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    Did anyone else see that we made it on Facebook?!

    elkpark replied to krystalkae's topic in School

    (I am concerned about this,
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    A safe nurse to pt ratio?

    elkpark replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Psychiatric

    There's no single, arbitrary "safe" ratio. Like nearly every other kind of nursing, the "safety" of an assignment/ratio depends on many variables -- the acuity of the clients, the skill and expertise...
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    Lung cancer and secondhand smoker

    elkpark replied to zahnart99's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I doubt your professor would have any interest whatsoever in our behavior or responses -- I'd be interested to know, though, what your professor would think of your "behavior and responses"
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    Unethical?

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

    As I've already said, the people I've known in the psychiatric community over the years haven't felt that there are "different rules" for psychiatric clients vs. other clients -- it is the position of...
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    Unethical?

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

    I have never, in 30+ years in psychiatric nursing, heard that put forward as the rationale for not getting romantically involved with clients. The rationale has always been the inherent power...
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    Do you disclose you're in monitoring during the interview or if you get an offer?

    elkpark replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree that, if an applicant went through the entire interview process without mentioning this, and then sprung it on (me; the organization) only after an offer had been made, I would consider that...
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    Unethical?

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

    It has nothing to do with "mental illness stigma." I've been in psych for 30+ years, and I've never heard of a "3 year" time limit -- the time limit has always been "never." Within the mental health...
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    Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    elkpark replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital attendance policy wouldn't actually apply here -- the point of orientation to new positions in healthcare is that it is a "trial period" for both parties; either the employer or the employee...
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    Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    elkpark replied to ERgirlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Narcotics that cannot be accounted for are not "something
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    Compact License Confusion

    elkpark replied to NICURN87's topic in General Nursing

    If you move to NC, your NC license will have "compact privileges" (once you are living there) and you can use it to work in NC, TN, or any other compact state for as long as you like as long as you...
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    Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?

    elkpark replied to ERgirlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    The title of your thread is "Terminated. Pursue a Lawsuit?" Who, exactly, were you referring to suing, if not the
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    What are your thoughts about Chamberlain?

    elkpark replied to Eeramsey's topic in Chamberlain College

    If you're only "hoping" that it's "really good stuff," how did you decide that this is where you really want to go? My "thoughts about Chamberlain" are that it's a ridiculously overpriced for profit...
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

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

    I doubt that v. much. Looking to "catch" NPs claiming to be equal to
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    Why preceptors don't precept

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

    Well, someone has a chip on her shoulder ... Why so
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    Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

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

    Is this a
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    Clinicals

    elkpark replied to Nurse2b.lexii.p91's topic in General Students

    ^^
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    Psych nursing is easy

    elkpark replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Nah, we're just really good at what we do. But you'll find out soon enough, I
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    Methadone worse than heroin....ideas?

    elkpark replied to Maevish's topic in Addictions

    It is true that it takes a lot longer to detox from methadone than it does from heroin, because of the much longer half-life. A lot of people in the substance abuse treatment community are opposed to...
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    The future of hemodialysis?

    elkpark replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    All the new technology starts out that way. Remember when calculators took up half a desktop? Remember when the first portable phones were the size and weight of a brick? When computers were the...
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    ADN/ASN vs Diploma RN

    elkpark replied to FutureNurseRedHeart's topic in General Students

    I attended a hospital-based diploma school many years ago. It was a three-year program, three full calendar years; we got two weeks off and Xmas and two weeks off in the summer, and we were in school...
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    I'm bipolar, can I be a psychiatric nurse?

    elkpark replied to Frybot's topic in Psychiatric

    Says who?? I've known plenty of nurses "with a lived experience of mental illness" who made terrible psychiatric nurses. Beware the sweeping generalization
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    Methadone worse than heroin....ideas?

    elkpark replied to Maevish's topic in Addictions

    Heroin (and other commonly abused opioids) has a v. short half-life, and methadone has a v. long half-life. With heroin, you shoot or snort it, you get a big rush and get high, the high wears off...
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    Outrageous Healthcare Proposal

    elkpark replied to MDT's topic in General Students

    Members of Congress do not get a "free ride" on healthcare. They are in the same federal employee healthcare system as every other federal employee, from the President and his family to people filing...
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    Harassment, Stalking, Impersonation by Psycho Ex... Name Change?

    elkpark replied to HopefulVANurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if your state police department or SBI has a cyber crimes division that might be able to help
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    Detox in Jail?

    elkpark replied to Glycerine82's topic in Correctional

    As already noted, opioid withdrawal is not considered a life-threatening condition. She might feel like she's dying, she might wish she would, but it's not going to kill her. The symptom management...