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    Doctors rip VA plan that would give some nurses more authority

    elkpark replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I was in nursing school and then practicing more than 30 years ago, and I can tell you that my experience of nursing education and practice at the time was nothing at all like your characterization....
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    RN/Doctor Shadowing in Dallas

    elkpark replied to alecia1234's topic in General Students

    I don't know of any hospitals or clinicians who will allow people access to healthcare settings just because they are generally interested in healthcare occupations. There are v. strict laws about...
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    elkpark replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, I think I'll get myself a t-shirt made that says, "I sacrificed my life so you could have a handknit sweater." 'Cause, y'know, it takes a lot of time and effort to knit a sweater. Sure, I do...
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    Getting into NP schools (GPA)

    elkpark replied to novastudent9595's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    How on earth did you arrive at this conclusion? "De facto a good student with competitive grades"? I've known any number of students over the years who had completely unrealistic expectations about...
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    RN/Doctor Shadowing in Dallas

    elkpark replied to alecia1234's topic in General Students

    "Shadow" for what reason? In what
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    Nursing in McAllen TX

    elkpark replied to Alfonso1939's topic in General Nursing

    This article is several years old now, but I'm guessing the healthcare milieu in McAllen hasn't improved much: The Cost Conundrum - The New
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    Working FT and PRN in different dept. at the same hospital?

    elkpark replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

    And this is why most employers simply won't permit this -- they're not interested in paying people overtime just because people feel like working extra
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    How true this is

    elkpark replied to Mandychelle79's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeahhhhh, I think that happens everywhere with psych. I've even seen EDs outright lie about the individual's medical condition in order to get us (psychiatric facility) to agree to take them. The...
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    HIPAA violation

    elkpark replied to NovaNala's topic in General Students

    "Many others have done the same"? Do you mean they looked at charts of family members, or looked at charts of clients to whom they weren't assigned (and with whom they had no personal
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    How to break into an administration role

    elkpark replied to someoneyouknow's topic in Nursing Career

    Keep an eye out for charge nurse positions, and let your superiors know that you're interested in one; that's the traditional starting point for an administrative career path. Best
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    Working FT and PRN in different dept. at the same hospital?

    elkpark replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how your employer gets away with that legally. The employee is still the same person, working more than 40/week without getting paid overtime, regardless of what "department code" s/he is...
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    Possible to still get employed as RN after graduating nursing school 5 years ago??

    elkpark replied to shea33's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone here will dispute that someone with a five-year-old degree and license and no nursing experience is not going to be a particularly attractive or competitive job applicant; but a...
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    Mental Health Nursing in the USA

    elkpark replied to Katielouise's topic in International Nursing

    Most paid therapist/counselor positions in the US require some kind of recognized professional credential/licensure, in advanced practice nursing, psychology, social work, or LPC (licensed...
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    Can a bedside RN conduct CBT?

    elkpark replied to TiffyRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Psychotherapy is considered a graduate-level intervention, and outside the scope of practice for generalist RNs. It's also not something you can do with no background and "some minimal training." Do...
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    Nursing Leisure Reading Recommendations

    elkpark replied to KDalmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I make a point of avoiding nursing-related topics in my leisure time ...
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    Possible to still get employed as RN after graduating nursing school 5 years ago??

    elkpark replied to shea33's topic in General Nursing

    The state BONs usually maintain a list of approved (by the BON) refresher courses in their state, since BONs sometimes require people to take them as a condition of getting (or keeping) a license. I...
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    Did anyone else see that we made it on Facebook?!

    elkpark replied to krystalkae's topic in School

    So, is there an answer to this question?
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    Expired vermont license applying for Illinois RN

    elkpark replied to Gingster's topic in Nurse Registration

    Your best bet is to contact the IL BON directly. The only advice that counts is
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    How true this is

    elkpark replied to Mandychelle79's topic in Psychiatric

    Exactly -- you can be bleeding from every orifice, but, if you're a psych patient, you're "medically stable" for transfer. I've seen that in EDs and inpatient (med-surg) units over many
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    RN-BSN SCAM

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

    You are wrong about my location, and I'm not "defending" the study or "denying" any facts. I'm just curious about your venom about it, and your repeated statements about visiting retribution on the...
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    Mental Health Nursing in the USA

    elkpark replied to Katielouise's topic in International Nursing

    Be aware that the US educates and licenses all RNs as generalists. Although plenty of nurses specialize in and work exclusively in psychiatric nursing in the US, there is no psych-specific nursing...
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    Nurse practitioner or Medical Doctor

    elkpark replied to Kenny Rogers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If that's how you feel about healthcare in general, why would you want to get further into it? If I felt that way about healthcare, I would be looking to do something else
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    Possible to still get employed as RN after graduating nursing school 5 years ago??

    elkpark replied to shea33's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's a much larger impediment to RN employment than how long ago she finished her degree.
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    RN-BSN SCAM

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

    And how, exactly, are you planning on "tak(ing) (them) to task"? Again, feel free to do your own studies and publish your results in peer-reviewed journals. If the studies were so badly done and so...
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    Nurse practitioner or Medical Doctor

    elkpark replied to Kenny Rogers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, you could have completed medical school in that amount of time, but you would now be at the point of starting a lengthy residency rather than being done and entering practice (and it probably...