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    If you have two degrees, do you put both credentials on your title?

    elkpark replied to mon00707's topic in General Nursing

    If you're working as a social worker, you use your social work credentials. If you're working as an RN, you use your nursing credentials. No reason to list your social work degree with your nursing...
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    Our Current Reality: Are You Going to Work Scared?

    elkpark replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    Am I going to work scared?
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    Sued doing private CNA work?

    elkpark replied to esrun77's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do you have some documentation of that being the case anywhere? Over the years, the courts have consistently held healthcare providers to the standards of their highest level of education and...
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    RN non- degree programs?

    elkpark replied to Nursingismypassion1's topic in General Students

    This is smart. We get people here who are asking about the 30-unit option and when some of us point out that, if you go that route, you can't get licensed or practice in any others state, they say...
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    Experience required for NP schools

    elkpark replied to Babynurse1992's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, it varies from school to school, and what kind of experience would be most helpful may depend on what kind of advanced practice role you're interested in. If your interest is in pediatrics or...
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    Question about best route to PMHNP

    elkpark replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    1. Yes, it's "totally sketchy" to apply for a transfer this early. Many employers have policies that you're not eligible for an internal transfer until you've worked six months (or longer) on your...
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    Experience required for NP schools

    elkpark replied to Babynurse1992's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Different schools have different requirements. There are plenty of nursing graduate programs that require no experience at all (I'm sorry to say
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    Can I get in a masters nursing program if I withdrew from a bachelors nursing program?

    elkpark replied to Sl74's topic in Post Graduate Students

    One of my classmates in grad school had withdrawn from a traditional BSN program a few years earlier, and then applied to a direct-entry MSN program. She got accepted. It would depend on the...
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    RN non- degree programs?

    elkpark replied to Nursingismypassion1's topic in General Students

    Since you mention California, are you talking about the "30-unit option"? That is unique to California and no other state recognizes it (unless that's changed recently, in which case I apologize and...
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    Is Shortage in Nursing really a hoax?

    elkpark replied to mikefilmstudent's topic in Male Nursing Students

    That's typically because employers choose to keep staffing low for financial reasons, not because they couldn't hire more nurses tomorrow if they wanted to. A) Different government agencies have...
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    Just........no.

    elkpark replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    I wouldn't be too quick to assume that it was "nursing" that let her go because she made statements which damaged the public view of the profession -- more likely that the hospital administration...
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    RN overwhelmed with med school

    elkpark replied to RNtoMD's topic in General Nursing

    Don't have any useful advice, but just want to say good luck and best
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    Just........no.

    elkpark replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    ^^ Yeah, that. It's not clear what you're objecting to, the post, or the employer taking action against the
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    What Do You Think? Can You Be A Nurse If You Can't Do Bedside Care?

    elkpark replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that there is far too little clinical practice in nursing school now, which is why I would hate to see us throw in the towel entirely and start graduating people who have officially...
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    What Do You Think? Can You Be A Nurse If You Can't Do Bedside Care?

    elkpark replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing licensure in every state requires having completed a program of nursing education that includes a defined number of hours of supervised clinical practice. Being licensed as an RN involves...
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    Nursing School Needs Repair (And Why I Quit)

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

    I went through a hospital-based diploma program and a B&M BSN completion program (state uni), and have taught in a few different nursing programs since then. None of them suffered from the...
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    My ADN program is not accredited

    elkpark replied to nycnurse17's topic in Nursing Career

    Welcome to allnurses! The entire VA system and plenty of other healthcare employers require that you be a graduate of an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited program to be eligible for employment; plenty of...
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    8 Dead at Florida Nursing Home without power after Hurricane Irma

    elkpark replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing News

    Update on the Hollywood SNF hurricane deaths -- they have been ruled homicides. 12 nursing home deaths in Hollywood ruled as homicides - Sun
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    NP + RN - can I do both part time?

    elkpark replied to mmak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Will the insurance provided by your employer cover you when you are working as a bedside RN for another
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    Caring for mother affecting my career

    elkpark replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    Being a caregiver for a family member with dementia can be v. difficult and draining, and makes everything else you're trying to get done that much harder. I realize you feel like you're trying to do...
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    Worried mom of nursing student

    elkpark replied to mom2mom's topic in General Students

    I don't know where you've been reading about "how likely it is to fail out of nursing school," but the reality is that the large majority of nursing students do fine and graduate, and most of them are...
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    RN-BSN Student Knows Too Much

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

    This is no different than being expected to "show your work" in a math class. In scientific settings, you cite your references. Information that is "part of your DNA" doesn't really count. Hence...
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    My role in student nurse clinicals

    elkpark replied to serenity now's topic in General Nursing

    I was a student nurse back in the day, when our instructor did all the teaching and supervising, and we worked alongside the staff nurses but they were in no way expected to provide any of our...
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    Is aspirin a blood thinner?

    elkpark replied to ChloeLissa's topic in Patient Medications

    Why are people taking ASA 81 mg daily? What is the expected/desired
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    Any acute care state hospital surveyors

    elkpark replied to lawada's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoyed it v. much until some changes were made in the leadership of my specific team and everything sort of went sideways. It's not as easy a job as it looks when you're being surveyed. It...