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    The FIT Nurse

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

    Nice to apologize, but saying this is a "touchy subject" implies that overweight nurses are just being oversensitive or something. Really, there are at lest two fundamental flaws in your thought...
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    The FIT Nurse

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

    Also, having a selfie as an avatar and your full name and credentials as a username may not be wise. I'm going to guess some of your coworkers would be a tad offended by some of the things you...
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    The FIT Nurse

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

    Well, at least it's to your credit that you admitted it was a careless thing to say. Many OP's who start unpopular, pot-stirring threads run and hide when
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    The FIT Nurse

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

    Older nurses tend to be overweight and unattractive because they spend so much time eating their
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    do you think a degree/ education is ever a waste?

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I think most of us agree that all education has some value. Humanities and liberal arts and well rounded education in general are important to society. Without them we would still be illiterate...
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    Working Out 6- 7 days a week

    BrandonLPN replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    You can lift 6-7 days a week if you target different muscle groups, rotate them. Chest one day, arms and shoulders another and the dreaded leg-day another. And then back to chest. But doing, say,...
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    Does Medic Experience Count?

    BrandonLPN replied to reyndonn1054's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a vocal lobby in DC advocating for nurses? I never got the impression our profession particularly had much influence with lawmakers. Especially when compared to
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    Working Out 6- 7 days a week

    BrandonLPN replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Using a treadmill or jogging daily is good for you. But don't try and lift weights 6-7 days a week. You need to give your muscles time to rest and repair between work outs. Moderate cardio every day,...
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    do you think a degree/ education is ever a waste?

    BrandonLPN replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    A *complete* waste, no, I suppose no education is ever a complete waste. Education for education's sake, and all that. But, for your average person, taking out student loans, getting a four year...
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    Evolution and Nursing

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

    Argh, a CNA at work last night pulled out that old gem, "....then why are there still monkeys?" during a friendly evolution v. creationism debate. I'm no scientist, but anyone with high school level...
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    Workplace Cowardice

    BrandonLPN replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Duplicate
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    Workplace Cowardice

    BrandonLPN replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or wind up in
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    Evolution and Nursing

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

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    Does Medic Experience Count?

    BrandonLPN replied to reyndonn1054's topic in General Nursing

    What does "more stable and lobbied" mean? I agree with previous posters in as much as the role of a first responder and the role of an RN are not as close as the general public seems to think they...
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    BrandonLPN replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    I think calling our fingernails "harbingers of death" is melodramatic. It's not as though we're grooming ebola-infected monkeys between patient rooms. Proper and consistent hand hygiene and observing...
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    FLAME ON!

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    New Grad: "Is the reason I finish later than the experienced nurses because I love my patients more, or because they're cutting corners, or some combination of the
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    BrandonLPN replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    I think gloving up for taking a BP on a non-iso, non-soiled patient is a bit much. OTOH, my mother remembers a time when no one wore gloves when wiping incontinent patients, which seems unimaginably...
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    PVT no longer works

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Some poster with poor grammar skills will one day start an unfortunately worded thread entitled "all nurses should get aids", talking about how they wish all nurses could work with nursing
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    PVT no longer works

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Trinitymaster's next thread will be entitled "roll call", and it will just be people calling off their favorite rolls (kaiser, poppy seed,
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    PVT no longer works

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    "There actually is a nursing shortage" "National Nurses Union now comprised of 100% of nation's
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    RN - Crushing medications

    BrandonLPN replied to DDdove's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Really? Its "essential" to crush each med separately when giving through a g-tube? And flush between each med? Whatever arguable benefit there is from doing so is negated by the time it would take,...
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    FLAME ON!

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    "I saw a nurse give a unit stock Tylenol to a CNA working a double shift with a broken back. Isn't that THEFT? Should I report her to the
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    FLAME ON!

    BrandonLPN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, the
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    The word "grocery" seems to vary from region to region, too. Where I live, we pronounce it with a 'sh' sound, as in 'gro-shree' It always sounds weird when I hear it on TV with an 's' sound, though I...
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    People really need to stop coming into nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    This post, when combined with your avatar, makes me