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    BSN graduate from Philippines starting my MSN in the US... After I get my MSN, can I be...

    elkpark replied to rox.dcorpuz's topic in Nurse Registration

    California, like every US state, makes decisions about RN licensure based on the nursing program you completed that initially prepared you for licensure. Additional nursing degrees or education have...
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    Non NP MSN types

    elkpark replied to hugz331's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you know that you want to go into administration, then you should do an MSN in leadership/management. Better to have the appropriate degree that matches your career interests than to get the...
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    Non NP MSN types

    elkpark replied to hugz331's topic in Advanced Practice

    That would be entirely up to individual employers. Some might consider you qualified. A lot would not. Graduate degrees in nursing pretty much lock you into a specific professional role and career...
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    How much RN experience to become an NP?

    elkpark replied to dreamcatcher17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Are you sure that the Yale students work as RNs during the second two years of the program? It's been a long time since I was there and things may have changed, but, when I was there (as a...
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    Please help, super conflicted!

    elkpark replied to FSUMurse94's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    (What color scrubs you would be wearing is one of the considerations?
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    BSN vs RN...is it worth the tuition difference? I already hold a BA if that matters

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

    Just looking at job postings doesn't tell you much about who is actually getting hired into positions. It's the same as the literature for all the nursing schools -- just because all of a school's...
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    Licensing question

    elkpark replied to AlleycatLady's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you live in a "compact state," which SC is, you can't get licensed in another compact state (which NC is). The rules of the Compact include that you can only hold one "compact license" at a time,...
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    Relocating to Florida :)

    elkpark replied to Luv2model2007's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! If you are sure you're moving to FL, there is no need to get a NC license and then get a FL license; you can just apply for initial licensure in FL. You would just need to let...
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    Unencumbered license to practice on applications...legal?

    elkpark replied to glass_houseRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What do you mean by "employers aren't legally allowed to discriminate based on past criminal charges"? Every job application I've ever filled out has asked about any prior arrests or charges or...
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    Nursing instructor doesn't allow open textbooks during lecture !??!

    elkpark replied to LVNlivin's topic in General Students

    Perhaps the instructor's purpose is not to "spoon feed" material, but to have students pay attention, participate in class, and exercise their critical thinking skills by engaging in discussion of the...
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    What kind of integrative medicine jobs exist for RNs?

    elkpark replied to healtheducatorinCA's topic in Holistic

    If Quantum is a legitimate school offering legitimate education, how come it is not accredited by any legitimate, recognized, US academic accrediting body? After looking at your link, I Googled the...
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    Friends say they could NEVER take care of kids who die

    elkpark replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Your friends say that because, as we all know, they're right, they couldn't ever do it. My specialty is child psych, not med-surg pediatrics, but I've had similar experiences; when I talk about the...
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    Let's talk semantics

    elkpark replied to PG2018's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I believe most of the general public would hear "I do psychiatry" to mean "I'm a psychiatrist." As a psych NP, technically (as much as you may hate the idea), you're not practicing "psychiatry,"...
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    My boss looked in my EMR for my miscarriage

    elkpark replied to Christina12345's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Hospitals keep track of who accesses medical records. If she accessed your electronic record, the hospital would have a record of that. You could talk to the risk management people at the hospital...
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    CMA Is it me.

    elkpark replied to Slipping CMA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Whether or not every adult needs a height check at every office visit isn't really the issue; what got you in trouble is that the office's policy is to check the height every visit, and you were...
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    Methadone worse than heroin....ideas?

    elkpark replied to Maevish's topic in Addictions

    Methadone itself isn't a "catalyst" for anything. It doesn't make people want to quit using heroin. It is a tool that people who want to quit using heroin can find helpful. You're right that there...
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    Canadian nurse looking to work in US

    elkpark replied to marie1992's topic in Travel

    Well, you submit an application to hospitals you're interested in, for positions they have open for which you're qualified. However, I'll tell you up front that most US employers will not want to...
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    RN New Grad Position for 6 months?? Is there such a thing?

    elkpark replied to bhaktiRN's topic in California Nursing

    Yikes. Don't plan on ever working again for any hospital (or associated hospital) at which you get accepted to and complete a lengthy new grad residency program and then
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    400-level lecture class taught by a BSN educated nurse?

    elkpark replied to ISingTheBodyElectric's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm surprised that flies with the school's general academic accrediting agency. I would guess they don't know about it. Is this possibly a temporary/emergency kind of situation, where another...
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    Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    elkpark replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    The March of Dimes is a charitable organization, not a professional organization. I, personally, would never take direction on a question of professional ethics or behavior from a nonprofessional...
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    Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    elkpark replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not OB/NICU/PEDS providers "can" do it is controversial. Just because some do, that doesn't make it a good idea or appropriate
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    Opinions on nursing students?

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

    Yes, and the low quality nursing schools should be shut
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    Why can't we all just get along?

    elkpark replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    (Annnnd, you're proving my point
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    Struggling with an unmotivated clinical group

    elkpark replied to nursemeanie's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I attended a hospital-based diploma school. We did two fulls days a week of clinical the first year (11 months of study/year -- we got two weeks off at Xmas and two weeks off in the summer), three...
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    Why can't we all just get along?

    elkpark replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    Do you talk to your classmates the way you've talked to people on this site? 'Cause that might be your problem right there