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    Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    BrandonLPN replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, but some comments just beg to not be left
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    Primary Nursing is for the BIRDS

    BrandonLPN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I think the primary nurse model is why so many of our LTC patients come back from the hospital so deconditioned, underfed, unshaven and with bedsores. I realize that the acute illness needs to be the...
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    Do you write a thank you?

    BrandonLPN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh, I don't know, not writing a thank you not doesn't seem rude or ungrateful to me. Everybody has their own set of morals and nothing is universal. I feel giving someone a firm handshake and a simple...
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    Communication with patients and families

    BrandonLPN replied to Altra's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Modeling healthcare in the "customer service" model certainly does not help the "wimp factor" any. And it really is very frustrating that negative outcomes and patient decline is automatically linked...
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    LPNs Often Fare Better Than Some Degree Earners

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually, I think manual labor keeps people in good shape. Moving furniture helped build my muscles. It's many office/computer workers who seem pretty flabby and weak to
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    Do you write a thank you?

    BrandonLPN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    To be honest, I don't think a thank you note is necessary. After the interview, I shake their hand and thank them for their time. I think that's sufficient. I've never written a thank you note and...
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    LPN needs advice!!

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse1044's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I do. Personally, I'm not a big fan of PRN jobs. I need the security of steady hours. And if I need extra money, I can always pick up an extra shift as a CNA or as a LPN where I work. For a while I...
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    Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    BrandonLPN replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Giving vapid "hang in there!" or "you're so right!" type comments might be necessary face to face sometimes, but I've always felt the virtue of the Internet is that such silliness can be side
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    LPN needs advice!!

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse1044's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'd look instead for a part time job that left you enough time for school while also having a guaranteed number of hours each
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    Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    BrandonLPN replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nice is nice, but blunt is
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    nurse/security

    BrandonLPN replied to jh07418's topic in Men in Nursing

    No, I don't think men should get paid more to act as security. We're all (men and women) doing the same job and should be paid at the same rate. With that said, let's not be naive and say women are...
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    Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    BrandonLPN replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder how much of this perceived meanness is really people being overly sensitive and/or not getting the responses they want? I find it amusing when a nurse starts a "vent" thread and expects...
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    CNA's passing meds?

    BrandonLPN replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    Next they'll let CNAs become certified in wound care. Or respiratory care. The logical conclusion of all this is going to be nursing homes having maybe one nurse a shift to "supervise" all the...
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    "Peenie-wraps"?

    BrandonLPN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Has anyone else heard of these? At my facility (90% male residents) we put them on most of our incontinent residents. Basically it's where you take a brief, poke a hole through it, pull the member...
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    Fun answers you can use for the dumb questions we get...

    BrandonLPN replied to tenjuna's topic in Men in Nursing

    Actually, this has been such a non-issue for me, I'm shocked when the "you're a MALE nurse??" type questions come up. Funny post,
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    Nobody told me that after graduation...

    BrandonLPN replied to smclean27's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't surprise me. I'd imagine nursing schools would have a vested interest in shielding students from the real world of nursing. God forbid reality infringe upon the little fantasy world...
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    LPNs Often Fare Better Than Some Degree Earners

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It goes without saying that, overall, RNs make more than LPNs. But people would be surprised how much a LPN can make in certain facilities. If (when) I become a RN, I'm almost certain to take a pay...
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    Lazy nurse or what

    BrandonLPN replied to Theguest2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, of course nurses who complain here aren't lazy. They're just venting. I WILL say that nursing is not as hard as it probably seems to an outsider who reads these boards. Nurses don't come here...
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    I don't want to work in a nursing home...

    BrandonLPN replied to ProudStudent's topic in General Students

    Do some research. Subacute and skilled nursing centers are the future of health care. Inpatient hospital nursing jobs aren't going to disappear, but they will diminish as time goes by. It will be...
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    Would you be scared of 6 foot 3 male nurse.

    BrandonLPN replied to mumbojumbo's topic in Men in Nursing

    I know what you mean. Being a big, burly guy comes in handy with loud mouthed family members, too. I often felt like I was the unit bouncer when I was an aide in the hospital. Sometimes being able to...
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wasn't there when your staff said that, but I'm guessing there was no real disrespect intended. As long as there was no malice and they were talking only amongst themselves, I don't see the harm....
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Someone needs a sense of humor injection!
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    LPNs Often Fare Better Than Some Degree Earners

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think many of these academic major would benefit from having MUCH stricter standards. Take architects, for example. Very high unemployment rates for grads with this major. And why not? The world...
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    LPNs Often Fare Better Than Some Degree Earners

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I've seen plenty of people with degrees in philosophy or journalism whose jobs involve wearing a smock and a name tag with the company logo on it. Sounds like "worker bees" to me. I work with...
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I will concede that working with elderly demented patients for years *can* make one somewhat desensitized to it. When my grandma's dementia took hold recently, I'll admit I didn't find even her most...