re: job-hunting). There...
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    Kicked out of nursing school, I don't know what to do now

    elkpark replied to Ac4414's topic in General Students

    And I'm not saying that just to be mean; if you want to have any chance of getting into another nursing program, you're going to have to do some serious self-examination and understand what went wrong...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    elkpark replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch! Did you really just compare the nearly 25% of American women who have had abortions with "lepers and prostitutes"?
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    New Jersey endorsement. Foreign graduate (Bachelors) but had Masters in the US

    elkpark replied to gdj's topic in General Nursing

    In any US state, RN licensure has nothing to do with your "highest degree." It has to do with your original pre-licensure nursing program that you completed to be eligible for RN licensure, and...
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    Kicked out of nursing school, I don't know what to do now

    elkpark replied to Ac4414's topic in General Students

    Still not seeing how that's something the school did to you. Every nursing program has "very hard" courses, often the science prerequisites. Did everyone, or nearlyl everyone, in your class get a D...
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    Kicked out of nursing school, I don't know what to do now

    elkpark replied to Ac4414's topic in General Students

    (That's what I was wondering, also
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    How to be in the honors society for nursing

    elkpark replied to pumpkinbaby's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're talking about Sigma Theta Tau, you get invited to join if your school has a chapter and you meet the basic criteria. You have to have completed at least half the nursing curriculum. The...
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    Balance between school and work?

    elkpark replied to UnapologeticallyCurly's topic in General Students

    I worked part-time in my original pre-licensure program and in graduate school, attending school full-time in both cases. As a nursing faculty member, I've had lots of students who worked part-time...
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    How did you finance your NP/DNP education

    elkpark replied to NurseBlaq's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am in a different advanced practice specialty, not NP, but, when I returned to grad school (MSN), I was able to get some funding from a student loan/scholarship program offered by my state (to...
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    Alternates -how do we feel?!

    elkpark replied to lgarza825's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was so long ago (>30 yrs) that I don't know that it makes any difference, but I applied late to nursing schools and was told I was accepted as an alternate to my first choice school (I think I...
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    Extremely Lost...Graduated with B.S. in Biology but Decided to Pursue Nursing

    elkpark replied to grand_theft_avocado's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wasn't referring to switching fields; I was referring to your requests for the quickest, cheapest route into nursing. Again, the famous "triple constraint," or "iron triangle" of project...
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    Extremely Lost...Graduated with B.S. in Biology but Decided to Pursue Nursing

    elkpark replied to grand_theft_avocado's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, I meant that we get a lot of people posting here who were pre-med but have now realized that their GPA is too low for them to be able to get into a medical school, so they've suddenly "realized"...
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    BOH requests additional documents after granting temp license

    elkpark replied to sourapril's topic in California Nursing

    The purpose of a temporary permit, in any state, is to let you start working, on the assumption that you will meet the requirements, while they do the full investigation of your background and...
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    NP programs less than 2 years

    elkpark replied to Guest1059175's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I tend to agree, but I've never heard anything negative about Vandy's program. In fact, it was one of the schools I considered when I was returning to school, and where I would have gone if I hadn't...