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    Attitude differences between nurses & doctors?

    elkpark replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If it's the website for "student doctors" I'm thinking of, keep in mind that the vast majority of those individuals are not "doctors," they are med students and wannabe physicians. The site can be...
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    elkpark replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Are you serious? I can't count how often males here reference that the worst thing (or one of the bad things, at least) of being a male in nursing is having to work with lots of women (because,...
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    Nursing or medicine? BSN vs MSN; already overeduated.

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

    Are you forgetting about the direct entry NP programs? Three years and
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    ASN program with a BS degree in MGMT

    elkpark replied to Cindyel's topic in General Students

    Some employers might find that combination satisfactory, most others probably would not. You can't go wrong with a BSN. There is no other baccalaureate degree that will benefit you professionally in...
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    Should I write a memoir?

    elkpark replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I can see the appeal of a memoir, though, since, in your own book, people wouldn't get to repeatedly disagree with you and call you out the way they do here. That would be a lot more satisfying, I...
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    Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    elkpark replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I have never, in my >30 years of nursing, heard anyone introduce her/himself to a client as the "advanced nurse." It is always (in my experience) "nurse practitioner," "nurse anesthetist," "nurse...
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    Health Care Professionals and Marijuana

    elkpark replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Nursing

    OP, "a proposal has been made" by who? Your employer is proposing that, or employees want your employer to take that position? If it's your employer proposing, why would be it a "proposal" instead...
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    Will graduate soon with an MSN in Education, what experience should I have?

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

    Most colleges and universities require a doctoral degree for tenure-track
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    First time posters

    elkpark replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Apparently so. Because she knows so much from running the prison medical ward, and that's much more valuable knowledge than sitting in a classroom somewhere....
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    First time posters

    elkpark replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Ooooh, there's another new thread from someone who hasn't gone to nursing school but spent several years helping out in the medical ward in the prison in which she was serving time. She wants to...
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    Dose BON check school records ?

    elkpark replied to Jasminex's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Hey, if you're going to try to get licensed without having gone to school, why not shoot for the moon and apply for the physician licensure exam? I'm sure you know as much as doctors do, from your...
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    elkpark replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    "Appalled"? "Disgusted"? Nice -- and it's women in nursing who aren't collegial or supportive enough of their
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    Opening a Residential Assisted Living

    elkpark replied to widmaerjm's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Have you talked to your state healthcare licensing agency yet about what requirements you would have to meet in order to open and operate a facility? That would be a good place to start. They can...
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    Dose BON check school records ?

    elkpark replied to Jasminex's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: The BON in every state requires documentation from your school that you completed an approved nursing program in order for you to be eligible for licensure. And how...
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    NP path question

    elkpark replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not "unemployable," just not as easily employable as you might expect. I realize it seems counterintuitive, but the advanced degree doesn't give you much of an advantage for entry level nursing
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    NP path question

    elkpark replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A lot of employers also assume (usually correctly) that a Master's-prepared new grad RN is not seriously interested in bedside nursing and is not going to stick around for long before leaving to...
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    NY Mandates "BSN in 10"

    elkpark replied to TAKOO01's topic in General Nursing

    This is one state out of fifty (plus DC, plus the various territories). And what do you mean about the NCLEX being "written at an ADN level"? The NCLEX is written to measure what is perceived as the...
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    Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    elkpark replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    But ... But ... But ... The CNS is (gasp!) an advanced practice role and many CNSs work away from the bedside. Some of them have doctoral degrees and get referred to as "doctor." Shouldn't you be...
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    How does Accreditation for BSN/MSN work?

    elkpark replied to jason4546's topic in General Students

    The regional accrediting associations (only) accredit schools within their own geographic region. The school should be accredited by the organization that covers the region in which the school is...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    elkpark replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    And how did you develop this power to see into the hearts and minds of other people? Who are you to feel so confident that you understand the motivations of others? Once again, you are making...
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    Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    elkpark replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    You keep saying you're not being judgmental, but you are oozing judgment, condescension, superiority, and criticism from every pore in every post. You can't stop judging and criticizing people who...
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    Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

    elkpark replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    You've posted that ANCC FAQ sheet before, on a thread in October of last year, and people have responded to it before (including me, below): The FAQs you quote are referring to hospitals that have...
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    NY Mandates "BSN in 10"

    elkpark replied to TAKOO01's topic in General Nursing

    It was North Dakota. It wasn't a "BSN in 10" type thing, they just mandated that you had to have a BSN to be eligible for
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    NY Mandates "BSN in 10"

    elkpark replied to TAKOO01's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, they finally passed that? It's been proposed for many years but hadn't gone anywhere. Keep in mind that the only other US state that ever passed a BSN requirement ended up rescinding the law...
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    First time posters

    elkpark replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Oh, darn! That thread got deleted? I was looking forward to watching it continue to implode ...