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    Nursing in Ashville

    elkpark replied to Moenine9's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Asheville has become fairly expensive due to the large numbers of affluent retirees moving there -- they have pushed prices up for everyone. Lots of people whose families have been in Asheville for...
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    Restraints

    elkpark replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Everywhere I've ever worked over the years, it has been the responsibility of the RN assigned to the restrained client to be aware of when the current restraint order expires and to contact the...
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    Mandatory flu shots????

    elkpark replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Perhaps because it's a serious illness that causes a lot of disability and death. Most all the nurses I know are "against the influenza." I, personally, am vehemently opposed to influenza -- which...
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    Mandatory flu shots????

    elkpark replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Everyone you have spoken to who has had the flu shot "has had major issues post vaccination"?? I find that extremely unlikely, considering that the vast majority of people who get the vaccination...
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    Restraints

    elkpark replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There is a huge difference between life-sustaining medical treatment and
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    Compact Licensure

    elkpark replied to nursealisha's topic in General Nursing

    Glycerine, have you notified SC that you're living in RI? Are you maintaining a permanent residence in SC? The rules of the NLC state that you can only hold licensure in one compact state at a time,...
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    Restraints

    elkpark replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Someone needs to call the physician and get a new order before the previous order
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    Converse sneakers at clinicals

    elkpark replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had good experiences with Nursemates and SAS (I had one pair of each). I never actually bleached my shoelaces, but I put them through the laundry each week in one of those little mesh bags, and,...
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    RN license without Nursing major

    elkpark replied to Ele_123's topic in Nursing Career

    I understand the OP's situation. I was responding to the person above me who was asking how she managed to get licensed as an LPN. I see that I neglected to quote that person in my post, which made...
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    Nursing Student??

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

    I don't mean this in a mean way, but would have to say, based on my experience over the decades that, yes, that is a "crazy idea." I can only wish I were a psychologist with a steady Federal job,...
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    Jahi McMath is back in the news

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Nursing News

    Well, the good news is that she's not being "tortured" -- because she's
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    Jahi McMath is back in the news

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Nursing News

    Yeah, Terri Schiavo's parents had videos,
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    Difference between an NP and a Certified Psych Nurse

    elkpark replied to Guitarstrings's topic in Psychiatric

    The ANCC offers a specialty certification in psychiatric nursing at the generalist (staff nurse) level, which has nothing to do with advanced practice (psych NP, in the case of psychiatric nursing)....
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    Books to give to favorite patients in NICU

    elkpark replied to megelizabeth1992's topic in General Nursing

    Just
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    Lonliness/sadness

    elkpark replied to anxiousnscared's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I would not plan on anything external like a job making things "better" for you. Nursing is v. stressful and demanding, even more so than nursing school (I realize that sounds impossible to nursing...
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    What's a girl to do?

    elkpark replied to jellyd123's topic in Nursing Career

    What kind of CNS program has "no hands on patient care"? Have you thought about looking for jobs in other settings besides acute care? Long-term care, public health? Welcome to allnurses -- best...
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    Paying for college

    elkpark replied to Nurse Guy Mike's topic in General Students

    Maybe one idea would be to find a less expensive nursing program. They are not all "super EXPENSIVE." What is it that's so attractive to you about this particular program? There are also lots of...
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    What does it mean to have "Lack of Good Moral Character"? when you're license is revoked

    elkpark replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing

    Not every state has a law that is specifically titled "Nurse Practice Act," but every US state (and DC) has legislation that defines and regulates the practice of nursing within the
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    DNP should be the Minimum Entry Practice

    elkpark replied to nqe9650's topic in General Nursing

    It most certainly is. That would be what the "D" in MD stands
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    What does it mean to have "Lack of Good Moral Character"? when you're license is revoked

    elkpark replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing

    What it means is largely up to the Board of Nursing
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    DNP should be the Minimum Entry Practice

    elkpark replied to nqe9650's topic in General Nursing

    I might be inclined to agree, if it weren't for the fact that MSN-prepared advanced practice nurses, including NPs, have been providing safe, competent care for decades. I'm less enthusiastic about...
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    Malpractice insurance

    elkpark replied to Nurselnk's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are a bunch of older threads here with extended discussion of the pros and supposed cons of carrying your own coverage, if you're interested. I'm sure you could find them easily using the...
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    Sent home from clinical :(

    elkpark replied to marin8campy's topic in General Students

    Welcome to allnurses! For the record, plenty of people have failed clinical, some much more spectacularly than you describe, and survived and gone on. I'm a little suspicious of this business about...
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    Rural Nursing - How long do most nurses stay?

    elkpark replied to frances81's topic in General Nursing

    I moved to a rural area when I first finished nursing school, many years ago, because I knew that employers in the city in which I went to school wouldn't hire people into specialties without two...
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    Maintaining Certification While Living Abroad

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

    Yeah, that was my assumption -- that the change was made to accommodate people who are teaching full-time and not practicing, but want to maintain their certification (since, in many cases, it is a...