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    BSN program accreditation and applying to graduate program

    elkpark replied to tserofw's topic in General Nursing

    As I said yesterday, ACEN accreditation is "NLN accreditation." The NLN (National League for Nursing) split off its accreditation division into a separate entity (fully owned by the NLN, but...
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    Nurse Nails

    elkpark replied to nursestu's topic in General Nursing

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    Psychology Bachelors Degree trying to become registered nurse midwife

    elkpark replied to foreag1's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't true. There are direct entry graduate programs for CNM that take people with a baccalaureate degree in something else and no nursing experience whatsoever (as the OP notes in her original...
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    BSN program accreditation and applying to graduate program

    elkpark replied to tserofw's topic in General Nursing

    "NLN" accreditation is old terminology. The NLN changed the name of its accrediting branch to ACEN a number of years ago. ACEN accreditation is "NLN"
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    He Wanted to Practice Satanism for the Baby

    elkpark replied to Shookclays's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The Catholic priest at the hospital where I work anoints people with oil all the time. I don't see how this is really any different. Just a different religion. We're supposed to be culturally...
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    International student holding a BSN from a prestigious school in the US

    elkpark replied to fna977's topic in Nursing Career

    I didn't realize Columbia offered an undergraduate nursing degree. Is that new? You're talking about Columbia University in NYC,
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    UK registered mental health Nurse wanting to work in the US, is it possible?

    elkpark replied to babywhite's topic in International Nursing

    The entire US educates and licenses RNs as generalists. There is nothing in the US that corresponds to the UK registered psychiatric nurse; there are plenty of psychiatric nurses in the US, but we...
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    No alcohol. NONE

    elkpark replied to Nursebry91's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What's wrong with just telling people you're experimenting with taking a break from alcohol? People do that. And you don't really have to justify it to anyone, anyway. Best
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    Influenza vaccine

    elkpark replied to Grobyc82's topic in Patient Education

    Don't forget that flax seed and cottage cheese can cure cancer -- Big Medicine and Big Pharma are keeping that hushed up because they want to make money off everyone dying of
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    Competitive Points for Nursing Program?

    elkpark replied to Fullmetaljacket96's topic in General Nursing

    Different schools have different admission standards and "points" programs. None of us would be able to answer your question without knowing what specific school you're talking about. Have you asked...
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    Choosing A School - NCLEX Pass Rates

    elkpark replied to Mikeb1895's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    While I agree that NCLEX pass rates are important, pass rates, by themselves, don't really tell you much. Some schools use a variety of sneaky methods to keep their pass rates high in the absence of...
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    gender "issues"

    elkpark replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, we finally agree about
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    gender "issues"

    elkpark replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    Please note that the term "gender dysphoria" doesn't refer to the condition of being transgendered. It refers to the distress over the mismatch between your true gender and your physical gender (much...
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    gender "issues"

    elkpark replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, and per the site you linked, the treatment is to transition to the appropriate gender. Not to try to convince them that they're wrong to feel that way, or provide some kind of "treatment" to...
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    gender "issues"

    elkpark replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    I suggest you take your own
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    ABHES accreditation

    elkpark replied to SarahC239's topic in General Students

    As far as I'm aware, the ABHES accreditation is generally for technical-vocational schools (I am happy to be corrected if I'm wrong about that). Does the school have regional general academic...
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    Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    elkpark replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    My paycheck, as another poster already noted, and going home at the end of the
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    "Safe Injection Houses"- What's This?

    elkpark replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    This is another example of the basic conflict between substance abuse as an illness vs. substance abuse as a crime. The official position of the healthcare community around the world, inc. the US, is...
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    Should new grads negotiate their pay??

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

    It's not really a question of "should." You are welcome to try it if you want to, but you're unlikely to be successful. Few new grads have anything to offer employers that sets them apart from and...
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    ABSN Accepted Students Day - Parents?

    elkpark replied to lo72's topic in General Students

    I don't read anything in the original post that suggests the OP wants her parents to come along; she says that they want to, and she's expressing
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    ABSN Accepted Students Day - Parents?

    elkpark replied to lo72's topic in General Students

    We're talking about adult students accepted to a second degree professional program. How much help from parents are adult professional students supposed to need to make a decision about a
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    Need advice for failed NP student

    elkpark replied to thebladeitself's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would suggest the same advice many of us here give to people who have been fired from jobs and are asking about how to go about interviewing for new jobs: Practice talking about what happened at...
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    ABSN Accepted Students Day - Parents?

    elkpark replied to lo72's topic in General Students

    Maybe they could skip the official Students' Day, and you could take them on a tour of the campus yourself on another day and tell them about what you've learned about the program. I, personally,...
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    BLS for instructors

    elkpark replied to Lisa1973's topic in General Nursing

    Why would it be different? When I've been nursing faculty, I had to take a regular ol' BLS course just like all the other nurses in other kinds of nursing
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    College selection for doctoral program

    elkpark replied to Saravah's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: My advice would be don't go to a cheesy, "diploma mill" proprietary school like Walden or Capella. Get into a respectable