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    Graduate UK nurse making move to USA

    elkpark replied to lou1991's topic in Immigration Advice

    Please be aware that many US hospitals advertise countless openings on their websites, openings that they apparently have no intention of filling, because people who appear well-qualified apply for...
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    How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    elkpark replied to SWGOH's topic in General Nursing

    Are you quite sure that it's the nursing "regulatory body" that has mandated this, and not the medical board?? I'd like to see some documentation of that, as it sounds highly unlikely to
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    MSW looking for a career in FNP

    elkpark replied to klawton's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Welcome to allnurses! Did you notice that Vanderbilt's direct-entry FNP program is what they call a "hybrid" program? The first year of the program (the basic nursing education part leading to RN...
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    So nurses, what is our role now? Unity?

    elkpark replied to murphychen's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    True -- my experience over the years has been that trying to get nurses to agree on anything, large or small, is like trying to herd cats. We are our own worst
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    We are human too

    elkpark replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    (FWIW, in the scenario described by the OP, the nurse is the person who says "I love you," and the client responds, "I love you,
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    elkpark replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes, they do. And our choices are to keep up with them, or to get left
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    What do you think?

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

    Since when? I've heard the word all my life, and it has always meant what TriciaJ posted. When I Googled the definition just now, that's what came up on multiple sites. A man whose wife is cheating...
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    How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    elkpark replied to SWGOH's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I learned from years in academic medical centers -- you can never go wrong by calling someone (pretty much anyone) "Dr. So-and-so." Much better to have someone correct you by saying, "Oh,...
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    Psychiatric/Mental Health CNS Versus Child Services Social Work

    elkpark replied to dreamcatcher17's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Psych nursing at the generalist ("regular" RN, not advanced practice) level offers a wide range of opportunities for promoting mental health in vulnerable populations of all ages in a wide range of...
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    elkpark replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I fail to see how commenting on the capabilities I have observed in the nursing students with which I have worked directly over time is a "bogus" "generalization." If I had said "most BSN students...
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    elkpark replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A) It's not "an additional two years" of education. Most ADN programs are more like 3 - 3-1/2 years when you factor in the prerequisites people have to take in order to get into the two-year ADN...
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    Psychiatric/Mental Health CNS Versus Child Services Social Work

    elkpark replied to dreamcatcher17's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    There's nothing else in nursing that compares to the psych CNS role (and y'all are going to miss us when we're all finally gone!) Those of us who are already psych CNSs (and some other credentials...
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    elkpark replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Plenty of us are; we just know enough to keep quiet about it. I'm an original diploma grad who later completed a BSN and a graduate degree and has taught in ADN and BSN programs, and I firmly believe...
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

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

    Has anyone here suggested that it's not a possibility? I certainly have no problem accepting the idea. But I also think that a lot of what gets called "bullying" these days isn't really bullying, as...
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    Psychiatric/Mental Health CNS Versus Child Services Social Work

    elkpark replied to dreamcatcher17's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    If you have just been accepted in nursing school, it doesn't really matter, the psych CNS role will not be an option for you. The ANCC is "retiring" the credential, and no applications for...
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    Nursing to OBGYN

    elkpark replied to rnvmei's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing isn't really an advantage in getting into medical school. Cut your losses on the nursing degree, take the prerequisites you need for medical school, ace them and the MCAT, and apply to...
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    Paper to Read, Papers to Write, Oh my!!

    elkpark replied to jschut's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What were you expecting graduate school to
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

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

    Nah, it's just some allnurses participants with hurt feelings
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    We are human too

    elkpark replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hope it's intended as art, and not
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    Need a BSN for what again?

    elkpark replied to ModernRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Welcome to allnurses. There are a number of studies that have shown a correlation between higher numbers of BSN prepared nursing staff and lower mortality rates, and there are plenty of criticisms of...
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    Bullying at Work - What is your experience?

    elkpark replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I would think there would be some interest in the rate/frequency of bullying within nursing and that that would have some relevance to the discussion, but, I guess
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    Failed 3 times in CO and won't let me retest.

    elkpark replied to ylujan1020's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The rules of the NLC specify that, if you live in a compact state, you can only be licensed in your home state, not any other compact state (you can be licensed in as many non-compact states as you...
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    We are human too

    elkpark replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But the OP claims to specialize in psych nursing -- psych nurses, more than any of the rest of us, should be tuned in to boundary violations ...
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    Bullying at Work - What is your experience?

    elkpark replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    And you're not interested in the hordes of us who don't feel we've ever been bullied at work? That's a pretty skewed sample, isn't
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    Liabilty Insurance

    elkpark replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    The two companies that get mentioned most often in regard to professional liability ("malpractice") insurance for nurses are NSO and