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    Ritttenhouse Trial

    I would argue that it was Rittenhouse who "went after others," when he made the decision to take his gun and drive to Kenosha in order to take part in the situation that had nothing whatsoever to do...
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    Ritttenhouse Trial

    He's lucky they exercised better judgment than him, and didn't shoot him dead on the spot. According to him and his defense team, they would have been justified in doing
  3. I doubt very much whether you would be able to sit for the ANCC psych nurse certification exam, unless you are working in a psych-specific unit in a correctional facility or have some other experience...
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    Texas Abortion Law

    The Texas bill is not about "babies with beating hearts," nor are any of the other so-called "heartbeat bills" around the country. There is no "beating heart" at six weeks. What these bills are...
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    Nurse severely beat

    That's not necessarily true in every US state (what categories of health professionals can commit someone involuntarily), the specific requirements vary from state to state. But it is true that every...
  6. I also am a long-time psych nurse (child psych CNS), and I also vote "no" on disclosing. Furthermore, I would not disclose anything about my own past once I was working in the setting, especially to...
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    PMHCNS

    "Lame duck" child psych CNS here. I'm no expert, but the rationale we were given at the time that our certifications were being "retired" was that it was part of the overall general restructuring of...
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    Religious Exemptions

    Not only that, but organized Christianity has gone for long periods of time without having any particular position on or objection to it. The vehement objections by some (certainly not all)...
  9. Food for thought: The People vs. Donald Trump – Verdict: Guilty of Negligent Homicide – Trusted Legal Advice for Technology Companies (kelmanlaw.com) (Fiction, obviously, but an interesting...
  10. Not only that, but, at the same time, the perpetrators didn't bother to also take the majority in the Senate and increase the Democratic majority in the House -- pretty smooth! I guess that was to...
  11. Nah, they were crazy long before COVID came
  12. If she's that worried about her safety in DC, maybe she shouldn't have gone to all that trouble to get a job there
  13. I see in the news that anti-choice organizations are planning demonstrations today at Planned Parenthood facilities around the US to support GOP plans to defund PP. Of course, my first thought was to...
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    One Thread Wonders

    "What graduate degree should I get?" "Should I leave my boyfriend/husband?" "Should I go into
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    One Thread Wonders

    Lots of threads in which the new member seagulls, and lots in which the new member comes back to complain bitterly and snark at long-time members about getting responses and advice that weren't what...
  16. Do the schools not even explain the basics of how licensure and certification work anymore? What else are they not
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    Different Sort of Shoe Question

    I've had good experiences with SAS shoes. Super
  18. You are forgetting the direct entry MSN programs. Start with no nursing background or experience, come out in 2-3 years an NP. People are doing it every day. (Not saying I think it's a good idea,...
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    Pennsylvania Compact State??

    PA is not a member of the NLC and I'm not aware of any plans to join. Each state makes its own decision about
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    Is this mental abuse???

    Since all of this took place nearly two years ago, I imagine the situation has been resolved by now, one way or
  21. That was my immediate thought, too. LOL OP, the state of Florida, passed legislation several years ago to make owning and operating nursing schools easier and cheaper. They took control of...
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    Med life institute

    I recognize that name -- there are some existing threads here about that "school." Have you taken a look at them? You can find them with the "search" tool in the upper right hand corner of each page...
  23. I agree -- better to just not bring it up, keep your head down, work hard, be a good coworkers going forward, and things will improve over
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    Not sure if I'm happy as a PMHNP.

    What were you expecting? How much research did you do about the role before you went to school? I've been a psych CNS for many years, currently working on an inpatient psychiatric consultation &...
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    ADN at private school to public for RN-BSN?

    Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: When you say "private school," do you mean a private-for-profit (proprietary) school? Does it have regional general academic accreditation? If not, you might have...