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    RPN-Minimum wage

    BrandonLPN replied to bokuwakuma's topic in Canada

    I know you likely didn't mean you are literally begging for raise, but you shouldn't approach it as begging at all. Advocate for yourself in a firm but professional manner. Spend time beforehand...
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    How many hours do you spend....

    BrandonLPN replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    LTC, I would say my time spent at the bedside is 80% or more. But where I currently work we practice some rather old-fashioned team nursing where the LPNs pass all the meds and do all the treatments,...
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    Associates after Bachelors

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, any smart hiring manager would be impressed with an RN who also has a PhD in human physiology. I don't think it's fair to say no one cares about your previous degree. It will certainly help when...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    BrandonLPN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You make a good point. It's a subject I ought to give more thought. I feel more comfortable with the idea of advanced practice RNs billing for their services than I do LPNs or bedside
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    Associates after Bachelors

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, it's not like getting an associates after getting a bachelors is "negative education" in a mathematical sense or something. Having a bachelors plus an associates is still "more" education than...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    BrandonLPN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, I admitted it was just a gut feeling. I guess I just find the idea of a patient (or insurance company) being billed for each individual care rendered to be sleazy? I'm not a huge fan of PT or...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    BrandonLPN replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've heard it said nurses wouldn't be seen as money pits if we billed our services the way other disciplines do. I'll admit, I don't know enough about the financial and reimbursement side of things to...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    Of course, all of this hinges on how you define the word "rude". In online communication, I have found that the people who cry rude the most either a) equate being frank with being rude, or b) are...
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    What to do when your manager is the bully.....

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

    What's an
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    Associates after Bachelors

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't understand. If you want to be an RN you will have to complete some form of a nursing program, be it ADN, BSN, diploma, whatever. What does your previous bachelors have to do with anything? You...
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    GOD in NURSE is the Difference!

    BrandonLPN replied to sunkanmiolaniyi's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Wouldn't this basically just entail a non-Christian making a conscious decision to be a bad nurse? Seems like bad
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    FLAME ON!

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Munchausen by
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    Quite right, some people do have a superficial understanding of caring. Those who do not realize competence and caring are inseparable, for example. As Libby1987 pointed out, anyone who truly did not...
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    Evolution and Nursing

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

    I kind of feel like this poster was being sarcastic or
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    In my third year of RN and failed stats

    BrandonLPN replied to Liastudent's topic in General Students

    You should finish your RN, and seek help with stats. And please be careful of viewing the LPN as a consolation prize for failed RNs. Not at all true, and rather demeaning. There is no reason to...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, as Commuter said, nursing definitely gives you more bang for your education buck than many, many degreed professions. Me and my fellow LPNs where I work make more than the MSWs and speech...
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    FLAME ON!

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    RedKryptoniteCNA aptly called this creating a "shell account" in another
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of being that guy, I have to point out that nursing is not part of the medical
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    BrandonLPN replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    Are nurses first responders? Nope. And so many nursing students seem to be disappointed to discover nursing is so much more mundane than wht they see on
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    Spanish or CNA Experience?

    BrandonLPN replied to Cronin's topic in General Nursing

    Could you do both? If you can only do one, I'd say get the CNA
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    Will this affect my license.

    BrandonLPN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    i dont ont think the OP thought it was okay to leave meds at the bedside. He left them there by
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    cost of healthy meals

    BrandonLPN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    Some poor people without a car literally have no physical access to a grocery store. In many "ghetto" neighborhoods in Detroit, I know from experience, the only option is the corner convenience store....
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    do you think a degree/ education is ever a waste?

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    What's a "no BSN snob"? A snob who's for the BSN-as-entry, or one who's against
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    HELP!?

    BrandonLPN replied to mdiane's topic in General Nursing

    From what I gather, Chamberlain is a for-profit institute. As someone who went to a for profit school, all I can say is: be wary. Desperate students who are discouraged by the wait lists and GPA...
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    Did you work fulltime in nursing program?

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Feh, nursing schools always tell students not to work while attending their program. Of course, it's no skin off their nose how many loans you have to take out in order to survive three to four years...