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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

    Well, here's a hint: Whenever Trump says "People are saying," or "People think ...", or "People are angry about ...", he means his supporters (and himself, of course). He doesn't seem to recognize...
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    Nurses, am I crazy for thinking I can do this?

    elkpark replied to Aaron.goins3's topic in General Students

    I agree that, if it's possible to take some of the classes in the summer, it would make the most sense to divide them over the two terms. My recommendation, if it were possible, would be to take...
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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 hear what you're saying, but, to me, one could just as easily say that the tax bill is simply a distraction to keep us from noticing that this administration is slowly, steadily, attempting to sneak...
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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

    Conservatives don't need "evidence," they just believe whatever they want to believe, whatever suits their purposes and biases at the moment, and expect the rest of us to take their word for it....
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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

    So what's your point? That we should abandon the idea of basing practice on scientific evidence? We should quit trying to do better and improve the system? Each one of us should just do whatever...
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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

    Yeah, I saw articles about this earlier today. Each time I think this administration surely couldn't get worse, it finds a way to make things
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    Grade appeal please help!!!!!

    elkpark replied to nurse83522h's topic in General Students

    I would not interpret "Never assume I have made a mistake in the answer options" as meaning I should just assume all the answers are correct. I would have asked (as another poster already noted)....
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    Catch 22? Why does WGU demand that I be working half-time for ADN > BSN?

    elkpark replied to 42pines's topic in Western Governors University

    I don't expect it to be any comfort to you, but just to clarify, plenty of BSN completion programs require you to be working in nursing in order to be considered eligible. That's not unique to WGU....
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    Is CPR a professional certification?

    elkpark replied to Almostnurse755's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Your profession is nursing. "Professional certification" usually refers to specialty certifications, the kind that you list on your badge with your credentials (e.g., I am a PMHCNS-BC). CPR would...
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    Burnt out *already* and it's been 6 months.

    elkpark replied to roselai's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: The first year or so of nursing, making the transition from nursing student to practicing nurse, is notoriously stressful and difficult. Nursing schools used to make...
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    Wearing a beard as a male nurse?

    elkpark replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've worked with lots of nurses with beards over the years. Everywhere I've worked, the dress code has allowed for beards and other facial hair that is kept reasonably short and neatly trimmed....
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    Prereqs way in advance?

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

    Welcome to allnurses! I would not take any science courses well in advance. If you want to knock out some general education/liberal arts courses, those will not "age out" the way science courses do....
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    Repealing ACA

    elkpark replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A lot of what people "hear" about the Canadian system (or British system, for that matter) is negative propaganda, pure and simple. Many of the stories of "a friend of mine knew someone and this...
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    Behavioral health patients requiring 1:1 sitter

    elkpark replied to JRichmond03's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I, too, am unsure what you're asking. Everywhere I've worked over many years, whether in psychiatric settings or med-surg settings, individuals who were actively suicidal (or even considered just to...
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    Brick & Mortar NP Programs- are they no longer a thing?

    elkpark replied to EKTheRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As I recall (and I was around that long ago), "midlevel provider" was a term insurance companies invented in order to have a single, generic term to refer collectively to PAs and all the varieties of...
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    Excelsior ADN degree and CA bsn

    elkpark replied to Ben0632's topic in School, College Programs

    Have any of the people telling you that actually been successful in getting a CA license via that route? Unless something has changed recently, California, like every other US state, bases licensure...
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    Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    elkpark replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What would be the rationale for not considering them restraints? The Federal, legal definition of a restraint is (basically) anything that restricts the individual's movement, not just moving her/his...
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    Excelsior college

    elkpark replied to smariemax's topic in Excelsior College

    If you are correct when you say that the "MAJORITY" of clinical hours in your previous nursing program were spent assisting the techs, you went to a v. low quality nursing program -- unless you left...
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    Living Will Tattoo

    elkpark replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I half-joked for years about having "DNR" tattooed on my chest, but had a conversation with a healthcare lawyer years ago (just happened to be having the conversation; I hadn't sought someone out to...
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    Typical cost for RN-BSN program

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

    There's no "typical" cost -- there is a wide range of possible costs, depending on the specific program. I went to a B&M state university program; I don't recall the exact price (this was a long...
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    Employer Unable to Contact References. Now What?

    elkpark replied to Newgurl17's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    What do you mean by "unable to be contacted"? Did you not ask those individuals for permission to use them as references, and confirm with them how they prefer to be contacted, before you listed them...
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    My school is Unaccredited

    elkpark replied to nursingstudentxx's topic in General Students

    As I said, if the school ends up earning ACEN accreditation, the accreditation is retroactive back to the date of the ACEN site visit. If that occurs while you are still a student there, and the...
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    My school is Unaccredited

    elkpark replied to nursingstudentxx's topic in General Students

    The accreditation process does take a few years. And, sometimes, when schools (esp. for-profit schools) say that they are "trying" or "in the process of" getting accreditation, they mean that they're...
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    My school is Unaccredited

    elkpark replied to nursingstudentxx's topic in General Students

    Unless something has changed recently, there is no US state that requires graduation from an accredited program to be eligible for licensure. ACEN or CCNE accreditation is a voluntary process that...
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    Crying in front of instuctor

    elkpark replied to amynursing's topic in General Students

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: I've had students cry in front of me as an instructor (not in front of clients, but in private meetings) and, if it's any comfort, I and the other instructors I've...