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    Is this considered patient abandonment?

    BrandonLPN replied to lindsmith88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Never assume the worst of your fellow nurses. Always give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe a ER tech dropped the patient off, thinking his nurse had already called
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    Am I asking for too much

    BrandonLPN replied to mvm2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wasn't trying to be offensive in my post, just trying to tell you how it really is. And in the world of LTC, the truth isn't as pleasant as we'd like it to be. I know you think you're being an...
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    Mandated :(

    BrandonLPN replied to Morganalefey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm fine with working with the risk of being mandated, if it means we never run short. Where I work, you can count on being mandated once a week, but once you've put in your double shift you're good...
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    Am I asking for too much

    BrandonLPN replied to mvm2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's hard to say if you're asking too much without putting it in context. The aide who spilled the juice and then forgot to come back, for example. Was the first time she did this? Maybe she was a...
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    Dermatology office pays $13/hour

    BrandonLPN replied to 50kn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    This seems so morally wrong, to the point where it shouldn't be legal. Employers who do this are purposefully taking advantage of the economic situation to drive down wages. How is this any different...
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    LAZY CNA's!!

    BrandonLPN replied to RNBeauty23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The blame lays with the administrators who only pay the CNAs 8.50 an hour. For profit LTC facilities have substandard care because they barely pay minimum wage to their caregivers. Where I work, the...
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    How do you get a very combative patient to take a shower

    BrandonLPN replied to esunada's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmm, there must be a different set of rules for state ran facilities. For example, here we preset all our medications before we even begin med pass. I know that's frowned upon out in the rest of LTC...
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    QMA Scary Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to KlareRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As for the whole QMA thing, all I can say is I'm glad we don't have them in my state. In my mind, any skilled nursing facility that uses them has automatically downgraded themselves to assisted living...
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    QMA Scary Practice

    BrandonLPN replied to KlareRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Um, do you realize how dumb it is to say you "know" what a nurse does when you have never BEEN a nurse? Guess what, many (if not most) of the nurses here HAVE been CNAs. I was an aide for years. I...
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    How do you get a very combative patient to take a shower

    BrandonLPN replied to esunada's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe that's true at your facility, but we get orders for PRN geodon on residents who don't have it scheduled all the time on the locked units. To be fair, though, everyone on these floors IS on...
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    Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

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

    There are a ton of nurses who know first hand what it's like to be a CNA. There are zero CNAs who know first hand what it's like to be a
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    Work in LTC ? - Does this nurse to patient ratio sound right ?

    BrandonLPN replied to RN-UMB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's silly to wake everyone up at 5 or 6 am to give a stupid synthroid. We've been giving everyone their synthroid along with 8am meds on 1st shift for years. And guess what? Their TSH levels have...
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    Work in LTC ? - Does this nurse to patient ratio sound right ?

    BrandonLPN replied to RN-UMB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have 49 on 3-11, so your ratio sounds good to me! As someone said, most of your pts will (hopefully) be sleeping. And quality LTC facilities won't schedule meds/treatments in the middle of the...
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    New grads & CNA experience

    BrandonLPN replied to lalopop86's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Short of having your mother being the nurse recruiter or something, being a CNA or LPN first is the best possible way to land a job as a new grad
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    And we just recently won a major victory here, too! The state tried to lay off all of our state CNAs at our home and replace them with "contract" aides who would make 8.50 an hour and no benefits!!...
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I work in a union LTC state facility. The CNAs and LPNs are in a union. Our CNAs start out at 14.50 and we LPNs start out at 22.50. We have a pension and the best benefits I've ever seen. In a 700+...
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    Whats the point of a LPN license

    BrandonLPN replied to FurtureR's topic in General Students

    Also, I make over 23 dollars an hour and have a nice state job with pension and benefits. I'm also routinely charge nurse on a 49 bed ward where I'm constantly administering meds/treatments, assessing...
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    Whats the point of a LPN license

    BrandonLPN replied to FurtureR's topic in General Students

    Uh oh, my "spidey sense" is tingling! Must be someone looking to argue! (edited by
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    A nurse called me a "little pretend nurse!"

    BrandonLPN replied to Amber628's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    To play the role of the devil's advocate, I must point out that context is everything. Where I work, some of us LPNs call ourselves "licensed pill nurses" or "little pretend nurses" as a joke. Maybe...
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    Newly Licensed LVN in the SF Bay Area and I can't find a job!

    BrandonLPN replied to goodkarmaluv's topic in California Nursing

    In fact, I just went to the state of California website, and they are hiring LVNs at a prison in Solano county. Isn't that by San Francisco? And the pay looks to be 3,000 a month, that's not too
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    Newly Licensed LVN in the SF Bay Area and I can't find a job!

    BrandonLPN replied to goodkarmaluv's topic in California Nursing

    I'm in western Michigan. Here, LTC facilities are always hiring new grad LPNs. County jails and state prisons, too. My advice to any new grad is to check your state's "state jobs" website. You'd be...
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    How many of you are forced to clock out to stay back and chart?

    BrandonLPN replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know this practice is common in some private sector nursing homes. I've never heard of a DON having the balls to actually tell staff to punch out then continue working. If only you had had a tape...
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    So I've been applying as a new LVN grad and only offered MA positions!

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

    When I was an aide at the hospital, both the LPNs and the RNs wore navy blue, while the CNAs and techs wore maroon. It didn't matter that the "magnet" policy had degraded the LPN role to glorified...
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    Newly Licensed LVN in the SF Bay Area and I can't find a job!

    BrandonLPN replied to goodkarmaluv's topic in California Nursing

    Why is the SF job market so tight for nurses? I've noticed this a lot on these boards. There must be a lot of nursing schools in the area or something? Where I live, a nurse can always find a job...
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    ASN new grad in nursing homes/long term care

    BrandonLPN replied to Jmd1128's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you want to work in a nursing home, you definitely don't need a BSN. With your ADN you have a good chance of working in any nursing home you want upon graduation. If you want to work in a hospital,...