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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

    To the OP: I appreciate anyone who takes the time to come back and explain themselves after posting a thread that causes a stir. Far too many "hit and run" one-post wonders who stir the pot only to...
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    Odd situation

    BrandonLPN replied to anonymous88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The only possible explanation I can personally think of is perhaps there were pre-existing arrangements between this nurse and this woman, and that her son ended up a patient of his when you first saw...
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    Too Young..Rejected from Graduate School

    BrandonLPN replied to MyPrnPleaseBSN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm guessing they perceived you to be immature and/or too inexperienced. Whetether this assessment was fair or not, I couldn't say as I wasn't there. But I doubt the issue was your actual
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    Bad Supervisor

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

    I'd be more upset by the basket-throwing doctor than by the idiot nurse manager. If a doctor ever threw an empty supply basket at me, it would be the last thing he ever throws. The fact that filling...
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    LVN, BSN Army nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to kennethybanez15's topic in Government, Military

    You're a LVN who has completed a BSN program, but you do not have an RN license? The first thing you should do is take the
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    Is this acceptable?

    BrandonLPN replied to betweenus64's topic in General Nursing

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that in a clinic setting, physicians can delegate a broad range of tasks to unlicensed personnel as they see fit. Whether the staff administering the...
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    Is it better to become a CNA or LVN before entering into a Nursing Program ?

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

    Being a CNA is an excellent way to get a job as a new grad RN. Where I live, hospitals often select their own aides/techs who have proved themselves before they consider external
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    Transition from CNA to nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to Lame's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an aide on a hospital floor before becoming a LPN. I couldn't work on my floor as one, as hospitals in my area do not hire LPNs. I knew I would have to transfer to a LTC facility within...
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    Advice on creepy doctors?

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

    This definitely needs to be reported. Consult your employee handbook, employee website, whatever you need to in order to find out what your employer's internal mechanism for reporting sexual...
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    Is it better to become a CNA or LVN before entering into a Nursing Program ?

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

    If your goal is to be an RN, I advise against going to a for-profit school for your LVN. (I'm assuming that's what you mean by private college) For profit schools that are vocational in nature rarely...
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    That nagging feeling...

    BrandonLPN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In LTC it can get to the point where staff is able to pick up on extremely subtle behavior changes that indicate UTIs or even sepsis long before any "real" changes in LOC or vitals present. We just...
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was kind of wondering how you could have been here so long without knowing about that.
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    Protocol for blood pressure?

    BrandonLPN replied to hotflashion's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wish the OP would return and clarify the question. I'm still baffled by what a BP treatment protocol would be in a PCP clinic
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    Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    BrandonLPN replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    My advice would be to address it with her the next time you see her. Discreetly say "Last time I followed you, you left a couple cups of pills in the med cart". If she has any grace at all, she will...
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    Protocol for blood pressure?

    BrandonLPN replied to hotflashion's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But.... is hypertension usually treated on-the-spot in a doctor's office setting? I'm still not understanding the point of a HTN protocol for patients in this
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    Can't find employment

    BrandonLPN replied to tevin.scott's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Just want to add that while prisons are administered by the state, jails are ran by the county. Don't forget to check with county websites to look for job postings there, too. County jails utilize...
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    ADN education and BSN education are obviously two different things. One is an bachelor's degree and one isn't. But the licensure and scope of practice those two educations result in is exactly the...
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You can click 'unlike' whenever you accidentally 'like' a
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Countries around the world are moving to create a more highly educated nursing workforce. Canada,Sweden, Portugal, Brazil, Iceland, Korea, Greece and the Philippines are just some of the countriesthat...
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    Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    BrandonLPN replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    I spent a big chunk of my childhood in a poor neighborhood in Detroit in a car-less single-mother family and I can absolutely testify that this is 100% true. Public transportation is a joke in cities...
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    benefits vs. work environment

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

    I stopped reading at "state benefits". Take the state
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    About paying off student loans

    BrandonLPN replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    The cynical part of me (full disclosure: that's a big part) would say that the upper-middle class got panicked by all the social mobility inexpensive education creates, so they figured it was high...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BrandonLPN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think the point was that there are obvious emotional aspects involved that can affect our perceptions when loved ones are involved. I won't defend playing phone-games while on duty, but the...
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    can RN order another RN to bring medicine for a client prescribed by physician

    BrandonLPN replied to d123456789's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Why doesn't the first RN just do it
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    BrandonLPN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm going to give Not A Hat Person the benefit of the doubt and assume they meant to say "where I live, ADNs work in nursing homes and BSNs in hospitals". Or that they were just being