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    NP to MD

    elkpark replied to ClayH's topic in General Students

    NPs are welcome to apply to med school, the same as anyone else, and, if accepted, complete the usual med school program. Being an NP doesn't get you any shortcuts or special consideration. Best...
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    How do I tell my first nursing job I failed NCLEX

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

    In the states which still allow graduate nurse status, it is only good until you take the NCLEX. Graduate nurse status is based on the presumption that you're going to pass the NCLEX when you take...
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    Glutton for Punishment?

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Diploma programs are still around -- not nearly as many as there used to be, and there are plenty of states now that have no diploma programs, but there are plenty that do. For some reason I don't...
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    Glutton for Punishment?

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Turns out it is kind of dumb to think that facts might trump hearsay (I mean that in a funny way, not a mean way!) This is "a thing," and it's been around for a long time (note the date on the Boston...
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    Any alternates accepted last minute?

    elkpark replied to luckynurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall how close to the "last minute" it was, but I was placed on the waiting list for my school, because I had applied so late that they had already accepted a full class, and I got a call...
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    Glutton for Punishment?

    elkpark replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Just don't waste your time. Lots of people believe stuff that isn't true, and you're not going to change their
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    LVN to RN 30 unit program

    elkpark replied to guest1028966's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, there was a time I thought that I wasn't going anywhere else (other than the state in which I started my nursing career and lived most of my adult life). I'm currently in the third state I...
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    Credentials

    elkpark replied to RN.on.the.move's topic in General Nursing

    I would not use the initials until you have officially received the degree from the
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    Converse sneakers at clinicals

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

    Doesn't matter what anyone here says -- what matters is your school dress code. Different schools have different requirements. I suggest you review the school's dress code for clinical, and maybe...
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    Family Google expert, MD

    elkpark replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the new phrase that makes me really cringe (when I hear it all the time) is, "Well, I read on the Internet that ..." It wasn't a refusal of treatment, but I was really struck by the level of...
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    Looking for a state for RN endorsement without local board from Philippines

    elkpark replied to Brehnz13's topic in Nurse Registration

    How does it not "make since"? Illinois requires a license from your country of origin/education for licensure, even if you're applying for endorsement with licensure in another US state. They're...
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    Withholding symptoms to avoid legal issues

    elkpark replied to ptquery's topic in General Nursing

    What led you to the presumption that the nursing staff are attempting to cover up for something nefarious? What is your background as a "care giver" and what is your prior experience with ICU
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    Following up with a patient who is transferred to another facility -- Kosher or not?

    elkpark replied to guest998179's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    As a friend of mine likes to say, "Clear, healthy boundaries are the key to a happy life." Professional boundaries are your friends. Just don't do
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    Mental Anguish about Acceptance into NS

    elkpark replied to AspiringNurse86's topic in General Students

    When I applied for two nursing programs many, many years ago, I got told by one of the schools (my preferred school) that I was being placed on the waiting list. Shortly before school actually...
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    Are you a nurse practitioner without any nursing experience?

    elkpark replied to bethymaester's topic in Advanced Practice

    My graduate program included a direct-entry track (I was a traditional, experience-RN, student, but was in classes with the direct-entry students). The way the program was set up, the direct-entry...
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    Why should I have to write the NCLEX after working in the USA for 24 years?

    elkpark replied to Dodgern's topic in Nurse Registration

    Well, you learn something new every day. I've spent most of my career in NC and have never of this before. There's nothing on the BON website about reciprocity with Canada nowadays. I wonder...
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    Im socially awkward. Cant interview well.

    elkpark replied to lpatt9981's topic in Nursing Career

    For what it's worth, I've been on both sides of interviewing for jobs and, in my experience, interviewers are well aware that it is a stressful situation for the applicant and they are not necessarily...
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    Why should I have to write the NCLEX after working in the USA for 24 years?

    elkpark replied to Dodgern's topic in Nurse Registration

    Wait, you don't mention having taken the NCLEX before -- did you get licensed in NC somehow in 1992 without taking and passing the licensure exam? If you have taken it in the past, I don't know why...
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    Does clinical rotation at facility count as a being a previous temp employee/volunteer?

    elkpark replied to scarlet1314's topic in General Nursing

    Clinicals do not count as employment or volunteering at the facility. You had no formal connection to the facility. The correct answer is
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    NCLEX steps for Philippine Passport holder that lives in US

    elkpark replied to smolcrik's topic in International Nursing

    There is no experience requirement to be eligible for the NCLEX. New grads with no experience other than their education take it every day. The specific requirements will depend on to which state...
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    Student about to Graduate University

    elkpark replied to marlena.erika's topic in General Students

    Are you intending to be snarky in your responses to people? Because that's how you're sounding. "Wishy washy social science subjects?" Those "wishy washy" social sciences are considered essential...
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    Im socially awkward. Cant interview well.

    elkpark replied to lpatt9981's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with caliotter -- working with a professional coach on your interviewing skills could make a significant difference, and could be money well spent. Best
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    Smoking

    elkpark replied to keebler1995's topic in General Students

    Except that we all have to put up with the stink and second-hand smoke when people return to work/class from their designated smoking area
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    Work for the State?

    elkpark replied to nurseinmaryland's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked for several years as a surveyor for my state and CMS (all state surveyors are also contract surveyors for CMS). I used to joke that, when the nurses from the different divisions of the state...
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    Does anyone else ever envy their patients?

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly say I've never envied my clients. In fact, seeing the people I do at work, in the situations they are in, makes me more appreciative that I enjoy basically good physical and mental...