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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    Finna means "going to". I'm finna go to bed. I'm finna make dinner. Etc. it looks really weird written out, but it sounds natural enough when
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    chiropractor employee taking blood pressures

    BrandonLPN replied to sam1971's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess that's how I would interpret it, too. I doubt it's ever enforced. So, if I am to call myself a nurse in Wisconsin, I must specify each time that I am a practical nurse? If I say "nurse" by...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    I'm beginning to get a complex here. I hear "finna" all the time, everyday. Maybe not in professional settings, but in everyday speech, all the time. I'll even admit to using it myself. I know it's...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    I don't know, to my ears, "whom" sounds..... unnatural. Affected. Maybe it's a regional thing? Or a class thing? "Who are you talking to?" sounds way more natural than "To whom are you talking?". I...
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    It is disuse that makes certain words archaic. When is the last time you heard anyone utter the phrase "To whom does this
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    chiropractor employee taking blood pressures

    BrandonLPN replied to sam1971's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In which state can a LPN not call himself a
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    Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

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

    I think it's high time for the word "whom" to be put out to pasture. It needs to go on the list of officially archaic English
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    BrandonLPN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I don't know. Some of them are pretty
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    BrandonLPN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    But Ruby wasn't the one running to the little yellow-triangle thingie when people disagreed with her.... and Lord knows plenty of posters disagreed with her. And some have been pretty rude about it,...
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    LTC has changed-How do you give out 5pm meds now?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "No meds in the dinning room" is sheer stupidity. It is the most natural time/place to take them. Stupid rules are meant to be
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    The real reason your failing in school

    BrandonLPN replied to studentmalenurse's topic in General Students

    If anything, I would say all the nurses being pumped out of schools left and right is what keeps RN wages down. When you compare the amount of responsibility RNs assume versus what they are paid, you...
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    The real reason your failing in school

    BrandonLPN replied to studentmalenurse's topic in General Students

    I'm sure the OP will return to defend his statements with a well thought-out and reasoned rebuttal.
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    BrandonLPN replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah sure, its within the realm of possibility. Almost anything is possible. To be honest, I question if your perception of the public image of nursing is accurate. This isn't 1952. Nobody views...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    BrandonLPN replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    So how does it hurt our image if some nurses choose to supplement their income by stripping, posing nude, whatever? You make it sound like its endemic or something, when I've never heard of any nurses...
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    Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    BrandonLPN replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    I fail to see what's "morally" wrong with either of these statements. Many patients who find themselves acutely ill are not used to strangers seeing them naked or providing personal care. Comments...
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    Does every hospital or skilled nursing facility deal with a lot of drama and tension

    BrandonLPN replied to mcclot1993's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's be honest, we all know that there's a double standard for certain things when it comes to day vs. night shift. If day shift leaves unfinished work for nights, it's because they had a busy day...
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    Unbearable heat

    BrandonLPN replied to ocean.baby's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They also lived for many, many generations without electricity, central heating or running water. For a facility not to have AC in a climate where temps reach 90-100 degrees is unacceptable and they...
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    Fired for being an LVN!

    BrandonLPN replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My personal experience confirms this. Where I live, the VA is well known for hiring LPNs and
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    BrandonLPN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OK, first of all, I can refuse any assingment I want, for any reason I want, and there's nothing the BON can do about it. As long as I do not accept the assingment before it is handed off to me by...
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    Post-interview thank you notes - do you or don't you?

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

    But... why? If you open the gift in front of them, It stands to reason you also said something like "oh cool, thanks so much!" You're supposed to send a letter on top of
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    Post-interview thank you notes - do you or don't you?

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

    Well, I always suspected I was a European trapped in an American body.
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    Post-interview thank you notes - do you or don't you?

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

    maybe it's a generation gap thing? I find the whole idea absurd. Thank You notes are for wedding gifts or Bar Mitzvah gifts. Situations where you don't open the gifts in front of the person who gave...
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    redirecting to old threads

    BrandonLPN replied to OnlinePersona's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, when people redirect the OP to old threads that address their topic, that IS their way of being helpful and contributing to the new thread. There's a wealth of archived information on a...
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    Medical Assistants being called nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who was on a high horse? And RNs "want too much money"? I doubt you realize the level of responsibility and accountability RNs take on. Codes and EMT type stuff is only one itsy bitsy facet of what...
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    Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    BrandonLPN replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I bolded and underlined the part of your post that really cuts to the heart of the matter. Many of us have no desire to everhave student loans ever again, ever. I am financially secure, my loans paid...