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    Only charting?

    elkpark replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    Are you talking about general nursing experience, or critical care, specifically, experience? Your previous statement was about critical care experience being required for FNP
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    Does your community college offer pediatrics as a clinical?

    elkpark replied to pnpvirginia's topic in General Students

    Isn't it a basic requirement? Good lord, nursing education really is going down the toilet
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    The road to becoming a NP with a bachelor's degree that is not nursing

    elkpark replied to angiebeeee's topic in General Students

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: There are graduate programs in nursing that will take RNs with other baccalaureate degrees; they are usually a little longer, and include the extra courses that you...
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    Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    elkpark replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^ This, a hundred times. In none of my clinical experiences or, later, as a clinical instructor, were the staff nurses ever expected to take any responsibility or put any time or effort into teaching...
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    Whats the difference?

    elkpark replied to B.23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "ADN" (associate's degree in nursing) isn't a real name of a degree; it's a generic term used informally to refer collectively to AAS and ASN degrees. There's no degree of any kind, anywhere, that...
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    Applying to ABSN Program Issue: School did not provide sufficient information

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

    Fight it? Fight what? The school's requirements are the school's requirements. It's a shame you didn't find out about this earlier on, but I doubt you're going to get the school to change its...
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    Starting Nursing career in a new state

    elkpark replied to Future RN S.B.'s topic in Nursing Career

    It is "that serious." It's claiming professional credentials/licensure that you don't have, and it's a violation of the site's
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    Starting Nursing career in a new state

    elkpark replied to Future RN S.B.'s topic in Nursing Career

    (OP, if you're in nursing school now, and looking forward toward "starting" your nursing career, how come you have "RN" in your
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    BSN or degree in 'related' field

    elkpark replied to neuron's topic in General Students

    "So unfortunate"? I always find it helpful to reframe these kind of questions. How far would a BSN get you in a career in physiology? How many employers looking to hire someone for a position in...
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    Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    elkpark replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    It is true that the VA (and other federal agencies) aren't regulated by the states and don't have to abide by the rules/regulations of state agencies. The feds only require that individuals have a...
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    Dressy, Comfortable Work Shoes

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

    I work in "business casual" street clothes, and walk a lot in my work. I wear nothing but Crocs -- but other styles besides the ugly clogs. They make lots and lots of different styles that look like...
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    Can you cancel your license

    elkpark replied to RescueNinja123's topic in General Nursing

    Where on earth did that come from? Why would applying again for a license (in a state in which you were licensed in the past) be any different that applying for licensure by endorsement in any other...
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    Do mandated reporter laws cross state lines?

    elkpark replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    Without addressing the question of geographical location (since I know nothing about that), mandated reporting laws don't require that reporters have "direct knowledge" or know for a fact that abuse...
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    Can you cancel your license

    elkpark replied to RescueNinja123's topic in General Nursing

    If you just don't renew it when it's due, it will expire. But you can never go back to "as if you were never a nurse in that state;" the former license will always show up in a license...
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    Should I Try and Negotiate for a Higher Pay?

    elkpark replied to respectnerds's topic in General Students

    Are they actually talking about employing you to work 96 hrs every two weeks? That would be a lot of overtime. In my experience, healthcare employers are not in a big hurry to volunteer to pay lots...
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

    elkpark replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, the OP lost me at "hun." Yet another in the long line of posters who come here, start a thread about how other nurses are nasty and mean, and then get nasty and mean themselves when they don't...
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    Lawsuits

    elkpark replied to nursingstudent01600's topic in General Nursing

    Lawyer up. Best
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    Certified addict nurse able to report nurse patient?

    elkpark replied to Daisy321's topic in Nurses Recovery

    In all the states I've practiced in over the years, the BON rules have always included something about how nurses are obligated to report impaired or otherwise unsafe nurses, and, if you know someone...
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    best online Healthcare Admin degree

    elkpark replied to 5228shamrock's topic in General Nursing

    What are you expecting a BS in healthcare administration to do for you professionally? As mean notes, they are pretty worthless. Professionally, you would be much better off with a BSN. What's your...
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    What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I remember talking, years ago, to a pregnant teen (first pregnancy) who sincerely believed that the baby was going to burst out of her abdomen like the scene in
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    FNP-BC & FNP-C

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

    It did? Does mean we can get back the roles and certifications that were "retired" because they didn't fit into the New World
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    What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I remember having conversations in my college dorm decades ago (in the '70s) about sex and contraception issues, and was sincerely shocked at the number of other college women who didn't have any idea...
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    Further Study in the US

    elkpark replied to Medicjits's topic in International Nursing

    The US educates and licenses RNs as generalists. In order to be eligible for licensure as an RN (which you will need in order to get into a nurse practitioner program and to practice as a licensed...
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    Can I get into graduate school for NP with a low GPA?

    elkpark replied to zolow's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Actually, there are a bunch of direct-entry PMHNP programs. Not saying I think that's a good idea, but there are plenty of them
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    Can anyone explain "deficiency in hours to be discussed at Board Meeting" ?

    elkpark replied to letina's topic in International Nursing

    The poster you are addressing hasn't been active on this site since May of 2012 (which you can see from looking at her profile page). I doubt you're going to get a response from