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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 with him.

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 so.

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 that meets the requirement for 2000 hours of working in psychiatric nursing. Sure, you see lots of psych in corrections, but that's true in any clinical setting these days and it's not the same as working in psychiatric nursing. Have you asked the ANCC? They would be able to give you a definitive answer. There are organizations that offer a specialty certification in corrections nursing, that you would be able to pursue. Have you looked into that? I have no idea what colleges would think about your background; it would likely depend on the specific college. Are you asking because you want to get into a graduate program in psychiatric nursing? There are some (plenty) of schools that will take people into psych NP programs without any psych experience.

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 calling a "heartbeat" is is the first stirring of electrical activity in cells that will at some point in the future be a heart. The bill and the motivation of the Texas legislators who passed it are anything but "moral." If they are so sure they are taking the right stand, doing the right thing, why did they go to such trouble to construct this novel enforcement mechanism that avoids the state and encourages individual vigilantism in an attempt to avoid judicial review

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 US state has some mechanism for forcing people into psychiatric facilities if they are an acute danger to themselves or others.

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 clients. Work is work and your personal life is your personal life, and, IMO, it's much healthier if you don't loosen those boundaries.

"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 advanced practice nursing, part of the "LACE" or "Consensus" model developed by TPTB in nursing (every time I heard it referred to as the "consensus model," I would snort and think to myself, "What !@#$ consensus?? Nobody asked me ...") It certainly was not something that the psych population proposed or supported. It was imposed on us from above.

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) Christians nowadays is a comparatively (historically speaking) recent phenomenon.

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 read). Nonfiction: Glenn Kirschner, a retired Federal prosecutor, has been saying since early in the pandemic that Trump's behavior and decisions regarding the coronavirus pandemic more than meet the necessary standards to charge, try, and convict him for negligent homicide/involuntary manslaughter (different states use different terms). Also an interesting read (or listen): Deconstructed Podcast: Is Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus Deaths? (theintercept.com)

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 throw everyone off the scent ... MTG is the Q-Anon kook just elected to congress.

Nah, they were crazy long before COVID came along.

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 ...

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

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 s/he was hoping to hear.

Do the schools not even explain the basics of how licensure and certification work anymore? What else are they not covering?

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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, but the programs are there and v. popular.)

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 this.

Since all of this took place nearly two years ago, I imagine the situation has been resolved by now, one way or another.

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 nursing schools away from the BON and gave it to the state dept. of education. Since then, quite a few "nursing schools" have opened there that would never be allowed to operate in any other US state. Many of these "schools" have horrible NCLEX pass rates and would get shut down in other states simply because of their poor pass rates. The "schools" get away with this because the state of Florida doesn't care (apparently), and the students they prey upon don't know any better. I would encourage you to tread carefully and look for a legitimate, established program with strong NCLEX pass rates and low attrition. Many people are getting taken advantage of in Florida; they're paying a lot of money for substandard nursing "education" that doesn't prepare them for the NCLEX nor prepare them to enter practice successfully. I would not be surprised if the rest of the country doesn't eventually catch on and start refusing to license by endorsement graduates of some of these Florida "schools" or stop recognizing Florida graduates altogether.

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 here. Welcome to allnurses! :balloons: Best wishes!

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 time.

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 & liaison service in a large academic medical center, and, yes, we spend at least as much time writing as we do talking to people. That's the nature of healthcare these days, and it's not likely to change. In my experience, there's a lot less writing in outpatient (some providers write only brief, vague eval and progress notes), but it's been a long time since I worked in outpatient so I don't know how much that may have changed. Since you mention you're new, some of the issue may just be getting more familiar with and adept at documentation and your specific organization's medical record system. You will probably get more efficient as you get more experience. Also, in my experience, new people tend to over-document out of their own insecurity (I'm not saying that as a criticism, just a natural part of the process of gaining experience and confidence over time). Best wishes!

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 difficulty transferring credits from your previous school into a "regular" university.

Yes. Few schools bother to be accredited by both. Either one is adequate.