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    I thought we learned that in nursing school!

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

    Sadly, best practice is rarely top priority in most LTC facilities. There are places where I've worked where using sterile supplies and changing the drainage bag each time a Foley catheter is...
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    "Public" Perceptions Changing?

    BrandonLPN replied to guest449786's topic in Nursing Humor

    I agree completely. I thought the premise was full of potential. I'd love to see nursing and nurses skewered and satirized in a smart and funny way. Unfortunetly, this skit just wasn't funny. Not in a...
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    Help: Which states allow an LPN to Determine death?

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

    I'm always slightly mystified when this subject comes up. I have been the nurse on duty dozens of times in LTC on third shift when a resident dies. I have never had to "get" another nurse (RN or LPN)...
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    "What to Expect When You're a Patient"

    BrandonLPN replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While I totally understand where you're coming from, prioritizing which patients you see first based on how annoying their family is is not very good nursing. (But a pamphlet informing families that...
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    Not getting charge nurse position

    BrandonLPN replied to frisky's topic in Nurse Management

    Yeah, what sort of idiot would want a manager with experience and clinical skills? Give me a 22 year old new grad MSN who wrote her capstone thesis on "The Dynamics of Synergizing Trans-Realtional...
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

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

    Pain isn't an emergency. In a perfect world you would have been roomed and treated right away. In the real world hospitals have limited resources, and thus people with sprained ankles sometimes have...
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    Nursing shortage

    BrandonLPN replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in General Nursing

    Rural areas are usually a good
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    Nursing shortage

    BrandonLPN replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in General Nursing

    You're just another anti-intellectual.... I'm sure the fundamentals of nursing have changed enough since 2014 to justify a $375 new edition being mandatory to ensure best
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    Nursing shortage

    BrandonLPN replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the authors of nursing text books obviously have a vested interest in keeping the "nursing shortage" myth going for as long as they
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    How old are you?

    BrandonLPN replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, a circle is​ a
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

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

    Ok, I posted this before reading all of this thread. With that in mind, I feel the need to clarify that I did not intend to imply that a patient with a sprained ankle is experiencing "their world...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    BrandonLPN replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would be very offended and annoyed, for sure. But I still can't imagine suing someone over
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    Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

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

    It doesn't surprise me much that segments of the general public hold a perception that nurses are crabby and rude. New nurses are in a perpetual state of stress and thus can come off as distracted and...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    BrandonLPN replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I didn't realize this was something one could sue another person over.
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    "Public" Perceptions Changing?

    BrandonLPN replied to guest449786's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think it's indicative of the fact that the "nurses" with whom the vast majority of the public have contact are really just the Medical Assistants who room them at their local doctor's
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    Two job offers

    BrandonLPN replied to Eyrie's topic in General Nursing

    After a week of waiting, I would have just been upfront and told them I was pursuing other options. Maybe that would've put a bee in their
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    new cna doing badly need advice

    BrandonLPN replied to aultc7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The other CNA who was taken off orientation earlier than you may have experience in the field. I wouldn't use that as a
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    Nurse Abuse & What's the policy Kenneth?

    BrandonLPN replied to 3degreeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, an RN requesting that their patients address them as Mr or Ms whatever seems a bit
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    Staying comfortable vs. hastening death

    BrandonLPN replied to RNMarykay's topic in General Nursing

    You're not hastening death, you're treating a patient during the dying
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    DNR and Hospice

    BrandonLPN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this makes me a jerk, but I was not at all comforted by the fact that the poster who questioned "what is the point of caring for DNR patients?" eventually was brought to understand the error of...
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    What's to complain about?

    BrandonLPN replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

    I'm reminded of a rather heated thread from a while back where nurses where complaining about UPS drivers making more per hour than RNs. I'm sorry, but it all seems like a bunch of sour grapes to me....
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    DNR and Hospice

    BrandonLPN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering how people make through nursing school with some of the ideas they have. This website can be a real eye
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    A Response from the OP on the issue (poor choice of words) on the concept of a ADN Vs. BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    I think the impression was that you're comparing ADN nurses to custodial staff. Not your intent, I'm sure. Chalk it up as another lesson on how intent and outcome are not always coincident in online...
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    Worth Being A LPN

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

    Everything is going to vary by location, but as a general rule a LPN who is willing to work in LTC will have little problem finding a job that pays a living wage. Where I live that is around $20/hr....
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    Anybody ever heard of "kiskitis"?

    BrandonLPN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Google "kiskitis" and it asks do you mean "kiskutis" and a bunch of images of Easter bunnies pop up in.... some... language.