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    BSN is a joke

    elkpark replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    The point of my response was that requiring continuing education for licensure renewal doesn't "surely" affect the quality of nursing care. It's a meaningless, empty gesture. If you have some...
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    Rejected from dream job

    elkpark replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!
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    Rejected from dream job

    elkpark replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    I think maybe people read too much into people being professionally pleasant in interviews. Part of their job in the interview is to present a positive impression of the organization/facility and...
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    BSN is a joke

    elkpark replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    As I posted earlier when someone else posted the same FAQs
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    After quick results am I a murse?

    elkpark replied to muggs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, I've worked with many "nurses of the male persuasion" for 30+ years, in five different states (so far), in a wide ranges of settings, and I've never heard the term "murse" other than on this...
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    Ethical issue?

    elkpark replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    This is just one of the many reasons why it is considered unacceptable and inappropriate to use family members as interpreters in healthcare settings. Hospitals are required to have interpreter...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    elkpark replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, there is the California "30 unit
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    elkpark replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can't take seriously a "petition" on this topic that states that it would help address the "national nursing shortage" and also talks about submitting the petition to the "National Board of...
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    elkpark replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    Not "who knew what" -- I "jumped on" him for coming here with exactly the agenda he eventually
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    Ethical issue?

    elkpark replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, usually people already know (or, at least, strongly suspect) what their families are so determined to keep from
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    Any advice for a (potentially) new psyc nurse?

    elkpark replied to BrightEyes3468's topic in Psychiatric

    What's this about going and finding people who skip appointments and "bringing them in"? Under what legal authorization would you be expected to compel anyone to do something s/he doesn't want to do?...
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    Moved from one state to another compact state

    elkpark replied to Nurse109's topic in General Nursing

    The NLC rules state that one can only hold one compact license at a time, and it must be in your home state. Once your permanent residence is in NM instead of TX, you must apply for NM licensure....
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    BSN is a joke

    elkpark replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Continuing education requirements are, IMO, a red herring. My father was a physician and, back when I was in high school, long before I ever imagined I'd end up in healthcare, our state instituted a...
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    Help on filling out the challenge application for LVN in Ca

    elkpark replied to Nickar26's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Welcome to allnurses! I would think that, if your daughter is old enough and responsible enough to be an LVN, she is capable of figuring out and completing her own application
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    Where can I get male only patients?

    elkpark replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    Which is exactly why the OP is asking for suggestions about where he might find a healthcare setting with all male clients, and they do exist. He's not asking other work settings to accommodate his...
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    BSN is a joke

    elkpark replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    The FAQs you quote are referring to hospitals that have chosen to set a goal of 80% BSN-prepared nursing staff, and what documentation they need to provide the ANCC once they've met that goal (they...
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    BSN is a joke

    elkpark replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Never mind, I can't get the link to
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    elkpark replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    What "serious life decisions" are you so worried about? And what psychiatric credentials do you hold that qualify you to diagnosis syndromes like "gender dysphoria"? (Which refers, BTW, to feelings...
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    elkpark replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    No, you didn't. You stated it is "silly and biologically impossible" for a man to get pregnant. Other posters have posted links to reports of transgender men getting pregnant and bearing children....
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    ANA has stopped teaching the Nursing Diagnosis

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

    Welcome to allnurses. The ANA doesn't "teach" anything. What do you mean? Do you have some sources for what you're referring
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    Clinical Instructor Horror Stories

    elkpark replied to wsunurse14's topic in General Students

    I guess I've been lucky -- I haven't had any "horror story" instructors. Some of my instructors were tougher and more demanding than others, but those often ending being the people from whom I...
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    California Requires Gender Pronouns

    elkpark replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    ^^
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    Russian nurses evaluation

    elkpark replied to Candy97's topic in International Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! :) There is no nursing shortage (there are some parts of the US with a shortage, and many areas in which the nursing job market is completely saturated. There is no overall...
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    Why so many negative nurses in the field?

    elkpark replied to Nursey916's topic in General Nursing

    If you're going to be "angry" and "sick of working like a mule for the man," why keep doing it? Why not find something you will be happier with? It's a free country. Working in nursing is a
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    elkpark replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    In the community in which your hypothetical ice cream shop is located, many other minimum wage employees of other local employers would also be making higher wages, and would hypothetically feel...