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    Mandatory flu shots????

    This is one of the loopier posts I've seen here in quite a while. People "believe" all kinds of odd things -- that doesn't make those beliefs true. While nursing may not be "all mainstream," I would...
  2. The general rule of thumb is that it takes about a year (your first year of working out of school) to start feeling comfortable and competent. We all went through what you're going through now, and...
  3. I'm guessing you'll be too busy to have time to vomit on your shoes. :) (But, seriously, keeping busy and paying attention to what you're doing and learning, rather than focusing on how you're...
  4. I'm well aware of that -- and, in those states, those nurse practitioners are practicing nursing, not medicine. My use of quotation marks was to indicate that I was quoting someone else (is that no...
  5. Advanced practice nurses do not "practice medicine." And, yes, the OP is "nearly impossible" to read and make sense
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    Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    I practiced as a psychiatric nurse for 10 years before I returned to school to become a child psychiatric CNS -- I'm not giving up the "nurse" in my title. I am, and will always be, a registered...
  7. Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: I just smile and say, pleasantly, "I don't talk about my personal life at work," and keep going with whatever I was doing, or talking about, when they asked the...
  8. Nah, plenty of us don't like the direct entry programs, either. Just look around the site at some of the existing
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    Why do We eat our young?

    Yes, exactly, and how ironic, coming from someone who posted to criticize others here for being nasty and condescending toward the OP
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    RD to RN?

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: There is comparatively little nutrition involved in nursing -- that's why hospitals and other healthcare settings employ dieticians. :) You need to be aware that you...
  11. I would think your best bet would be to clarify the state consent requirements with the practice's legal counsel. I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect parents to be present for routine visits,...
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    ABA to Psych Nurse

    I agree that your best bet would be to start knocking out the standard nursing prerequisite courses, rather than getting any other, non-nursing degrees. The most that any other, psych-related, degree...
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    ADN w/ BS degree Not Nursing to NP.

    The accelerated BSN programs with which I'm familiar are all pre-licensure BSNs programs for non-nurses. Once you have an ADN and are licensed as an RN, you would only need a BSN completion program,...
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    Why do We eat our young?

    No, but I'm sure plenty of folks here would assume that it
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    was terminated, reference Q's

    If the prospective employer is asking (requiring) two references from managers, any effort you make to cleverly circumvent their request (like giving them the contact info for HR instead of for your...
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    Why do We eat our young?

    (SIGH
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    Tuition free DNP program

    I don't know about nursing specifically, but I know that, in many other disciplines, doctoral students work as teaching or research assistants and that covers the cost of their graduate tuition. You...
  18. She was driving him around while, apparently, per the initial tox screen results, under the influence. That's placing a child at
  19. I don't know of any nursing job that I would consider "glamorous," and, in my experience, "excitement" experienced in nursing is usually not the good kind of excitement
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    School with a surrendered license?

    The several BSN completion programs with which I'm familiar all require a valid, active license in order to be eligible. But, of course, your best bet would be to check directly with schools that...
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    I failed my adult health test can I appeal

    The site's TOS, which you agreed to when you joined, state that you cannot use in your username any titles or credentials you don't actually hold, like
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    Night Shift and Dogs

    Yes, you state that your dog is accustomed to you working night shift as a CNA, but you're asking for "tips and advice"? Tips and advice on
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    Sunday Service and Weekend shift

    Why on earth not?? I think that what church a person chooses to belong to, and with what group(s) of people a person chooses to affiliate, says a lot about that
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    A Sign From God?

    You stole a pile of books you found on the ground? Doesn't sound particularly "spiritual" to me. And, no, that is not a "sign from God." Also, the TOS of the site require that you not use any titles...
  25. A lot of employers would have a serious problem with you not informing them of additional licensure. Lots of employers also have policies against allowing people to work below their level of...