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    Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care

    elkpark replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work for the psych consultation-liaison service of a large academic medical center, and nothing drives us crazier than all the individuals we see (esp. all the little old people we see) who are on...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

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

    I completely agree that the accrediting bodies and national nursing leadership need to take a role in setting and maintaining robust standards. However, there are always going to be significant...
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    CCNE Accreditation Comments

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

    I remember when we discussed that here. As I recall, the restriction was not on all online programs across the board, but was carefully worded to refer specifically to the proprietary online...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

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

    Maybe people need to be more selective about schools. At the school I attended (for a different advanced practice specialty; I'm not an NP), a well-known and well-respected B&M program, NP...
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure -- but, again, is the answer to that to cover it up (here) and pretend it's not
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    Universal Deathcare.

    elkpark replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Although it's certainly a tragic situation, a kid whose brain is reduced to a bag of goo doesn't have "a chance at
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I dunno. I think we need to "take our lumps." Sunlight is the best disinfectant, as the old cliche' goes. I have, in the past, argued here against mods correcting people's spelling and grammar in...
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    Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

    elkpark replied to sirI's topic in Nursing Career

    You can get insurance now that will cover you for any future incidents, but, just like car or homeowner's insurance, there is no professional liability insurance company that will sell you coverage...
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    School Choice Confliction!

    elkpark replied to mitcheml98's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What are the stats for both schools -- acceptance rate? Attrition rate? NCLEX pass rate? Not suggesting you have to post them here, just suggesting you look at them. That may help clarify your...
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    Repeat Education?!

    elkpark replied to nursingstudent_12kp's topic in General Students

    From reading your initial post, it sounds like a large part of the problem is that you didn't master the material in nursing school the first time around. Do you have the option in FL of sitting the...
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    CCNE Accreditation Comments

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

    Even just that would be a significant step in the right direction, IMO. A start, at
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    My Danskos STTTTIIIINK!!!

    elkpark replied to Jenni811's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had similar problems with my leather nursing shoes (that I couldn't wash) back in the day; what I did was buy the basic soft foam innersoles (cheap!) and wore those inside my shoes -- I could...
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    Hoping for a miracle

    elkpark replied to Feinhawk's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it's highly unlikely a new grad would be able to get a "desk job;" also, apart from whatever low impact jobs one might or might not be able to get as a new grad, you still have to get...
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    Acceptance to chamberlain

    elkpark replied to jennigurl165's topic in Chamberlain College

    I wasn't disagreeing with you -- just questioning whether there was something special about that specific campus, since you specified
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    Universal Deathcare.

    elkpark replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Yes -- last I checked, twice as expensive (per capita) as the next most expensive country, and with significantly poorer outcomes to show for
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    Universal Deathcare.

    elkpark replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Many would argue that our "system" is a lot worse than the British
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    Attending births with a CPM

    elkpark replied to biggolp's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I figured that was the case. If you actually look, I'm sure you can find some CNMs who do home births. Whether or not you will be able to shadow them is another issue, but they are out there. Best...
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    Attending births with a CPM

    elkpark replied to biggolp's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm not in midwifery or OB, but, just from the legal perspective, that is not a risk I'd be willing to take. There are lots of CNMs who do homebirths; can you not track down a CNM to
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    Acceptance to chamberlain

    elkpark replied to jennigurl165's topic in Chamberlain College

    Isn't that true of all the Chamberlain programs? They are a for-profit corporation; they will do whatever they have to do to not leave any seats empty in the
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    Universal Deathcare.

    elkpark replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    (I've been waiting for her to pop up
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    Is Major Depression a mental illness?

    elkpark replied to Monkey9x's topic in General Students

    A lot of providers say things like that to help people feel better about their diagnosis. It's in the DSM V, which makes it a psychiatric/mental illness. There's nothing special about depression...
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    Summers off

    elkpark replied to OkieNP's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I worked as full-time faculty at a community college and had a 12-month contract, so it wasn't an issue. However, 9-month contract faculty there had the option of getting their pay over nine months...
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    How far away is your school?

    elkpark replied to klp2006's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My BSN completion program was nearly two hours' drive away from me, but I only had to be there a couple days a week. I met someone who was able to connect me with an older lady (widowed) who wanted...
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    I hate the politics in nursing

    elkpark replied to cwill2015's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It would be enough for me to walk away from my job -- and Sour talked about having the money "all to myself," which I'm reading as after taxes, net.
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    I hate the politics in nursing

    elkpark replied to cwill2015's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Or even just one measly million ...