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    Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    And I'm confident that if we were coworkers, I wouldn't have any idea what your thoughts on the subject are and it wouldn't affect the care you give one way or the other. But.... you put it out there...
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    Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    BrandonLPN replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    I can't imagine a school disallowing students to bring sack lunches. How weird. I do think, as I said, schools should only provide healthy(ish) meals. No Taco Bells in school. No pop machines. No...
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    How old are you?

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

    Mid thirties here. In good shape too, but thanks to some prematurely graying hair and receding hair line I'm usually assumed to be older than I am. I noticed that the men in my nursing class were...
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    family members working in the same hospital and exact same unit

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

    I'm still puzzled why the OP wanted to work on this unit in the first place, if the brother was apparently going to make a "thing" of it. Better to just look elsewhere and avoid the problem all...
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    Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    BrandonLPN replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    Well, have you tried talking to her? Your friends are absolutely in telling you to talk to her before taking any further action. That's a professional courtesy. I would have talked to her the first...
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    family members working in the same hospital and exact same unit

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

    Yeah, there's really no earthly reason two siblings who don't get along need to work on the same unit. There are other units, other facilities.... Work isn't the time or place to try and patch things...
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    Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    Interesting (maybe) side note: I recently was reading that some languages actually have punctuation marks that indicate sarcasm in written form. What a cool idea. English would benefit from this,...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    BrandonLPN replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I used to work at a state ran LTC facility where the CNAs who had been there forever (in other words all of them) made wages WAY above the regional average. As in well over $20 an hour. There was a...
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    Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    It was a
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    Protocol for blood pressure?

    BrandonLPN replied to hotflashion's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not understanding. What do you mean by a protocol for high BP? Do you mean a protocol for treating a high BP reading there on site at the doctor's office? Is that something that's done?...
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

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

    I hope you're being
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    Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    If a nurse said that they believe in eugenics, but that it doesnt affect the care they give to black people, would people by okay with that? Asking gay people to be okay with nurses believing that...
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    Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    BrandonLPN replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    The government could, and should, fight childhood obesity in area it has explicit control over. Namely public education. No pop machines or vending machines in school. Providing only healthy lunches....
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    The future of healthcare - technology or human?

    BrandonLPN replied to guest 6/6/15's topic in General Nursing

    It will be all fun and games until the day the robot nurses' logic processor decides the most efficient way to cure a disease is to kill the patient. If movies have taught us nothing else, it's that...
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    Relocate to Wisconsin, WI

    BrandonLPN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in General Nursing

    The title of this thread makes it seem like there's a town named Wisconsin within the state of Wisconsin.
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    BrandonLPN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    People who can't leave home stuff at home. People who act like their crosses to bear in life are so much worse than everyone else's, and use that as justification for laziness, distraction, mistakes,...
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    Shift Work vs Monday to Friday - Which would you prefer?

    BrandonLPN replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

    I like being able to run errands and do my shopping while 90% of the rest of the world is at work. I like avoiding rush hour traffic. After doing shift work for so many years, I feel claustrophobic...
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    family members working in the same hospital and exact same unit

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

    As long as neither of you is the other's direct supervisor, I don't see a problem. Just make sure your employer is aware. Don't want them to find out by
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    Travel to Abu Dhabi or Dubai?? Any advice?

    BrandonLPN replied to Ali_Cat's topic in International Nursing

    From what I gather, UAE still has mandatory male guardianship over female relatives. Adult women have to ask for their guardian's permission to do certain things. Adultery, homosexuality and apostasy...
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    Job Prospects

    BrandonLPN replied to LPN11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a LPN in Michigan, and I feel confident in saying finding a LTC job as a LPN with 4 years experience should not be hard. Of course, having LTC experience would be ideal, but they will be happy to...
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    I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

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

    It sounds like you're surviving nursing just fine. Keep on doing what you're doing. I'm another introverted nurse. It seems counter-intuitive, but I think nursing (yes, even floor nursing) can be a...
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    Calling yourself an RN

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

    I'm sure every state's BON does take falsifying credentials and practicing without a license very seriously. What I wonder is if they also take the time to do anything about the people (like the...
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    MEDICAL DIRECTOR on Vacation......

    BrandonLPN replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a LTC facility? Isn't there another doctor or a mid-level on call the rest of the time? There must be a provider on call
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    Who is working under my license?

    BrandonLPN replied to spacemonkey's topic in General Nursing

    But are they really working under your license? Isn't that kind of a misconception? Just because a UAP is delegated something doesn't mean they're doing anything "under" anyone else's license. If a...
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    Clinical's

    BrandonLPN replied to Justbeginning14's topic in General Students

    Misplaced apostrophes turn my stomach.... But seriously, I think it depends on the program. My LPN program didn't have any ER/trauma clinical time at all. My roommate attended a BSN program and I...