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    LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It boggles my mind that some facilities have policies in place to telephone the DPOA for something like a order for a new medication. I feel sorry for nurses who have to do this! Also, the response to...
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    Who is responsible to find shift coverage?

    BrandonLPN replied to rn865's topic in General Nursing

    The MA who agreed to pick up the shift is responsible. The other MA ceased having any responsibility whatsoever the second someone else formally agreed to pick up her
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    BrandonLPN replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, I pay for my food and rent out of the money I get paid for my labor. My vitriol against agency and PRN jobs that don't offer benefits stem from experience. Agencies like Manpower exist because...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    BrandonLPN replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right, because working conditions and standards of living were sooooo much better before the government and unions screwed everything up circa WWII. The workingman in America has done so much better...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    BrandonLPN replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course having to provide healthcare as part of employee's compensation is an increased cost to employers. Obviously. One way or another, universal healthcare is the inevitable destiny that our...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    BrandonLPN replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah, and I'm sure that when fire safety laws and child labor laws came into being employers rent their clothes and gnashed their teeth and claimed they couldn't absorb extra cost then,
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    Half Question/Half Pet Peeve

    BrandonLPN replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the risk of going off on a tanget, I also hate that professions like firefighting, police and the military are creating seperate, lower physical requirements for females. Sure, a woman can be a...
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    Half Question/Half Pet Peeve

    BrandonLPN replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, if a majority of FEMALES voted for the male canidates each time, you don't really have the right to be angry now do you? Those males were elected, after all, not
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    When Faith Creates False Hope

    BrandonLPN replied to kabfighter's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Fake article from The Onion humor-newspaper: God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy 'No,' Says God News * God * ISSUE 34*19 * Dec 9, 1998 SAN FRANCISCO-For as long as he can remember, 7-year-old...
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    What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    BrandonLPN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I, and others, have said this earlier in the thread but apparently it bears repeating: You do not have to provide any sort of excuse or justification for calling in. PTO is earned. It's part of an...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    BrandonLPN replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, sorry, but "EQ" sounds like a load of bull. It's precisely silly clap-trap like this that leads to nursing being viewed to be not as professional as medicine. Why don't we just take Redbook's or...
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    LPNs make RNs seem more impressive?

    BrandonLPN replied to RN-HSA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If I were an ADN or diploma RN, they would only be able to "merge" or "demote" me to PN status over my dead freaking body. IF LPNs are done away with, something will have to fill the vacuum. Is the...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    BrandonLPN replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you know by now that it's only the cold-hearted, lazy nurses who cut corners that make it in this
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    Atheism in nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to pugmom79's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I get where you're coming from with this, but I'm going to have to disagree. I'll admit, I have "faked it" to some degree a few times as an aide/nurse just to keep the peace. Usually this takes the...
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    why do i need to describe a caring moment

    BrandonLPN replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    My caring moment was when my patient and I bonded over how stupid the management
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    why do i need to describe a caring moment

    BrandonLPN replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    Absurd. I would refuse to do
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    When Faith Creates False Hope

    BrandonLPN replied to kabfighter's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    As a nurse, I would never dismiss a patient or their family's belief in miracles. That isn't very therapeutic or "nursey". But, this being a public message board, we're free here to speak our minds....
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    LTC med pass from PYXIS?

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Each unit will have its own machine. And there's only one LPN scheduled per unit per shift. So, at least we won't be fighting over it. It looks like it won't happen until June, so I'm not going to...
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    ughhh... Hail all the floor nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to nichefinder's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. Sometimes it's sincere. Sometimes it's not. Either way it gets old hearing it over and over. And, let's be honest, when it's from one nurse in one field to a nurse in another...
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    No opinions please just facts

    BrandonLPN replied to wheresmyrights's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Even if marijuana were to be legalized nationally, each state's BON has the right to set it's own professional standards. Ditto for
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    Working for FREE!!!!???

    BrandonLPN replied to Candogal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Know where it's NOT common? Unionized
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    LTC med pass from PYXIS?

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All good questions, but I don't really know the answers yet. We have a ton of inhalers. And eye gtts. And Miralax. Time will tell. What happens when I get all of someone's pills pulled in a cup, only...
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    LTC med pass from PYXIS?

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    15 meds is more our average. Did one nurse pass to all 50
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    LTC med pass from PYXIS?

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The guy who presented it to us at the meeting works for the PYXIS company..... so, yeah.Our pharmacist (we have an in-house pharmacist) supports
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    Sleep Aids

    BrandonLPN replied to OfficerRNBSN's topic in Correctional

    Don't forget that "e" in aides.Otherwise the meaning is a bit