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    Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    elkpark replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My immediate thought is that I trust MSF a whole lot more than I trust Pfizer or any of the other Big Pharma companies. Good for them
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    Wrong side for amputation(loss of license)

    elkpark replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You do seem to spend a lot of time dreaming up, or searching out, weird and unlikely scenarios about which to post questions here. Maybe it would be a good idea to just relax and worry about stuff...
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    Can Text Convay Enough

    elkpark replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    So, when you said, "Our words dramatically effect real lives," your point was that our words can cause "real lives" to come into being? How, exactly? What's wrong with just admitting you used the...
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    The Decline of Physicians: Do we really need them anymore in Primary Care?

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Boston said "involved with," not "main preclinical and clinical instructor." Lots of us in academic medical centers participate in the education of medical students and residents in an ancillary...
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    Nursing Admissions: A Frustrated Student's Manifesto

    elkpark replied to medicapoetica's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that was a lot to wade through. A few thoughts: A) As already noted, there is no nursing shortage. B) The faculty people who have been giving you "helpful" insider info and tips are not doing...
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    Watches

    elkpark replied to neogirl's topic in General Students

    For nursing school, I'd recommend the cheapest thing you can find that is waterproof and has a second hand. Something you can clean, with bleach if necessary. Something you can consider disposable...
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    Hotel for day sleep for 3rd shifter?

    elkpark replied to gospa's topic in Travel

    I tried doing that years ago. What I did was check in the previous afternoon and ask for a late check-out. But it really didn't work for me -- no matter how clear I tried to be with the desk...
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    How th e US Government and Big Pharma P rotect Pharmaceut ical Profits

    elkpark replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hmm, which party does control the FDA? The commissioner is nominated by the President but has to be approved by the Senate, and the FDA enforces laws which are passed by Congress. One of the...
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    Is it possible to work as an LVN when you are a RN??

    elkpark replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    And the courts, also, if anything ever went wrong enough to end up in
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    Im so angry and bitter!

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

    I can understand feeling frustrated and angry about the situation. Keep in mind that, in the long run, over a career in nursing, this is just a minor speed bump ... Best wishes for your
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    Occupational therapist interested in nursing

    elkpark replied to Irradus's topic in Canada

    FWIW, every time someone starts a thread here about "should I become an RN or an OT?," I always post that, over the many years I've been an RN (in psych, so I've worked with lots of OTs), the OTs I've...
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    WGU will not accept me

    elkpark replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    I've known lots of student nurses working as techs (but not yet RNs or with any RN experience) who would describe their situation the same way. I don't see what's "unique" about it. And it's still...
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    Questions concerning Dallas Nursing Institute

    elkpark replied to cchapman2's topic in Texas Nursing

    Is anyone supposed to be able to decipher all of
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    Narcan pens for kids to use on parents?

    elkpark replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Put the kids in what "safer environment"? Foster care? The foster care system is already swamped and plenty of kids are getting abused and/or "lost" in the foster care system now. Group homes?...
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    Inform Director of Applying Elsewhere

    elkpark replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a internal move, yes, because (as you found out) HR is going to contact your boss and s/he will typically have to approve the move. External positions (leaving the current employer),
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    want to become a nurse

    elkpark replied to ctongue's topic in Men in Nursing

    No, no -- I'm sure all the people here who criticize nurses for only being interested in a paycheck and not having a real "calling" for nursing would be happy to continue working for free if nurses...
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    Failed out of nursing school

    elkpark replied to nursingstudent65's topic in General Students

    Does your college/university have a student services department that offers any workshops or tutoring on test-taking skills? Many do. That might be helpful. Have you checked with any of the...
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    WGU will not accept me

    elkpark replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    People in lots of other disciplines attend school expecting that they will move when they finish school to wherever they can find a first job. Nursing is pretty unusual in the near-universal...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    elkpark replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Check your formal job description. I guarantee you there is a statement at the end of the list of job responsibilities that says something like "And other duties as assigned." It doesn't really...
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    How to find NP positions in Healthcare Insurance

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

    I believe that the insurance companies that offer that kind of support typically use generalist RNs for those jobs, not advanced practice
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    Would an accredited BSN cancel my unaccredited ADN?

    elkpark replied to navywife16's topic in General Nursing

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    Would an accredited BSN cancel my unaccredited ADN?

    elkpark replied to navywife16's topic in General Nursing

    I found one state (so far) -- Utah. From the application form for initial licensure as an RN found on their website: If applying for Initial Licensure, in addition to the items required for...
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    Why is our salary so low?

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Please go back and reread the post from AAC.271 to which I was responding, and what I said. AAC.271 referred to DNP-prepared NPs referring to themselves as "Dr. So and so and saying that they are the...
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    Why is our salary so low?

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you didn't actually go to med school, it's not a "concession." It's just the truth, and suggesting otherwise would be lying and misrepresenting yourself. I can't imagine that there is anywhere in...
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    Why is our salary so low?

    elkpark replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm all in favor of NPs with doctorates using the "Dr." honorofic, but I think introducing oneself as "the doctor" would get people in a lot of trouble in a lot of places. It's important that NPs...