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    What do you do when a patient refuses treatment and wants to go home?

    elkpark replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, it would be up to the physician to make a determination about whether it is appropriate to detain someone in order for an assessment of her/his capacity to choose to leave AMA to be...
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    What do you do when a patient refuses treatment and wants to go home?

    elkpark replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    One of the first things to do is notify the attending physician/provider. Everywhere I've ever worked over the decades, allowing someone to leave AMA would not be a decision that would be made...
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    I got a job!

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!
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    Help for Career Path or Family?

    elkpark replied to mitsybitsy's topic in Nursing Career

    The longer you delay starting working in nursing, the harder it will be for you to find a job and transition from student to working RN. Only you know whether that's a bigger priority for you than a...
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    Putting in a year.

    elkpark replied to scottjkel's topic in General Nursing

    The "putting in a year" mindset is a large part of why so many hospitals are increasingly reluctant to hire new grads. Hospitals spend a lot of time and money orienting new grads, and it takes at...
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    Former 91C20 with expired license

    elkpark replied to nownser's topic in General Nursing

    BONs tend to be underfunded and understaffed. There is often a significant delay in getting applications and documents
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    Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

    elkpark replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I'm not Catholic, but I've encountered nuns working in a variety of settings outside of Catholic settings or their own orders over the years. There were a pair of nuns who worked as the freshman dorm...
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    Is this okay?

    elkpark replied to NewcallRN's topic in General Nursing

    It could be worse ... :) A few years ago, in my current job, I became unhappy with my current location/assignment and wanted to move to a different, open position within my own service (doing the...
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    Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

    elkpark replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    The link to the actual original article in the Durham newspaper indicates that she was hired to work in the ED (after working, in NY, on neurosurgery and burn units). If you have objections to...
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    question about RN market and demand

    elkpark replied to xuale01's topic in General Nursing

    The Bureau of Labor looks at all labor, of all kinds, in all fields. The Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration is solely concerned with healthcare...
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    Is this okay?

    elkpark replied to NewcallRN's topic in General Nursing

    Everywhere I've worked over the years, when you're transferring from one unit or service to another within the same organization, your current NM gets to decide when you can make the switch (when s/he...
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    Just not for me, how to resign

    elkpark replied to jbtota's topic in School

    The reason you're not getting the advice you say you're looking for is that there isn't any way to leave a position "in good graces" after 90 days on the job, outside of some kind of drastic personal...
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    Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

    elkpark replied to mk989's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was not commenting on or referring to the OP's situation specifically; I was responding generally to the comment made by another poster, which I quoted in my post (that you
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is great news!! Maybe we can get all the antivaxxers to start avoiding pumpkin spice and not worry about childhood vaccinations. Let's get Jenny what's-her-name on
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    Can an ex-patient be a friend?

    elkpark replied to Janedog's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Welcome to allnurses! It's not "bring(ing) some joy to people on their deathbeds" that is "forbidden," it's violating professional and ethical boundaries. It's always inappropriate to enter into...
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    Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

    elkpark replied to mk989's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not putting words in Jules' mouth but speaking for myself, I don't think "perform(ing) on the same level as a seasoned professional" is a realistic expectation of a new grad, but I think that a...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not only did he have a tiny "n", but it was later shown that, totally apart from that, he falsified his data because he had a financial stake in the outcome of the study. (That's the part he lost his...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    elkpark replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    That's quite a sweeping generalization -- do you have any actual evidence of that, or simply your own biases? Since when is wanting people who work hard all day to not have to live in abject poverty,...
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    question about RN market and demand

    elkpark replied to xuale01's topic in General Nursing

    Both the BOL and HRSA predictions are predictions based on current available data. There are many variables involved. As I said, we'll just have to wait and see which one turns out to have been more...
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    16 years ago, a doctor published a study, and it made us all sick

    elkpark replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, at the same rate that people who don't get the flu shot do. So what was your point
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    16 years ago, a doctor published a study, and it made us all sick

    elkpark replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh, snap! You got me (2+ years later)! Sure, it would be easier to "just move on," but then people like you would be promoting ignorance here without any
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    How will Trump's War on Opioid Abuse Affect Non-abusers in Pain?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    (Yes, I assumed you were talking about "news," not professional
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    How will Trump's War on Opioid Abuse Affect Non-abusers in Pain?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm confused about what you're objecting to, then. Either the articles are about illegal drugs and "drug lords," much of which concerns illegally manufactured counterfeit pills, in which case,...
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    I am not satisfied with my assigned preceptorship unit

    elkpark replied to Nabeelaodu's topic in General Students

    Your instructor was right -- you will get out of the experience largely what you put into it. Same day surgery is as good and legitimate a clinical assignment as anything else. I soooo would not...
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    How will Trump's War on Opioid Abuse Affect Non-abusers in Pain?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, a) Fentanyl does comes in tablets (FENTANYL TABLET - BUCCAL (Fentora) side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.), but b) I believe the more significant point is that a lot of the deaths...