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    Medical Assistants being called nurses

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

    Although I agree that doctorate holding NPs ought not to introduce themselves as 'doctor', I don't think that it compares to MAs calling themselves 'nurse'. MAs using the title of nurse is fraud and...
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    July 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    BrandonLPN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Crusty Old Bats: The "Before"
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    Word crimes! (No txtng)

    BrandonLPN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    h8rz gon
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Actually, it is quite
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    Large for-profit college chain closing amid federal investigation

    BrandonLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    From USA Today: I actually got my PN education at one of these schools. My experience was good.... I got lots of federal money to offset the absurd tuition. And I've had no problems finding work, I...
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    LPN making 70,000 a year

    BrandonLPN replied to athenaspell2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a medium-sized city in Michigan. I'm going to guess you live in the south? Or perhaps the rural great plains? From what I gather, those are the lowest paying regions on average for nurses. I...
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    LPN making 70,000 a year

    BrandonLPN replied to athenaspell2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I could make 70k a year if I chose to pick up OT. I choose not to. Where I live, a new LPN can expect to make $50-60k a year. And I don't live in a very high-pay, high-cost-of-living part of the...
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    Still don't get the BSN ADN thing...

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

    I know this is sounding like a broken record, but correlation between two pieces of data does not always equal causation. There are many variables to consider. Hospitals with a higher percentaage of...
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    Poor RN professional conduct

    BrandonLPN replied to Omgseriously's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thankfully the definition of what it means to be professional in the workplace has evolved in the past 15 years. Being a severe, uptight, martyr is no longer a requirement. Remeber, past examples of...
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    Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    BrandonLPN replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The "Irrelevant Observations" tread is over in the
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yes, well, fire fighters and police officers also have powerful nationwide unions to protect their interests. The real question is why doesn't nursing have anything
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Oh,
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    Strike nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Wow, looking back at this old post of mine is a tad depressing. The union aides were, indeed, laid off a while back and replaced with agency $9.00/hr contract employees. I think this is the wave of...
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    SO MUCH SWEAT!

    BrandonLPN replied to attreau259925's topic in General Nursing

    My decidedly non-medical advice is to always wear an under-shirt so your scrubs don't have sweat stains on your back/shoulders by the end of the
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    TMI at Dinner

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yeah, most people I know are actually disappointed I don't have more bloody/gory stories. (But nobody wants to hear about the
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    Tired of the Media's Portrayal of Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    If I see one more TV show where the physician is the one administering medication or changing
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    Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    BrandonLPN replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Whenever a facility issues badges sans credentials, I'm always suspicious that the motivation is for families/patients to assume everyone with scrubs is a
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    Pushing Dilaudid?

    BrandonLPN replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    So what do nurses do in this scenario? Sit in the room until the bag finishes transfusing? Or is there some sort of apparatus with a lock they can secure it
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    Being asked to sign on treatments not done

    BrandonLPN replied to puppypower's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I selected "other solution". I would refuse to sign off on a tretment not done and call their bluff. Because it likely IS just a bluff. Employers like this are usually just paper-tiger bullies....
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    ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

    BrandonLPN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, Canada also grandfathered in all of their non-BSN RNs. Which I'm hoping we do when the BSN inevitably becomes the entry to RN practice here. There is no good reason for the employer in the...
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    Caring for broken nurses

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

    If the people who judge her realized the role they play in the vicious cycle, I wonder if they would change their
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    Is this Patient Abandonment?

    BrandonLPN replied to cahshaw's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Eventually this nurse will pull her shenanigans on the wrong person and find herself out of a job. In other words, the day she skips out like that on one of management's "pets" (or a pet with more...
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    What are the "rules" about being PRN?

    BrandonLPN replied to itsdebraanne's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhat off topic, but I've found that having an "on the side" PRN nursing job in addition to your FT nursing job is made very tricky by the 24-hour shift-work nature of the field. I work full time...
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    Base pay of RN BSN in LTC

    BrandonLPN replied to RNinject's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck finding a LTC facility that will offer you a higher wage for having your BSN. Not saying that's fair, but it is what it is. Even the big, fancy, magnet, major metropolitan hospital in my...
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    Caring for broken nurses

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

    Hopefully she's in the process of picking up the peices of her broken life. I'm sure your kindness and lack of judgement helped her in that regard, even if only a