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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

    I've heard that it's outdated, too. But I'm still gonna do it, until a higher-up explicitly tells me otherwise. I learned it that way in school, and our policy says to aspirate with every IM. I can't...
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    Soft spoken nurses

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

    Just call her "Dr Belltone" until she gets the
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    4 Eyes Assessment

    BrandonLPN replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm just being snobbish, but the idea of the second person signing off on the assessment being an unlicensed tech doesn't sit well with me. In an unofficial capacity, yes, of course the tech...
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    you will be surprised....

    BrandonLPN replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it goes without saying that students who have a higher GPA will have a higher NCLEX-pass rate, as a group. Of course they would. I'm surprised anyone found it necessary to do a "study" on such...
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    I need your advice on dealing with people who try to treat me like I'm stupid

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

    Sometimes I try to change my reaction when I can't change the actions of others. Passive aggressive nurses can be a source of amusement, rather than of a source of frustration. For example, I love how...
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    Medication Errors....

    BrandonLPN replied to momandstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm just curious why you would single out LPNs if, clearly, some of the nurses who hung the feeding were
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    How Not to Get Taken Advantage Of

    BrandonLPN replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    True.... But it's been my experience that having people in your debt proves to be very advantageous in the long
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    you will be surprised....

    BrandonLPN replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your grammar is so bad to the point that people can't understand your documentation, it could be a very big problem,
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    you will be surprised....

    BrandonLPN replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    .... a
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    Because that's the way we've always done it around here

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

    THis poster made me think of this
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    What do you say when you answer a call light at the nurses station?

    BrandonLPN replied to bbeg28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think I'd die from shock if our doctor answered a call
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    Medication Errors....

    BrandonLPN replied to momandstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And I'll bet some of those nurses were RNs.... I do know what you mean, though. When I floated from unit to unit in a 13 unit facility, I saw some horrible things. A lot of them were due to poorly...
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    What do you say when you answer a call light at the nurses station?

    BrandonLPN replied to bbeg28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why not just have the secretary be honest and say: "Your nurse is with another patient, but I'll let her know as soon as she's done." Why put a time frame on it at all? That way there's no specific...
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    What do you say when you answer a call light at the nurses station?

    BrandonLPN replied to bbeg28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you mean "canned" as is pre-recorded? Or as in the secretary having scripted answers she has to trot out? I never thought having the secretary answering saved anyone any time in the first place....
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    Verb to describe nursing student's clinical actions

    BrandonLPN replied to DemosthenesRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Training" works for me. They're definitely not "working", as they don't get paid. And I don't believe they're even "partly" responsible for your patients. That might be a dangerous assumption to...
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    Sick employees in the workplace

    BrandonLPN replied to KDSkyy44's topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve on third shift is CNAs who come in to work and then suddenly become sick around 4:00am-ish right before all the "real" work begins. This happens too often with the agency aides. So you...
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    working where you get your own medical care?

    BrandonLPN replied to OrangeSN's topic in General Nursing

    Many towns don't have more than one hospital. Are you talking about a HIPAA/privacy thing? To some extent you just have to trust that integrity (or the threat of being canned) will be enough to...
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    suppositories in colostomys?

    BrandonLPN replied to nursesara23's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok, dumb question but, provided there's still a patent rectum, medications like Tylenol can still be given per rectum in patients with colostomies, right? The medication will still be
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    Doc Mad At You?

    BrandonLPN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm another one who's never actually had a physician (or nurse, or CNA) yell at me. I wonder if some people don't really understand what yelling is. I think what some people call "yelling", others...
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    Linda Carter, Student Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

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    Family Members/Patients Who Write Down Your Name

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

    I was in the "I don't have to give out my last name if I don't want to" camp. But you make a good point. We all would expect a physician to reveal his full name. As licensed healthcare professionals,...
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    Linda Carter, Student Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's one for all my fellow third shifters. I love how over half these books feature the nurse talking to herself about her love life, while more or less ignoring the patient. I guess that's just...
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    Linda Carter, Student Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Mulan, I don't own any Katy Keene comics, but I have heard of them. I hear finding one with the paper dolls still in them is like finding a unicorn. Those blasted little girls had a nasty habit of...
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    Linda Carter, Student Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I wonder if it's.... heart
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    Linda Carter, Student Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I collect vintage comics from the fifties and sixties, and I never heard of this series either. Unfortunately, books like these are rare and super-expensive. I've read a number of "Mary Robbins, R.N."...