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    Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    elkpark replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    (Actually, in my experience, people leave inpatient medical settings AMA at all hours of the night on a regular basis, and no one "makes" them wait until morning. If there are no legal grounds to...
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    Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    elkpark replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, in a locked psychiatric facility, it's kind of a moot point since the doors are locked. I'm going to attempt to intervene verbally, explain the legal process, and attempt to resolve the...
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    BDN vs BSN?

    elkpark replied to Morgansamantha's topic in General Students

    The pass rates quoted by schools, and that BONs and accreditation organizations track, are first-time pass rates. I haven't read any formal explanation, but I assume the thinking is that the...
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    Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    elkpark replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    My reference to "psychiatric admission" was wondering whether a detox client in a locked psychiatric facility might somehow have some different status/designation than the people admitted for clearly...
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    Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    elkpark replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    You do it as I described above (although the details and process vary somewhat from state to state). In the case of a detox client, it would depend on whether the person is admitted to a psychiatric...
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    Mandatory Vaccination

    elkpark replied to degfnp's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: The mask isn't for the employee's protection; it's for the protection of the clients with whom the unvaccinated employee comes in contact. I'm sure that it does feel...
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    Holding voluntary patients - illegally?

    elkpark replied to SoCal student's topic in Psychiatric

    Different states have different specific rules/laws about this, but, in my experience in multiple states over my career in psych, every state I've been in has had some kind of mechanism to attempt to...
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    Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    elkpark replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

    Usually when people are let go as soon as they resign, and are told they don't have to work their notice, it's because the employer is happy to get rid of them (I'm not referring to people who resign...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    elkpark replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is an unfortunate fact of modern life that some one who really wants to can find out a fair amount of information about any of us online (less in the case of those of us who make an effort to not...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    elkpark replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is entirely different from coworkers gossiping about her with
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    elkpark replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't have any advice about what to do; I've spent most of my career in psych, and sharing any personal info about a coworker with clients would be a firing offense anywhere I've worked over the...
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    Who will do CNS role?

    elkpark replied to anewsns's topic in Advanced Practice

    Ditto. I've heard of states giving the title to people who completed a CNS program in a specialty for which there is no certification exam (that's been an issue for a lot of people over the years),...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    elkpark replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I disagree with the other posters; I consider the behavior of the RNs highly inappropriate and I, also, would have a serious problem if this were happening with me. If the management is not willing...
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    Working under expired license

    elkpark replied to caseylriley's topic in Nursing Career

    Hospitals and other healthcare employers are responsible for tracking employees' licenses and ensuring that all their employees have valid, active licenses. Just as nurses can get in trouble with the...
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    Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    elkpark replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    I was using quotation marks because I was quoting you. I wasn't trying to sound condescending. I've worked in inpatient for many years, in several different situations, in a few different states,...
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    Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    elkpark replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of psychiatric settings where there is no "security" to handle "physical
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    Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    elkpark replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    I knew when I saw the title of the thread that someone was going to suggest psych. Yes, much of the time it's not that physically demanding, but you never know when it suddenly is physically...
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    Working under expired license

    elkpark replied to caseylriley's topic in Nursing Career

    You "forgot" to renew your license, despite the notifications from the BON and your employer? BTW, there's no such thing as working "under an expired license" -- you're just working without a license....
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    Who will do CNS role?

    elkpark replied to anewsns's topic in Advanced Practice

    What is a CNS? – NACNS :: National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists CNSs are advanced clinical experts; while education is one of the core competencies of the CNS role, it is not a...
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    Help! Done with ASN program since July and still not able to take boards.....

    elkpark replied to LPN_SLIM's topic in General Students

    Define "pretty commonly." I've been in nursing, and nursing education, for decades now, and have only heard of a few situations in the communities in which I've practiced over the years of a school...
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    Help! Done with ASN program since July and still not able to take boards.....

    elkpark replied to LPN_SLIM's topic in General Students

    I'm aware of that. I guess that may be what that poster meant, that, even if you are attending an accredited school, it could lose its accreditation while you're in school. That's usually a fairly...
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    Help! Done with ASN program since July and still not able to take boards.....

    elkpark replied to LPN_SLIM's topic in General Students

    ??? Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand what this is supposed to mean. What does "the high fail rate in nursing school" have to do with whether or not a college is
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    No, you can't do that!

    elkpark replied to LoveMyRNlife's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is, and I've seen that happen. The family members' actions may constitute medical
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    No, you can't do that!

    elkpark replied to LoveMyRNlife's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a fever dream; I've worked in at least one hospital where the position of the legal/risk management department and general administration were that we were running a hospital, not a Holiday...
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    Compact law

    elkpark replied to Swilsonuav's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not that I'm encouraging the OP to do this, but the NLC rule about applying to other compact states doesn't apply to non-compact states. The OP is certainly able to apply for licensure in NY, a...