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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    PMFB-RN, Um, I think you're missing the point of this thread. I do stand corrected on physical therapist and pharmacist not being batchelor degrees though. I was making fun of RN-BSNs who want more...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a RN-BSN who believes the BSN should be the entry to practice because then we will be viewed as professionals. And we will receive pay closer to other batchelor-degreed health care workers like...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in constant fear of "losing my license" if we run short staffed. This even though I've never heard of a nurse actually losing their license for any reason,
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    New Grad LPN Cant Find AJob !!!!!

    BrandonLPN replied to missbeech24's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where I live LTC facilities are always hiring LPNs, even new grads. Also try non-traditional places. Jails, dialysis clinics, and addictions rehab centers usually hire LPNs. And go to your state's...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a new grad LPN in LTC two days off orientation and I'm gonna quit cause I can't handle the med pass. The only nurses who could *possibly* finish a med pass on time are jaded old bats who probably...
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    New LPN starting Correctional job tomorrow! HELP!

    BrandonLPN replied to gbj2b's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work PRN at the county jail. Best advice I can give is don't let the inmates manipulate you. And remember, they didn't wind up in jail because they sold too many bibles.
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a new grad RN who was hired as a staff nurse at a LTC. How can this LPN who was a nurse here when I was in diapers possibly be my charge nurse?!?!? That's gotta be illegal
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a new grad RN who only took this job in LTC because no one else would hire a new grad. How come the LPNs and CNAs who have worked here for ten years don't drop what they're doing and run the...
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    LTC Cheat Sheet/Notes

    BrandonLPN replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, and how the resident takes their pills (whole, crushed in pudding, whatever) should *always* be written at the top of the MAR. Any good 11-7 nurse should do this during
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    LTC Cheat Sheet/Notes

    BrandonLPN replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I find a simple census list (ie a list of all residents by room number) is all I need no matter what floor I float to. And I work in a facility with 11 different wards. For med pass, I circle the...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a new grad LPN who wants to work in Labor and delivery or the ICU. I could never work in
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    How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

    BrandonLPN replied to vintagemother's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Amen! I love my SNF! I love my residents and the wonderful aides I work with. Of *course* a SNF won't have the same resources as an acute care hospital. We have to make do with WAY less and we do a...
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    What is your current LPN salary

    BrandonLPN replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As a new grad, I started out at 18.92 an hr. working at a SNF in west Michigan. Two years later I am making 20.80 an hr at the same facility. Believe it or not, the CNAs at this facility start out...
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    new nurse medication errors

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

    Radgey, any nurse who tells you they haven't made med errors is either lying or too vapid and unobservant to notice they've made a
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    Bathing in LTC

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

    To the OP: do you really have multiple residents who get *daily* showers? Our CNAs would be totally
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    Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

    BrandonLPN replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Now, before I sound like the worst nurse ever, perhaps I should clarify what I mean by "pre-signing". When I'm at the med cart outside a pt's room I initial my meds as I pop them in the cup. Then I...
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    Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

    BrandonLPN replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know best practice is to give the med, then sign. Like I said, playing devil's advocate. We all know at least *some* pre-signing goes on in all LTCs and I was just trying to explain from a med...
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    Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

    BrandonLPN replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OK, I'm going to play devil's advocate here.... Where I work, if a resident doesn't take a med for any reason (refusal, transfer to ED, death, whatever) the nurse initials the MAR and then circles his...
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    Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

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

    New grad LPN in Grand Rapids, MI. Making 18.75 per hour working at the county