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    Health Care is Not a Right

    elkpark replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you feel that strongly about it, and you're planning to come to the US anyway, why not come to the US and pay unsubsidized foreign student tuition at some school in the US? (Not that I'm...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would feel a lot better if she were. Maybe she'll come back and let us know. Although we get plenty of people here who post similar content in all
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you serious? Advocating for the US becoming a police state?? The fact that you mention we are "at war" with groups like Antifa without mentioning any of the violent right-wing terrorist...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    elkpark replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of good quality, rigorous NP programs available, if one chooses to search them out. Unfortunately, some prospective NP students seem to be more interested in acquiring the...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    elkpark replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    Again, different disciplines, different scopes of practice, different educational models and processes. It's not about "protecting" anything or anybody. It's just silly to talk about comparing...
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    Former 91C20 with expired license

    elkpark replied to nownser's topic in General Nursing

    Have you asked the Colorado BON about reactivating your expired license? That is where I would start. If you can get your CO license back, then you can endorse it to other states and go from
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    How to give notice to a job that will hate you

    elkpark replied to Lm24gaines's topic in Nursing Career

    Could be -- nothing you can do about that. As caliotter notes, if they are glad to see you go, they may just cut you loose as soon as you notify them, and not want you to work out your
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    For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I saw similar cautions (about some (online and proprietary) schools not meeting their requirements), almost verbatim, listed by a number of organizations (although I don't recall exactly who now)...
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    Hippa violation to call Police on patient after they leave ER ?

    elkpark replied to lissa150's topic in General Students

    You're asking about a co-worker of a friend?? And you "told her what she did was wrong"? Who's "she," your friend or the NP? Are you actually the "friend"? This sounds like a good situation for...
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    FNP who wants to work ICU

    elkpark replied to anthhuang's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Do you have some documentation that Yale offers an online ACNP program? I am a graduate and member of the alumni association, and I haven't heard anything about any of the MSN programs being offered...
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    How to give notice to a job that will hate you

    elkpark replied to Lm24gaines's topic in Nursing Career

    You do it the same as you would for any other job -- give the appropriate, expected amount of notice; show up and work your notice diligently and with grace, and leave on good terms. Best wishes for...
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    Health dilemma + school clinicals = what to do??

    elkpark replied to Amandaagain's topic in General Students

    Some people manage to combine pregnancy and new babies with nursing school, but I don't know why anyone would want or choose the grief of trying to do both. Sounds like you are being told you have a...
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    Graduate Entry Nursing school question

    elkpark replied to kamododragon's topic in General Students

    (The MAT is the Miller Analogies Test; it's another standardized exam that some graduate programs use for admissions rather than, or in addition to, the
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    Move out and live close to school or live at home and make commute.

    elkpark replied to Teyrae13's topic in General Students

    ITA. And, also, while I haven't done it, I've had classmates who recorded lectures and then listened to them in again the car, so as to use the driving time
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    Please Help Me!

    elkpark replied to csat's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of help are you looking for? I'm surprised that your family has been allowed to have unlimited visiting up until now. It's v. common for ICUs to limit visitation. I've never worked in a...
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    Move out and live close to school or live at home and make commute.

    elkpark replied to Teyrae13's topic in General Students

    Are you paying your mother rent, or are you living there (and eating, doing laundry, watching TV, etc.) for free? Are you sure you will actually be saving money by paying rent on an apartment closer...
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    FDA approves Living Drug Therapy for ALL

    elkpark replied to SouthpawRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interestingly, Novartis is charging a "retail" price of $475k for a single dose/treatment (the medication is given just once), but is also saying that, if the medication isn't effective within a...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Explain to me again what "error in judgment" the nurse made? She followed her hospital policy and protected her client's rights and physical person while he was unconscious and vulnerable. What is...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    CBS News is reporting this evening that the officer has been placed on administrative leave: Officer who arrested Utah nurse placed on administrative leave - CBS
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    Burnt Out - What Units Should I Consider?

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

    Back when you were a nursing student, would you want to have had a clinical instructor who was in that position because s/he was burned out on actual nursing practice?? I know that I wouldn't, and I...
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    For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Y'know all those people who post here to ask, "What's the quickest, easiest NP program I can get into"???? Or, "I have lousy grades but want to become an NP, what are my options"??? Or (in not so...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    elkpark replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    How did you arrive at your conclusion that "all" nursing programs are "a joke"? That is quite a sweeping generalization. There is actually a very good "excuse" for the difference between the...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    elkpark replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    I have had first-hand experience over the years with quite a few nursing programs, at all levels, either as a student or a faculty member, and I have never seen a program in which nursing theory...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    The articles I've seen have all stated that the unconscious individual was not under arrest; if he had been, that would have been a legitimate reason, per the hospital's policy, to allow the officer...
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    For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    elkpark replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    ^^ This. And there actually are people "out there," even in nursing, who care where you went to school. You never know when having chosen to attend a school with a poor reputation might hurt