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    "I don't want him as my nurse"

    BrandonLPN replied to libran1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not to sound like a smartaleck, but wouldn't it be just as effective to go back and simply ask "Did the pain medicine help?" Seems to me that's just as effective a way to assess the medication's...
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    Per-diem nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But per diem employment is what it is.... by definition you're the first one called off and you're expected to be able to hit the floor running. What would you have us say? "Don't work per diem if you...
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    "You *Have* To Start in Med-Surg"...fact or fiction?

    BrandonLPN replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Someone needs to educate the educators to stop telling their students
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    RN to LPN?

    BrandonLPN replied to ht54321's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No, a RN doesn't need to have a LPN license to do the work that a LPN does. By definition, a RN can do anything a LPN does. If a RN really needs a job, he/she can always apply for a job that was...
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    ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    BrandonLPN replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This thread has become just another generic ADN vs BSN argument. Haven't we had enough of those? The original premise of this thread (look at the title) is the question of the validity of the claim...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    BrandonLPN replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ok, I don't particularly care about Michele Obama one way or the other, but I really, really wish people would just forget about the whole "Proud of my country, for the first time in my life" quote....
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    BrandonLPN replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nothing relevant to the topic, I just want to point out I meant "cite", not "site" in this post. (I'm beyond the edit threshold, I
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    BrandonLPN replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right, because who would ever imagine that starting a thread about a hot button political issue could possibly lead to dissenting opinions. "Thanks to Obamacare" is a deliberately provocative way of...
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    Applying to 'no experience necessary' jobs and being rejected for lack of experience?

    BrandonLPN replied to moodyred01's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, accepting a position in LTC or ambulatory care will increase your chances of getting a hospital job someday. Apart from everything else, it'll look better than having no nursing experience...
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    I want to work as a cna but im terrified of contagious diseases

    BrandonLPN replied to Mell101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's a logical fear to have, but once you've been a nurse you'll realize our precautions protect us and "catching something from the patient" is rare indeed. We're working with sick people in a...
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    ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    BrandonLPN replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Fine, but citing flawed studies that "prove" ADNs are less safe in delivering care should not be an argument. I think it's boderline libelous to paint a picture to the general public that ADN and LPN...
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    wouldn't it be easier

    BrandonLPN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    The question here should be: Is it feasible to make the BSN the minimum entry to be a RN? Until that question's answered, anything else is utterly irrelevent. I think it is feasible, but it's naive to...
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    ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    BrandonLPN replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Exactly. Correlation of data does not equal causation. Our highly educated collegues who've taken statistics should be well aware of this. For example: There's a study that clearly shows a...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    BrandonLPN replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree. When I see the word "Obamacare", I'm automatically skeptical of the
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    wouldn't it be easier

    BrandonLPN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    Since nursing has so many levels of acuities in so many different fields, there will always be a need for different levels or tiers or whatever you want to call it. I agree that having two educational...
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    Applying to 'no experience necessary' jobs and being rejected for lack of experience?

    BrandonLPN replied to moodyred01's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are you only applying for hospital jobs? Have you tried nursing homes? Also, jails, prisons, rehab centers, dialysis clinics, home health care agencies, methadone clinics and psych hospitals? All...
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    At what point do you send to the hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to jamd11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I apologoze if my post (the one about not documenting your opinion) came across as overly critical or harsh. Didn't mean it that way. When sentinal events like this happen, you can't be too careful...
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    How can I make Rocephin I'm hurt less???

    BrandonLPN replied to nurse_tnb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't feel bad. You administered an ordered ABX for a resident who really needed it. There's nothing you could have done differently. An IM injection for a LOL is going to hurt, unfortunetly. And I'll...
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    Why are medication orders written this way?

    BrandonLPN replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in General Nursing

    Good to know. We're switching to an E-MAR eventually, and one of my reservations was that we wouldnt be able to re-write some of the iffy ways pharmacy writes the medication orders. They need to...
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    Math rage

    BrandonLPN replied to tayloramaRN2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think there are several courses that are utterly useless as prerequisites to a nursing program. Algebra is not one of those
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    Why are medication orders written this way?

    BrandonLPN replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it should be written as "coumadin 1.5 mg PO daily". Writing it as "coumadin 3 mg 1/2 tab PO daily" is how instructions are written to be dispensed for the patient to take home. It doen't need to...
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    At what point do you send to the hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to jamd11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know about Canada, but here a practical nurse certainly can call the physician and take telephone orders. Including the order to send to the ER. But if there's a RN on duty and policy says...
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    Difference between night and day nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Individual experiences vary, of course, but I'd bet anything if a real study were done on this, it would show a measurable difference between the level of team work of nights vs days. It's simply a...
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    New Grad- Nursing home?

    BrandonLPN replied to nseymour's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you bring this attitude that LTC is beneath you, it probably won't go well and you won't get along with the staff. Kind of a self-fulfilling
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    Bringing kids to work?

    BrandonLPN replied to mind_body_soul RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Before I started at my current job, I would have agreed that staff having their children stay overnight with them in a nursing home is unthinkable. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined...