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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

    So, what happened to your med school plans, which is what it looks like you were pursuing? You're obviously not one of the people posting here who "decided" s/he wanted to be a nurse rather than a...
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    Ohio BON Restricting FNP Practice

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

    I think we will see more of this, because I read the entire OBON statement linked in the OAAPN release, and all the OBON is talking about is implementing the so-called "Consensus Model," which was...
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    NP programs less than 2 years

    elkpark replied to Guest1059175's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Vanderbilt's program is one calendar year. There are probably others, as well, but that's the only one I know of
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    Going back to school...but idk what for?

    elkpark replied to Egesse's topic in Nursing Career

    It always pains me when people post here that they are burned out on nursing and looking for an alternative and someone inevitably responds to suggest that they go into teaching nursing. Don't you...
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    Will I make good enough money as a nurse educator in OHIO

    elkpark replied to APRN10's topic in Nursing Career

    ^^ What meanmary said. Pretty much everyone who goes into nursing education makes a lot less than they could make in clinical practice (unless you're working in nursing education in a hospital). No...
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    New DNP mandate

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

    I'm anticipating that there will be DE DNP programs any day now, if there aren't
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    Are MSN still Grandfathered in to NP?

    elkpark replied to charisma00's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you know that your goal is to be an NP, why would you waste time, money, and effort on a CNL degree first? Why are you not just applying for NP
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    CCNE Accreditation Comments

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As well as the other diploma mill "schools." I wish more employers would do
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    Hating Nursing Currently

    elkpark replied to vanaly's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this is a relatively (by historical standards) new phenomenon in nursing. Even as recently as a few decades ago, people were still learning what they needed to know to function as...
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    Schools that require you to find a preceptor (rant)

    elkpark replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Or from students choosing to avoid low-quality programs, but apparently that's just too much to hope
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    I am finally able to leave nursing by January 2018

    elkpark replied to NursingBro's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! If nursing is making you miserable (has been making you miserable for 13 years?? Did I read that right??), I hope you have taken steps to get out of it. It's certainly not for...
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    breaking your RN New Grad contract early

    elkpark replied to bobo619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is poor advice, IMO. Many healthcare employers do financial background checks that do reveal all past employment. Applications typically request (demand) that you list all your previous...
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    Going back to school...but idk what for?

    elkpark replied to Egesse's topic in Nursing Career

    ^^
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    MSN/FNP or MSN/Ed?

    elkpark replied to Wonky215's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    (For most schools, it's not just a shortage of qualified faculty, but also a shortage of appropriate clinical sites, esp. for the specialty rotations. For most schools, even if they had twice as many...
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    I heard they were making the NCLEX harder in January 2019

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

    Every three years is the schedule on which they routinely review and update the
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    Valid degree?

    elkpark replied to jessaaro's topic in Nurse Registration

    Well, yes, that's quite a different situation. Again, I'm no expert, but if you managed to obtain Vermont licensure, your previous degrees have been evaluated and must have been determined to be...
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    Acute in patient psych gowns vs street clothes

    elkpark replied to sister zyprexa's topic in Psychiatric

    Every place I've ever worked, clients wore their own clothes unless there was some specific reason why a specific individual was considered too acutely dangerous to do
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    What happened to all the Walden Haters?

    elkpark replied to Mark Hill BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Lots of people make this same argument about for-profit vs. nonprofit hospitals, and I always wonder whether they are just uninformed or being intentionally disingenuous. Proprietary (for-profit) vs....
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    Is it possible to get Gonorrhea working in a nursing home?

    elkpark replied to marie_0068's topic in Infectious Disease

    Most anything is "possible" ... However, the scenario you are asking about would involve a specific and rather icky set of circumstances involving, at the very least, being extremely deficient in...
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    Valid degree?

    elkpark replied to jessaaro's topic in Nurse Registration

    Welcome to allnurses! I'm not the most informed person about nursing education around the world, although I try to keep up; is Ireland one of the UK countries that uses a specialist model of nursing...
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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

    Many, many families discontinue life support on individuals who are not brain dead; that is not the only criteria for doing so. But feel free to enjoy your conspiracy
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    Loss of all personal freedom.

    elkpark replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe I said that licensure is reserved to "high ranking, high authority type jobs," and, you're right, there are many licensed occupations outside of healthcare. But what they all have in...
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    ABSN/Personal Statement

    elkpark replied to cjpowers's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was going to say, when I saw the title of the thread, for god's sake, whatever you write, don't say you want to become a nurse because you want to "help people," but ... I've taught in nursing...
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    Loss of all personal freedom.

    elkpark replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    Like it or not, it is a simple fact that the entire point of professions and occupations that require state licensure is that those professions and occupations involve a larger responsibility to the...
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    Loss of all personal freedom.

    elkpark replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    What on earth makes you think that "everyone" else doesn't get this? Many of us have been working in healthcare for decades, and most of us are nowhere near "upper admin" or putting homeless people...