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    Was your first job out of school your dream job?

    elkpark replied to team_nurse's topic in Nursing Career

    No. Where did this idea that newer students have, that you should be able to walk into your "dream job" fresh out of school, come from? What happened to starting out being happy to get a job and...
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    elkpark replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    I would argue that anyone who believes nursing is "an occupation ... only about compassion" is an idiot. Nurses are human beings like everyone else. There are nice nurses and nasty nurses, just as...
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    Stanford Rape

    elkpark replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    It was quite clear what you meant. My point was that that kind of thinking is hardly limited to "back then." Several folks posting on this thread (including you), as well as plenty of people in the...
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    Stanford Rape

    elkpark replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean, "back then"?? You and several other posters have suggested (repeatedly) on this thread that women may bear some degree of blame for rape by being too attractive, dressing...
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    Nurses Share 10 Critical Tips They Never Learned in Nursing School

    elkpark replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    (To me, the sad thing is that nursing school did used to prepare students well for the reality of nursing practice and to enter practice and begin
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    Stanford Rape

    elkpark replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Or perhaps they thought that, as you have suggested on this thread numerous times, her appearance or actions may have led some man to lose control of his actions and, therefore, what happened to her...
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    elkpark replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    As a nursing student, I was a member of clinical groups that were supervised by a clinical instructor who supervised us providing care to our assigned clients. It was never a case of "1 clinical...
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    Nursing in McAllen TX

    elkpark replied to Alfonso1939's topic in General Nursing

    And she got it -- what is your
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    Is suicidal ideation always an emergency?

    elkpark replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Psychiatric

    That is true in my experience, also. My point, though, was that the definition of "imminent risk" varies from state to state. In my state, as I mentioned, there has to be "an act of furtherance" in...
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    Hospital requires you to pass Nclex on first try.

    elkpark replied to Sagegrr's topic in General Nursing

    That's how it works in every state that still offers GN
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    Pregnancy and birth

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

    Doulas assist and support laboring women; I don't know much about their training, but I don't think it's nearly as long as nursing school. That might be an
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    Is there such a thing as Engraving Stethoscope tubing

    elkpark replied to cahalana's topic in General Nursing

    Any jewelry shop that does engraving can engrave the metal portions of a stethoscope. Years ago, I got a stethoscope engraved at a "Things Remembered" store. I don't have any idea who might do...
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    Noose tightening for for-profits

    elkpark replied to elkpark's topic in General Students

    Not sure what you mean by this. The ACICS is general academic accreditation, so it is entirely different from CCNE or ACEN (which also accredits BSN programs, but not graduate programs in nursing)...
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    Hospital requires you to pass Nclex on first try.

    elkpark replied to Sagegrr's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this is an "arbitrary" rule; if someone is hired into an RN position as a graduate nurse and fails the NCLEX, s/he can no longer work as an RN until s/he does pass the NCLEX at some...
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    Hospital requires you to pass Nclex on first try.

    elkpark replied to Sagegrr's topic in General Nursing

    It's state-by-state. Lots of states just don't offer it any more, and, even in the states that do, lots of employers can't be bothered and just won't talk to applicants until they have their...
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    Stanford Rape

    elkpark replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    (That's a joke,
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    elkpark replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder why they didn't simply "work very hard" to teach their students themselves. They presumably took a teaching position because they were interested in and "wired to" teach, and providing your...
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    elkpark replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    Who, me? Not at all, merely a simple statement of fact. An awful lot of student nurses seem to believe that they make the RN's job easier in clinical, which is just not the
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    contract advice

    elkpark replied to ARnurse1981's topic in General Nursing

    What does the contract say about the penalty for breaching the terms of the
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    CNS title

    elkpark replied to jrt4's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    In a lot of states, it's not a protected title. In those states, employers can call anyone they want to a CNS, with or without certification, with or without a
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    Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    elkpark replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    Students are extra work. Extra work that, in the majority of cases, the nurses didn't ask for and don't
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    PMHNP that does MFT? Advice on how to get there.

    elkpark replied to nurse cats's topic in General Nursing

    What "way too many acronyms"? I assume you're familiar with "LPN" and "RN," "BS" and "BSN." Probably also "PMHNP" and "PTSD"? The only acronym I would expect might be unfamiliar to anyone here is...
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    Stanford Rape

    elkpark replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the "may" really got me, too
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    BSN through Direct Entry

    elkpark replied to Sami92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One problem that has been posted here in the past is individuals in a direct-entry MSN program that does not award a BSN who complete the basic nursing education part of the program and either choose...
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    Is suicidal ideation always an emergency?

    elkpark replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Psychiatric

    Again, this varies from state to state. It's important to be familiar with the specific requirements of the involuntary commitment laws in the state in which one is