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    Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

    elkpark replied to zygee's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: Because nursing practice, as part of healthcare in general, is constantly changing and shifting, I don't think any BON publishes a list of specific tasks or...
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    Is this legal?

    elkpark replied to jessimee's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like an "MYOB" situation to me. What concern is it of yours, really, what she is doing or saying on
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    Federal audit: Utah-based Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million

    elkpark replied to HansenRN's topic in Western Governors University

    And, under the Trump administration, the DOE is not going to object to anything schools do. Let the free market
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    Getting Hired as a new grad

    elkpark replied to NurseNick55's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, are you an LPN? If not, you're violating the site's TOS. The mods can help you change your username. And pointing that out hardly qualifies as
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    Patient Rights and POA

    elkpark replied to shannonh17's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    By using a directed clinical interview or a formal capacity assessment tool, primary care physicians are able to perform these evaluations in most cases. Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient...
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    Nurses to The People: we did not fail you, you failed us.

    elkpark replied to RNingBSNing's topic in General Nursing

    I am always put off by the notion that nurses endure some special level of suffering and are somehow special because of that. People in lots of different occupations and professions work hard in...
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    8 Dead at Florida Nursing Home without power after Hurricane Irma

    elkpark replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing News

    All of that is true -- so nurses in FL need to be aware that is the risk they are choosing to take if they choose to work in a SNF in
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    8 Dead at Florida Nursing Home without power after Hurricane Irma

    elkpark replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing News

    I'm not saying I think it's a good situation; just that it's important that nurses understand the risks involved. I have talked with lots of nurses over the years who believed that "but I didn't have...
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    BSN to MD?

    elkpark replied to tcaus2's topic in Nursing Career

    One of the psychiatric residents who rotated through my service a few years ago had gone to nursing school. She went directly from finishing a BSN to medical school (well, not directly, but she never...
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    Casual Position

    elkpark replied to sling4's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, many employers have a rule for prn staff that if you turn down shifts some defined number of times within a specified time period, or turn shifts X number of times in a row, you get...
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    Support Planned Parenthood Today!

    elkpark replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ummm, because they are committed to providing the full range of women's reproductive health services, and because abortion is "so important" to the women that need and want one. Heaven knows, plenty...
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    Nurse working as an aide.

    elkpark replied to ironman53's topic in General Nursing

    The dilemma of working below your highest level of licensure is that the employer restricts you to the job description of the role in which you're working (CNA, in this case) but, if anything goes...
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    8 Dead at Florida Nursing Home without power after Hurricane Irma

    elkpark replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing News

    The courts and BONs have repeatedly found that short-staffing is not an excuse for substandard care. If you are in a situation in which you're short-staffed and overwhelmed and something goes wrong,...
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    CNA program flu shot

    elkpark replied to nursingnurse2b1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I guess that depends on whether the "someone in charge" means, literally, that the clinical sites would like you to have the vaccination, or is just being polite about the clinical sites requiring it...
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    Relationship with patient?

    elkpark replied to Nurse2bklingon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most of us in psych consider the ethical standard to be "never." Not one year, not two years. It's never
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    Treated Like Black Plague

    elkpark replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have a little different perspective. I was the psych CNS in an inpatient psychiatric program years ago, and the nursing supervisor of the psychiatric service involved me interviewing and making...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    elkpark replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    All the BSN completion programs I've known of over the years are organized around the premise that the students are working full-time. There are no "lost wages" to include in your calculations --...
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    Rasmussen University, Here I come!

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

    Congratulations and best
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    PhD or DNP for academia

    elkpark replied to ProfessorD's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If your goal is a tenured position in academia, you will be better served by the PhD. A number of schools don't recognize the DNP for tenure purposes (just as many psychology programs don't recognize...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    elkpark replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, I wouldn't do that, either. But there are many options for BSN completion that don't cost nearly that much. I don't recall how much I paid when I went through the BSN completion program at the...
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    Patient Rights and POA

    elkpark replied to shannonh17's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Did you even bother to read the rest of the thread? Once again: There is a lot more involved in whether or not an individual has the mental capacity to make informed decisions about healthcare than...
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    Samuel Merritt (ELMSN: Case Management), Spring 2018

    elkpark replied to ElMSN Nurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm surprised to hear that there is a direct-entry program offering a specialization in case management. Every healthcare employer I've ever known has required multiple years of clinical nursing...
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    8 Dead at Florida Nursing Home without power after Hurricane Irma

    elkpark replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nursing News

    I saw these articles today: Nursing home deaths: Hollywood police have search warrant, say first person died Tuesday - Sun Sentinel Tribune News Service | Preview | Owner of Fla. nursing home where...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    elkpark replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    You're not off base. And, even if they aren't going into nursing with the initial goal of entering advanced practice, if they are attending a college or university that also has a graduate program in...
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    Nursing is a Small World

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You are exactly right, and that's an important thing to remember. I recall being v. amused, when I was in a brick & mortar BSN completion program at the local state uni many years ago, by the...