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    How do you brighten your patients day?

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I turn the light above their bed
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    Why info on white culture omitted from cultural compence in textbooks?

    BrandonLPN replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    I think whenever a textbook suggests that a particular culture (but let's be honest, they might as well say race) tends to do this, or prefers we do that, they're treading on thin ice. It's...
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    Which fields of nursing have the most stable clients

    BrandonLPN replied to JPN_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't assume that just because your patients are relatively stable, that you won't be stressed out. Ambulatory clinics have few emergencies, but that doesn't mean they're not stressful. Whiny...
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    Why info on white culture omitted from cultural compence in textbooks?

    BrandonLPN replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    Yes, but what the text books refer to as "cultural differences" are little more than sterotypes. Intentional or not, that line of thinking leads to assumptions being made. As GrnTea said earlier,...
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    Why info on white culture omitted from cultural compence in textbooks?

    BrandonLPN replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    Yeah, my nursing textbook had the section on cultural awareness too. How to care for Hispanic patients. Chinese patients. Native American patients, etc. The upshot always seemed to be that these...
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    Playing with fire...

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

    But they're already in a relationship with someone
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    HELP!!!question about prn med

    BrandonLPN replied to smithb10935's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, maybe I'm just tired and sleep deprived, but the first thing I noticed about that order is there is no dose. "roxanol 20 mg/ml" is not a dose. It's simply the concentration of the medication in...
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    Question about IM vs IV injection, when to aspirate, what to look for

    BrandonLPN replied to jeshicuhx3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My question is: in the rare instances where nurses have aspirated a significant amount of blood, what does that signify? That they were in a vein? In a particularly blood rich capillary-filled part of...
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    OMG! *I* cannot pronounce death but a paramedic can????

    BrandonLPN replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Interesting. I have never once been questioned about my credentials, or asked if a RN/Physician "verified" that the resident was dead. They just pick the body up and off they go to the funeral home....
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    OMG! *I* cannot pronounce death but a paramedic can????

    BrandonLPN replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Right, but on 3rd shift there is no physician. Sometimes not even a RN. LPNs are often the ones who have to verify that the pt has no VS. Maybe we're not the one's offically pronouncing, but we're...
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    What's the best route to take to a nursing career?

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

    Well, I don't know anything about any of the community colleges you mentioned. I'm not in California. I went to a for-profit school for my LPN, and none of my credits from there transfer. So, if I...
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    OMG! *I* cannot pronounce death but a paramedic can????

    BrandonLPN replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've always been confused by what people mean exactly when they say "pronounce dead". If I have a resident who dies a non-coded death I simply chart that I found the resident without pulse or...
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    How Not to Get Taken Advantage Of

    BrandonLPN replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    You're upset that some posters feel you're not handling the situation correctly? I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were only supposed to post comments that agreed with
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    Question about IM vs IV injection, when to aspirate, what to look for

    BrandonLPN replied to jeshicuhx3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, I've given many IM injections myself. My facility doesn't "do" IVs and we rely heavily on IM antibiotics. I aspirated blood only once, but it was more than a few drops. It was a "gush" of blood...
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    going crazy with the politics

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

    I thought about trying to become one of the "chosen ones" at work, but it seemed like it involoved way too much butt-kissing and schmoozing to be worth
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    Carb counting and insulin in LTC

    BrandonLPN replied to cactusj's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Holey Moley, that post ^ is full of typos. Sadly I seem to be past the time for
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    Please tell me why you dreamed of being a nurse from a young age

    BrandonLPN replied to avhoney's topic in General Nursing

    When some of us were little kids.... well, let's just say it wasn't all that socially acceptable for little boys to dream of being a nurse when they grow
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    Carb counting and insulin in LTC

    BrandonLPN replied to cactusj's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So out of those 48 diabetics, how many actually need novolog? I'm guessing at least half your diabetics are only on glucophage and/or a long lasting basal insulin. Carb counting would be pointless on...
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    BrandonLPN replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    Irregardless is a word. A nonsensical, double negative of a word, but still a
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    A spouse that just doesn't get it.

    BrandonLPN replied to megkat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OK, devil's advocate time. Why would we expect our spouse/friends/family members who aren't nurses to care/understand about nursing? Someone who hasn't been to nursing school won't understand about...
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    How do you provide 8 hours of care in 12.5 min

    BrandonLPN replied to Lynn52's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This will sound blasphemous, but your stable residents often won't really need anything more than a nurse to medicate them and do a quick "eyeball once-over" assessment. In LTC, it's the CNAs who...
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    Disadvantaged not being a CNA/PCT?

    BrandonLPN replied to QueenAnnissa's topic in General Students

    This isn't really true. Someone who was a CNA/PCT in a hospital prior to going to RN school has more than just the obvious ADL/direct care experience going for them. They're familiar with the entire...
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    How Not to Get Taken Advantage Of

    BrandonLPN replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    Maybe not in the form of them helping you with notes or studying. But who wants their crappy notes anyways. The world of nursing is a smaller world than you'd think. Some of your current classmates...
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    How Not to Get Taken Advantage Of

    BrandonLPN replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    Yes, but your former classmates could very well one day be in a position to recommend you to their boss. How "lucky" you are in life is directly proportionate to the number of people who owe you...
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    Question about IM vs IV injection, when to aspirate, what to look for

    BrandonLPN replied to jeshicuhx3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK, I got curious and bored. Here's the results of one study I found online: Although the authors were most interested in aspiration’s effects on injection-related pain, other injection technique...