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    Any advice is appreciated....

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

    I strongly advise against trying to blame your nursing chair or the other girls in your class as reasons for failing a class. That will likely backfire. You already admitted your reasons for failing...
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    testimonials on resume?

    BrandonLPN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It makes me think of the positive critic comments publishers put on the backcovers of books. Or on movie posters. It strikes me as unprofessional somehow. I'd just put those people on my list of...
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    The thing that has surprised you the most about nursing...

    BrandonLPN replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    Which
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    So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    BrandonLPN replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, at this point what bugs me most about NETY is simply how much of a tired cliché it is. Especially when people trot it out and think they're being clever or
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    The thing that has surprised you the most about nursing...

    BrandonLPN replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    When I very first became an aide.... with zero healthcare experience, not even CNA school, cause I was uncertified... some of the direct care aspects of the job took me by surprise. Which is another...
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    What's wrong with me?

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, sure... cause your autocorrect doesn't recognize the name 'Hugh'....
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    lost my RN job for a second time

    BrandonLPN replied to RNNEWOLD's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. If you (OP) enjoyed working at the clinic and did well perhaps you should go back, if possible. Or try another similar clinic. Don't think that working in a hospital is the only...
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    What's wrong with me?

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I couldn't resist.:) Your points are well taken, but I think you missed the light hearted nature of the
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    Easter??

    BrandonLPN replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we get Presidents Day, MLK day, New Years Eve and New Years Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Columbus Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving day and the day after, Christmas Eve...
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    nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to se25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, I'd try to determine why they're agitated, and address that. Maybe they need pain medication. Maybe they need to be
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    The grumpy aide ... And how to stop us vs. them

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

    It sounds like she's just being willfully ignorant. I'm not sure there is anything you could say to make her understand. She doesn't want to understand. There's a very strong attitude amongst some...
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    Nurse Clueless

    BrandonLPN replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, stop being so
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    What's wrong with me?

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Though I was fond of Fran n Furter,
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    What's wrong with me?

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I think people are going to be mentally adding "....I'm a man." to the end of that signature. Still
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    BrandonLPN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Another point to remember about LTC is that there are many, many cases where the residents are much better off in a nursing home then they were in whatever situation the came to us from. I have seen a...
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    Nurse Clueless

    BrandonLPN replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    When I was an aide in the hospital, I worked once with an a RN who obtained a sample for a fecal occult blood test (the kind where you wipe the stool on the boxes inside of the card... see pic), and...
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    planning to appy CNA license

    BrandonLPN replied to princess j's topic in General Nursing

    I can say with confidence that no one here has a CNA license. Your best bet would be to contact a local CNA course provider, and ask them if your educational credentials will allow you to clep out of...
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    What's wrong with me?

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You're probably not young and pretty enough for them. Or it might mean nursing was never your true dream and calling in the first place. If it was truly your dream, someone would be trying to crush...
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    Do the elderly even have bowel sounds?

    BrandonLPN replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Is
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    NJ LPN's in Hemodialysis

    BrandonLPN replied to Fancy LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Another thing to consider is the possibility that these LPNs were "grandfathered in". When I was an aide in the hospital,there were a couple LPNs on my floor. But they were both older and had been...
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    NJ LPN's in Hemodialysis

    BrandonLPN replied to Fancy LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Are you saying your manager allows other LPNs to work there in a LPN role, but is making you stay in a PCT role? Or are you saying the larger company utilizes LPNs in other settings, but the clinic...
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    NJ LPN's in Hemodialysis

    BrandonLPN replied to Fancy LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    If you want to work to your full scope as a LPN, you will have to move to a company that utilizes LPNs to their full scope. If you're content being a PCT, and there's nothing wrong with that, then...
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    BrandonLPN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually, my perception is that the general public tends to think nursing homes are much worse than they actually are. I think they often project their own personal distaste for the elderly and...
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    BrandonLPN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Re: the one hour before or after window for meds thing.... I'm going to make some here gasp and clutch their pearls, but the only reason I care about certain 5pm meds being passed at 7pm is because...
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    Evolution and Nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to TheFowldogg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    They say there's a Heaven for those who will wait Some say it's better, but I say it ain't I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints Sinners are much more fun.... -Billy Joel, Only...