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    I NEED AN ANSWER!

    BrandonLPN replied to STXGirl2009's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Or, at least stop getting
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    Is it really "easier" transitioning from LTC to working in a hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to momma0f3's topic in General Nursing

    Having fewer patients doesn't necessarily mean an easier workload. At a facility I worked at there was a LTC unit and a subacute unit. I started out on the LTC unit with 30-something patients on 3-11....
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Combining two common phobias, there apparently is such a thing as a Clown
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    eliminating the LPN role ?

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

    LPNs are, indeed being phased out of the acute care setting in most parts of the USA. Not everywhere, of course, but most places. This isn't as doom and gloom as it sounds, however. Inpatient Acute...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Foiled again by my slow
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Gcossio's lack of punctuation makes her(his?) posts difficult to understand. I don't think she was trying to say the RN title doesn't matter, I think there was supposed to be a comma after 'RN' and I...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    If there were paralegals running around who tried to pass themselves off as lawyers, real lawyers everywhere would squash them so quick it would make your head spin. And they would have every right to...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    I find it personally offensive for the same reason a physician would find it personally offensive if I walked into a patient room and represented myself as an MD. It's professionally offensive for...
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    Funeral etiquette

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

    You don't necessarily have to buy a suit and tie . A nice, dark colored button down shirt, some khakis, dark socks and dress shoes should all suffice. I definitely would not wear
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    Help on choosing a nursing school

    BrandonLPN replied to Angie2909's topic in General Nursing

    If Kean University offers a BSN program, there's going to be at least as many pre-reqs as the community college. No getting around that. Or, they'll be built into the program which is basically the...
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    BrandonLPN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

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    Is nursing for me?

    BrandonLPN replied to schrutefarms's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing beats beet
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    Help Me Get Excited About My Shift to Night Shift!

    BrandonLPN replied to seasidesoul's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the minor perks of working nights: -you can run errands during the day, and making appointments is easier -it's nice driving to and from work when there's little traffic on the road -you can...
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    BrandonLPN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to suggest a Flounce Drinking Game, but some of the threads around here would result in mass alcohol
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    BrandonLPN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I say we just start giving fake answers for the fun of it. "The schools in your area all require three years of college-level anthropology before you can even apply" "The trick to getting a job where...
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    BrandonLPN replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    When you're using the word to mean "also", it's spelled
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    BrandonLPN replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    oh, well, if the ANA says we should..... (Sarcasm) Nobody here is saying they don't like being assigned nursing students because they're troglodytes who hate education or because they're lazy or...
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    My Two Cents...

    BrandonLPN replied to clane_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure a forum with the name "nurses show your stethoscopes" will be active and relevant for many years to
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    Clinical Nurse Assistants (CNA) Help or Hindrance?

    BrandonLPN replied to hkaren79's topic in General Nursing

    where I work, they're more necessary than *I* am. Yes, the folks need their medicine and treatments and assessments, but the CNAs are the ones who clothe and clean and feed them. All of which come...
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    Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

    BrandonLPN replied to SilleLu's topic in General Nursing

    Taking the question at face value, no, of course a physician cannot order a nurse to "not asses something". But this is one of those threads where I can't help but feel some important context is...
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    Having a hard time "selling" myself during an interview

    BrandonLPN replied to stepdownRN88's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, I wouldn't list so many employers within so short a time span. Pick a couple that will give you the best reference, and pretend the others never happened. Be up front about taking time off to...
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    #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    BrandonLPN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, I wouldn't look at the response to The View debacle as evidence that nurses will unite to change the profession. Nurses responded en masse to this precisely *because* it was a safe "stand" to...
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    fetching the doctor's tea

    BrandonLPN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Either it's an emergency, or it's
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    Not getting it as nurses- the view

    BrandonLPN replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    While I think it was an incredibly ignorant and stupid thing to say, I have to admit that I am not understanding the depth of the outrage over this. So some aging bimbo on TV thinks that only doctors...
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    Not getting it as nurses- the view

    BrandonLPN replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to point out that no one has *any* RN experience whatsoever until they pass the NCLEX and work as a registered nurse.I don't care how much clinical time you had in school. That is not...