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    Nursing student weekend warrior, how realistic?

    elkpark replied to nurselili30's topic in General Students

    I'm confused -- you say that you're currently working 3-11p on Saturdays, but you have the chance to pick up 7-11p Saturdays? How is that not working two jobs at the same time, and how would you...
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    Patient with Dementia's Right to Refusal

    elkpark replied to oblivionenigma's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Once again, I just want to point out that there is a lot more to mental capacity to make informed decisions than "alert and oriented x 4." It is entirely possible for someone to be fully oriented and...
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    No PMH-ANPs in Canada!!!

    elkpark replied to RunnerRN92's topic in Psychiatric

    As far as I know, most (if not all) of the US advanced practice nursing roles are not recognized in other countries. Best wishes for your
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    ABSN degree limits options for advanced degrees, working abroad, etc?

    elkpark replied to green.tea's topic in General Students

    Some people have posted here in the past that they were unable to get licensed in some foreign countries with an
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    Student about to Graduate University

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

    Aren't Australian nursing graduates one of the groups that have trouble getting licensed in the US because the education is different? (Also, what's an "ivy league university in Sydney, Australia"?...
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    Revoking Your Own License: How to Remove Your Name from the Board of Nursing

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    The Catholic church will be happy to tell you that it still considers those individuals to be
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    Malpractice Insurance: Do you carry your own?

    elkpark replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I'm covered through Marsh, although I've had coverage through NSO in the past. My father was a physician and, many years ago, when I was in nursing school, he told me to never count on my employer to...
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    Psych Mental Health NP- Competitive?

    elkpark replied to mariehp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I disagree -- there are still some competitive schools "out there," happily ... But I agree there are far too many schools that will take anyone "with a pulse and a checkbook" (or, the updated...
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    Can I Quit camp

    elkpark replied to guest83140's topic in Camp

    Why would you be responsible for administering meds to the counselors? Aren't they able to be responsible for their own
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Listen to your mom. She clearly knows what she is talking
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    Chamberlain

    elkpark replied to steveeee090's topic in Chamberlain College

    Nobody does. However, by enrolling in nursing school, you will be agreeing to make yourself available for random drug testing on request, and that will also be condition of any nursing job you take...
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    Revoking Your Own License: How to Remove Your Name from the Board of Nursing

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    You can surrender your license, but the information that you were licensed as an RN will always be available on the BON website. Once you give up your license (or allow it to expire), you're legally...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    elkpark replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure your current supervisors do realize it -- it's just not their problem. Regardless of what anyone does or doesn't "regard" or "consider" you, you are a licensed RN, 24/7. You can't "turn...
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    Contracted TB from my nonclinical job- now what?!

    elkpark replied to bmryan06's topic in General Nursing

    Well, first off, don't panic -- a positive Mantoux test doesn't mean you've contracted TB, it just means you have been exposed to the bacterium, which is common. Plenty of public health experts...
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    Is nursing school worth it?

    elkpark replied to Jazzycat22's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is definitely "worth it" if you want to be a nurse. However, you're at a notoriously expensive school. There are significantly less expensive routes to licensure. You don't need to...
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    Recently met a FNP grad from Chamberlain

    elkpark replied to raindrop's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I suspect that the stigma attached to Chamberlain has more to do with it being a proprietary operation and the lousy reputation of DeVry than it does that the program is online since, as you note...
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    to AMA or not to AMA?

    elkpark replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

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    to AMA or not to AMA?

    elkpark replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily. Totally separate and apart from a petition for involuntary psychiatric commitment, a licensed physician has the right (some would argue, the responsibility) to detain someone against...
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    to AMA or not to AMA?

    elkpark replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you should have. This is a significant treatment/change of status issue. The physician should have been promptly informed that the person was asking to leave
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    to AMA or not to AMA?

    elkpark replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    In the places I've worked over the years, that decision would not be made by an individual RN; the request would be reported to the physician, and the physician would determine what actions to take,...
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    Nursing Ethics Question!

    elkpark replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    You are certainly welcome to have a different opinion; just be clear, with yourself as well as the rest of us, that what you are stating is your opinion on the question. Your initial post above...
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    Final year of HS in the US, want to go to Nursing school in the Philippines.

    elkpark replied to EvergreenAsian's topic in International Nursing

    OP, it also means that the you will be an IEN, internationally educated nurse, for your entire career in the US, and will have additional paperwork and hoops to jump through any time you want to apply...
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    State or private college

    elkpark replied to REDFX4's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good heavens, stay where you are, get into the state university program, and stay away from the overpriced proprietary
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    Rasmussen University, Here I come!

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

    What shortages are those? There are no shortages in any parts of the country with which I'm familiar ... While there are some issues with distribution of nurses around the country (some parts of the...
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    Should I take a year off after graduating?

    elkpark replied to Jayhaydee's topic in Nursing Career

    Perhaps it would make more sense to go teach English abroad before nursing