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    Help I got suspended

    BrandonLPN replied to michelle1264's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Why are you "pointing out" that other nurses are documenting medication that isn't given? How would you know? Maybe you're just reaping what you
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    Can't get it right.

    BrandonLPN replied to nursenicci92's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I also think you're being too hard on yourself. You never would have graduated from nursing school or passed the nclex if you were as "slow" as you make yourself out to be. You should be proud to be a...
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    RNs, LPNs, UAPs, Oh My! Scope of Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate that, and when there is a RN supervisor working with me I follow that chain of command. You better believe that when I'm working with a RN and a pt goes downhill, the last sentence in my...
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    RNs, LPNs, UAPs, Oh My! Scope of Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what I'm saying is that I DO understand my scope of practice as a LPN. I know every state's BON says that LPNs function under the direct supervision of the RN. My point is, though, that in LTC...
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    RNs, LPNs, UAPs, Oh My! Scope of Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm in Michigan. And I follow the BON rules. I just think it's hilarious that we LPNs technically can't assess, only "gather data". We all know it amounts to the same thing, so why do we have to...
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    LPN are we professional nurses or just RNs?

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

    ADN and Diploma RNs earned their full title "registered professional nurse" just as much as any BSN RN. Of course there are some people who feel only those with a bachelors deserve to be called...
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    LPN are we professional nurses or just RNs?

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

    Of course, this is true to some extent. The vast majority of PN programs upon completion issue a PN "certification" rather than a college degree. There *are* a few practical nursing associates degrees...
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    RNs, LPNs, UAPs, Oh My! Scope of Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    You must not work in LTC. In most LTC facilities the LPN is often the only nurse in the facility on 2nd or 3rd shift. In these cases, for the LPN to be unable to "assess" or to have to inform the RN...
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    RNs, LPNs, UAPs, Oh My! Scope of Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. Though I don't care what anybody says, LPNs DO assess in LTC. Call it "collecting data" or whatever you want. If I "collect data" and then decide to either...
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    Would you be scared of 6 foot 3 male nurse.

    BrandonLPN replied to mumbojumbo's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nope, I wouldn't
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    Indiscriminate Empathy?

    BrandonLPN replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a duty to be professional and impartial. I don't have to empathize (or sympathize) with
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    Neb treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure what our official policy is, to be honest. As a state facility, we are overseen by a federal agency. They are actually much more lenient. And I realize it's not about the nurse, but if I...
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    Neb treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We'll have to agree to disagree about the meds in a g tube thing. I get that some meds may be "optimal" to be given separately, but whatever minimal benefit there is would be outweighed by the time...
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    Given another patient's medication to satisfy MAR.What do you do? Orientee

    BrandonLPN replied to rn_nxt_dr's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    How on earth was she risking her license? As long as it was the correct dose fentanyl patch and she was giving it as ordered, why would the BON care? What the BON WOULD care about would be if a nurse...
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    Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

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

    The funny thing about (non certified) hospital NAs is that they have a much wider scope than the CNAs in LTC. I was a NA in the hospital (again, no certification of any kind, just on the job training)...
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    Class of 2013 LPN Students from Michigan?

    BrandonLPN replied to LeeLeeTheGPN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I graduated from Everest LPN program in Grand Rapids in
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    Is it illegal for caregivers to administer meds in PA?

    BrandonLPN replied to CJcaregiver's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmm, after googling the subject, maybe I was wrong? There seems to be some legal debate? Maybe HHas CANT give meds? This would surprise me since I know for a fact assisted living CNAs can give meds. I...
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    Is it illegal for caregivers to administer meds in PA?

    BrandonLPN replied to CJcaregiver's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also, I don't really get the rationale behind a poll that asks a factual, yes or no question. Either it is legal or it isn't. (it is) Aren't polls usually for opinions? Now if you were to ask SHOULD...
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    Is it illegal for caregivers to administer meds in PA?

    BrandonLPN replied to CJcaregiver's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, it's not illegal. Unlike the hospital or a nursing home, people's homes are not medical institutions. It's just somebody's house. Anyone can administer meds legally in this environment. A HHA, a...
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    Neb treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm stunned some facilities apparently have to get "orders" to crush/mix all the meds together for PEG pts. State could actually cite nurses for doing so without an official order?? Give me a break....
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    WIA paying for ADN

    BrandonLPN replied to rfeddersen's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Plus the title says "pay for ADN". Don't get my hopes up. I thought maybe I'd be able to find some government agency to pay for my ADN program.
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    New RN, interviewed at an LTC facility.....scared!!!

    BrandonLPN replied to dianne777RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Really? I've never seen a nurse have only 24 pts in LTC. At my facility, on the skilled/rehab/whatever unit (trachs, woundvacs, IV ABX) the 3-11 nurse has 25-28 pts. On the strictly LTC unit (where I...
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    Neb treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, right, and I crush and give each pill separately and flush with 10cc H2O inbetween each med when giving meds through a
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    Is it easier to get in if you are already an LPN?

    BrandonLPN replied to Limik's topic in LPN to RN

    The LPNs in your class had no right to be snooty. But I must point out, they don't "feel" like they know more than the rest of you. They DO know a lot more than the rest of you. Their experience as...
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    Given another patient's medication to satisfy MAR.What do you do? Orientee

    BrandonLPN replied to rn_nxt_dr's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    There's no excuse for borrowing for two weeks. It should have been resolved one way or another. But any nurse who says borrowing is "stealing" and the nurse doing so is a "criminal" is being very...