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    No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

    elkpark replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Or maybe people should just go to medical school instead of becoming NPs ... If, as many people here advocate, NP programs are going to become v. similar to medical school and residency, why not just...
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    No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

    elkpark replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The qualification for admission to the program, AFAIK, was RN licensure and nursing experience. So, yes, diploma nurses were just as qualified as any other RN. I wouldn't refer to a diploma grad as...
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    Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    elkpark replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing and medical school libraries with which I have any experience required advanced degrees in library science for their librarian
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    No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

    elkpark replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    NP programs started out as certificate programs; you got into the program with whatever basic nursing degree you had, and you completed the NP program but it wasn't an additional degree. So, yes,...
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    Anyone dating a med-student?

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

    Maybe you should have just left it in peace and not resurrected it,
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    Got an offer in sub-acute, how to politely decline the offer?

    elkpark replied to EP10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You don't have to go into a lot of detail; you don't have to justify to them why you're not taking the job, you don't have to make a speech, you don't have to tell them what you're going to be doing...
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    changing employment...am i allowed?

    elkpark replied to kamelot1's topic in International Nursing

    "A bit more educated about this kind of situation" than an immigration lawyer?? I wouldn't make any important employment or immigration decisions based on advice from anonymous strangers on an...
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    Got an offer in sub-acute, how to politely decline the offer?

    elkpark replied to EP10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "No, thank
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    ABSN schedule

    elkpark replied to darbyspinx's topic in General Students

    Not really -- that's kinda the point of the accelerated programs. Those programs are designed for people who want to work really hard and get done in as short a time as possible. However, if you...
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    MSN Nursing Ed with no clinicals?

    elkpark replied to ViolettaCCU's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Jeez, I hope not! What good would the degree be without any actual practical learning experience
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    Prescribing Narcotics for Pt with Drug Abuse Hx

    elkpark replied to NurseQT's topic in Pain Management

    Have you shared your concerns with the physician(s) prescribing the meds? If I had concerns about a client care question, that's what I would be
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    Passed NCLEX RN July 2016

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

    Call me crazy, but I hope that any nurses I ever have caring for me passed the NCLEX because they knew the material, not because "God" rigged the test results for them
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    FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    elkpark replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of graduate programs in nursing, for those who are already RNs, that operate in the way you describe (some of then legitimate and some of them of v. poor quality), but there are...
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    Prescribing Narcotics for Pt with Drug Abuse Hx

    elkpark replied to NurseQT's topic in Pain Management

    People with a hx of abusing opioids have a much higher tolerance than the rest of us, and it takes much larger doses to manage their (legitimate) pain from things like major surgery (also, people with...
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    How old is too old to safely practice?

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

    There is no official age at which one "should" retire; it's a v. individual matter. My father was a physician who continued to give anesthesia into his mid-70s and was entirely competent (he finally...
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    BSN with a PhD in Public health

    elkpark replied to WeatherB's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of new nurses want "something away from the bedside." Most of those kinds of positions require some significant amount of bedside nursing experience to be considered qualified, unless you just...
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    No RN experence NP "non-nurse"

    elkpark replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You're ignoring the kazillion direct-entry MSN programs which take non-nurses, with no prior nursing education or licensure, and turn them into advanced practice nurses. I would have assumed that's...
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    Does a human services degree compliment a nursing degree?

    elkpark replied to chic_mother's topic in General Students

    You might get personal satisfaction from the degree and you might feel that the knowledge gained enhances your nursing practice, but it won't benefit you professionally as a
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    elkpark replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I agree, and I think that's an excellent reason to keep individuals' religious views out of the workplace, since religious beliefs can create a sense of division and possibly create conflicts among...
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    General MSN vs MSN with Education Focus

    elkpark replied to cec227's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yes -- the only "general MSN" programs I'm aware of are the entry-level MSNs for
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    Accreditation

    elkpark replied to mhutson84's topic in General Nursing

    If you have any notion that you might want to further your education and career at some point in the future (and even if you currently don't, IMO), you'll want to be sure to attend a school that has...
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    Why do some nurses like to whine and complain i

    elkpark replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Am I the only one who's amused by the idea of starting a thread to complain about nurses who
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    Depression

    elkpark replied to Newnursehere's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That is the theory du jour. We have no idea if that is what actually causes depression, and we'll probably never have a definitive
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    "Are you a Christian?"

    elkpark replied to anon456's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "Have to"? Says
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    Secret agenda of doing away with the associate program?

    elkpark replied to WCSU1987's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    They (ADN programs) also won't disappear because community colleges are v. popular with and have a lot of support in state legislatures, and TPTB in nursing have been unsuccessful (for several decades...