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    Mandatory co-author?

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm sure that involvement varies from school to school. When I was doing my master's thesis many years ago, my first reader was directly involved throughout the entire second year of my program; she...
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    CCNE Accreditation Comments

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

    I suspect that part of the problem is that too many people don't want the standards increased. Too many people in nursing are looking for the easy path, and want to be taken seriously as a...
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    Mandatory co-author?

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I realize you're talking about your faculty mentor, and that that's a different situation. I mentioned primary researchers as another example of the multiple situations in which people in academic...
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    Mandatory co-author?

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    We're not talking about people who are "simply ... running a school's lab," we're talking about senior researchers, academics who are well-known in their fields and have significant bodies of...
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    Mandatory co-author?

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Thesis, capstone, and dissertation readers do a lot more than just "edit" the final document. They are directly involved in every aspect of the project from its inception, and guide and teach the...
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    Mandatory co-author?

    elkpark replied to Jules A's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It's common in academic circles for additional people to be listed as authors as a "courtesy" (a mandatory "courtesy"); e.g., the big-name director of a research lab automatically gets listed as...
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    Sick.. need medicine!

    elkpark replied to Nursealc123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The Vick's inhalers and Vapor Rub are entirely different formulations. The topical doesn't contain any L-methamphetamine (although I have no idea whether any of the ingredients it does contain would...
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    Sick.. need medicine!

    elkpark replied to Nursealc123's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The active ingredient in Vick's inhalers is L-methamphetamine. Don't ask me why it's legal (it's a form that supposedly isn't addictive). Entirely different from the Vapo Rub. They are popular...
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    Starting nurse practitioner at 35 is it too late?

    elkpark replied to bluestar776's topic in Canada

    I started grad school at 35 years old, with eight years of nursing experience. I was ten years older than the next oldest person in my specialty track. There were people there (in other specialties)...
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    Stressed Depressed is Looking for a Mentor/pen-pal

    elkpark replied to PhillyRN92's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If you are truly laying in bed and crying on your days off, you might want to talk to your PCP or look for some professional counseling/therapy. Best
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    How to become gov't nurse

    elkpark replied to PhillyRN92's topic in Government, Military

    Find a Federal Government Job | USAGov That's the website for Federal government jobs of all kinds. Your state government also employs nurses in a wide variety of roles and settings. Your county...
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    New Grad feeling depressed, anxious and hopeless

    elkpark replied to MedSurgRN193's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I realize this is a v. late response, but the previous poster is not being "disingenuous." Since 2004, the FDA has required number of antidepressants to carry "black box" warnings about increased...
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    Has anyone ever heard of someone who is an FNP and MHNP?

    elkpark replied to draft9chem's topic in General Nursing

    I've known (casually) a number of people who were double- or even triple-boarded. However, the ones I've known were generally working two or more part-time jobs (a couple days/week as an FNP, a...
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    Soy Sauce??

    elkpark replied to Indiana RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is no alcohol added to soy sauce, but the process to make it involves fermentation, which produces small amounts of alcohol that remain in the sauce. I have no idea whether it would be enough...
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    Online Instruction with BSN

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

    In my experience (in nursing education) over the years, the only role for BSN-prepared RNs in RN programs is possibly as clinical instructors (some, not all, nursing programs are willing to hire...
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    Bad business? Quitting without notice?

    elkpark replied to chaseloveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would resign officially with the usual two week notice, but also make clear in the letter that the reason for the resignation is that you have not received the support or training you had been told...
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    Don't want to be scalped!!!! HELP!!

    elkpark replied to catnfl's topic in Psychiatric

    Mitts (mitt restraints) seem to me like the obvious place to start
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    NSO - Expired Insurance

    elkpark replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    You would have had to contact them and change your status anyway, since your student nurse coverage will no longer cover you once you're no longer a student
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    Working as a Behavior Technician?

    elkpark replied to taylor925's topic in General Students

    I've worked over the years with lots of nursing students who were working as psych techs, esp. if they were interested in psychiatric nursing. The kind of "soft skills" you learn in psych jobs can be...
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    Please help

    elkpark replied to Jamiediane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As far as I'm aware (someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I hate being wrong :)), most "from scratch" DNP programs (starting from undergrad degree, not an existing MSN) are set up to be three to...
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    Please help

    elkpark replied to Jamiediane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A PsyD typically takes between four and six years to complete. There are probably people who spent that long getting an MSN (I know one CNS who went "very part-time" and took seven years to finish...
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    US NP Seeking Licensure in UK

    elkpark replied to jglase570's topic in United Kingdom

    Outside of specific infection control precautions requiring a mask, why would anyone wear a mask to provide peri care? And, yes, there are different levels of education and certification/licensure in...
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    Do I have a chance?!??

    elkpark replied to danarenee06's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In my experience with a few different nursing programs over the years, you would need at least a BSN (not an associate's plus a different baccalaureate degree) to get an entry level position as a...
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    Unfair Fundamentals Clinical Testing?

    elkpark replied to jbernardo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You didn't fail because the instructions were unclear, you failed because you made multiple serious errors and clearly didn't know what you were doing. You failed the class, so you're not eligible...
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    Walden University vs. Regis College

    elkpark replied to bluenurse10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I didn't live near either of the graduate schools to which I applied, either, but I wouldn't have considered enrolling in either without visiting the school and talking to people, including current...