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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the tight job market should dissuade one from going to nursing school. It just means one should plan ahead, make connections, do some research. There are jobs out there for new grads,...
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    Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    BrandonLPN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know, where did I say you said anything? I was making a general response to the theme of the thread. Nurses and nursing students do have a tendency to play the one-upmanship game when it comes...
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    Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    BrandonLPN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, nurses sometimes participating in codes somehow equates to service workers should never complain? This attitude is one reason some people dislike nurses. Lord knows there's some nurses who love to...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    For an American employer to say that they're hiring Filipino nurses because "American nurses aren't educated enough" is absurd. Complete nonsense. They're hiring Filipino nurses to save money.
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    Changes in language

    BrandonLPN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    I read an interesting blog that pointed out that many classic Seinfeld episodes would not work with modern technology. The one where they split up and get lost in a parking garage? The one where...
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    mhusen, none of this is as exciting or scandalous as you seem to think it is. None of us are running fraud operations out of our place of employment where we impersonate MDs. If you want the truth,...
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    How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    BrandonLPN replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    "Limited" is relative. 80-100 students admitted to a nursing program any given semester does sound like a lot. But if you consider thousands likely applied, using the word 'limited' makes more
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    mhusen, I hope you realize that when we write the occasional "after the fact" order, we are not doing so for staff convenience. We are doing so to more quickly give a patient a medication they...
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't talking about you.... Go back and look again at who I quoted. I hope you're not still taking the "I have to assume its possible you're overreacting" comment personally. I didn't mean it as in...
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    If your priority was really the patient, you would not make them suffer while waiting for the order to go through the whole song and dance. Are you even a nurse? You come across as though you have...
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    Changes in language

    BrandonLPN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still baffled when I watch old movies and characters say their phone number is something like "Murry Hill 255". What the heck was that​ all about? Why did phone numbers have words in
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Well, its certainly worded like a nurse's note. And writing an incident report about another nurse forgetting to write an MD order for OTC Motrin is still pretty darn
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the nurses I work with would assemble to murder me in some sort of secret, ancient nursing ritual if I ever did something like that to one of
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that's what confused me, too. I don't really understand why the wife is calling the nurse at 2am, unless something rather urgent is going on. Is she really calling just to see if it's okay to...
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean it personally. I would have to assume it's possible any poster was overreacting if they can't share what
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was a little confused why the wife would call a nurse over knee pain in the first place, unless it was some sort of ongoing issue where the pain could not be brought under control. I would be...
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Im not sure I understand. If the patient is experiencing 9/10 post-op pain that isn't controlled by his ordered narcotics I would advise him to go to the ER to be checked
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Are you seriously advising charting another nurse's med error in the patient's
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    New Grad RN can't find a job

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

    Yes, but you'll have to live in North
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    The FIT Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm sure they would like to quit. And it as not as though the dangers of smoking is some sort of secret knowledge only healthcare professionals are privy to. It's sort of general knowledge these...
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    The FIT Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    In the interest of honest dialogue (and not just dog piling on you) I would like to say that you should reconsider you belief that nurses ought to be role models who "practice what they preach"....
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Not to sound rude, but unless we know what you're talking about, part of me is inclined to assume you might be
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    Wow. Just wow

    BrandonLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    It still depends on what you are specifically talking about here. When I worked at the jail I would sometimes give inmates Motrin before getting an order. Clearly, these were not emergent,...
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    Will this affect my license.

    BrandonLPN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, no, the infamous "state" (state's in the building!) that comes to inspect facilities and your state's Board of Nursing are not the same entity. Now your post makes more
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    Will this affect my license.

    BrandonLPN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Provided this hasn't been an ongoing issue or anything, firing you on the spot strikes me as a very unkind and short-sighted thing for your employer to do. An employer with common sense and a cooler...