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    Need Inactive license to take Refresher, but mine is expired!

    elkpark replied to Erikaas's topic in Retired Nurses

    Do you have some documentation of that from the MD BON website? It says nothing about that on the specific page you linked. In the different states in which I've practiced over the years, an...
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    Need Inactive license to take Refresher, but mine is expired!

    elkpark replied to Erikaas's topic in Retired Nurses

    The OP isn't asking about how to convert an inactive license back to active status -- she's saying that she let her license expire 10 yeas ago and now has no license. OP, have you maintained a license...
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    I got a DUI two years ago, will that affect my acceptance into a nursing program?

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

    The bigger question is whether you can get a license. Lots of nursing schools will accept people with all kinds of backgrounds, knowing that they will have difficulty getting licensed, but happy to...
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    How far to push a high profile reference.

    elkpark replied to guest940422's topic in Nursing Career

    Yikes. You already pulled strings to get the interview, which, IMO, was bad enough. The CNO did what she was basically obligated to do by the board member requesting special consideration for you....
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    Caring for the unvaccinated child

    elkpark replied to Morgansamantha's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it is the parents' (misguided, IMO) choice to leave her unprotected and also the parents' choice to ask you to provide care for her, knowing what kind of work you do. As long as you...
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    Disappointed

    elkpark replied to CardiacDork's topic in Advanced Practice

    This reminds me of all the threads from nursing students (or would-be nursing students) bemoaning all the people who are going into nursing for the "wrong" reasons, reasons that the poster doesn't...
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    The Financially Independent Nurse

    elkpark replied to MNC's topic in General Nursing

    OP, who are you and why would we take financial advice from you? Do you have some kind of actual credentials? Is the article based on research of valid sources/experts, or is this just stuff that...
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    Non Clinical DNP degree ?

    elkpark replied to mhy12784's topic in General Nursing

    There have always been MSN programs with advanced practice concentrations (NP, CNS, CNM, CRNA) and MSN programs with other concentrations (not advanced practice), management/leadership, education,...
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    Continuously Reapplying to Departments You've Been Rejected From

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would guess that, at this point, it wouldn't make any difference -- it couldn't make your situation any worse. The train has already left the station on the question of your critical thinking...
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    Want a puppy, but live alone/working days

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

    Even with a place for pottying, it would be really neglectful, borderline cruel, to leave a young puppy alone for 12+ hours a day (even with "lots of toys"). Dogs are social, pack animals. Have you...
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    Malpractice question. About my dentist

    elkpark replied to JJL618's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Per the site's Terms of Service, we cannot give any medical or legal advice
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    What is a Sugar Cleanse and Do I Need It?

    elkpark replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, the Sanoviv Medical Institute rears its ugly head again. Wasn't there a thread about that place just recently? That's the place in Mexico that offers colon therapy, "detoxification," and all...
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    DNA testing for proper diet for you

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a scam to me
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    Continuously Reapplying to Departments You've Been Rejected From

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, we're right back where we were months ago. How frustrating. OP, do you just not want to build a career in nursing? You seem determined to keep sabotaging
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    elkpark replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    I said it long before I saw the Slate article this morning -- but I did notice the author agreed with
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    Anyone ever do psych nursing at the VA or know anything about it?

    elkpark replied to 2ndChance's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked in the psychiatric nursing department of a VA many years ago. It wasn't substantially different from the psychiatric staff nursing positions I had in the private sector over the years....
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    elkpark replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    More on this: There is no ban on words at the
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    NP vs. PA

    elkpark replied to Beautiful_Beginnings's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you already have a BS in bio and a Master's, why an ADN program? Are you aware of the direct entry NP programs for individuals who already have a BA/BS in something else (but no nursing...
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    Typical cost for RN-BSN program

    elkpark replied to EliApril's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The website for the state uni at which I completed my BSN many years ago says that the BSN completion program, which is now entirely on-line (it was a B&M program when I attended, but that was a...
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    A New Health Care Role for Nurses

    elkpark replied to Providence60's topic in General Nursing

    My thought, as
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    Continuously Reapplying to Departments You've Been Rejected From

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh, no, not again ... Don't mean to sound harsh, but it's highly unlikely you will find another job any time soon, given your history ("by 2018"? You mean, like, before the new year starts? That's...
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    elkpark replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    I was referring specifically to the simple-minded conservative ideologues in the current administration and GOP majority in the Congress. Not conservatives generally. (Although, if the shoe fits...
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    elkpark replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    Yes, the subsequent reporting is suggesting that this is less a "ban" imposed by the administration, and more a matter of self-censorship by the organization in the budget proposals, as a means of...
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    What is a Sugar Cleanse and Do I Need It?

    elkpark replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    "What I find interesting is that the healthcare system probably won't recommend this strategy for clearing your body from sugar addiction, probably because it doesn't require using any drugs." Or...
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    CDC now banned from using "evidence based" and other words per White House

    elkpark replied to babyNP.'s topic in Nursing News

    The current director of the CDC, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, the individual making the reassuring statements, is a Trump appointee who is a former adviser to Newt Gingrich. Given the track record of this...