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    Hospitals / Corporations replacing nurses with...

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I already knew that corporations don't have heart, a soul or compassion. (oh, wait, they were talking about the
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    Ethical advice needed for a new grad...

    BrandonLPN replied to AnnaleaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A couple suggestions for easing the med pass burden: Have the 11-7 nurse give all the AM pills to the residents who get up super early. Every unit has a handful of residents who get up at the crack of...
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    Ethical advice needed for a new grad...

    BrandonLPN replied to AnnaleaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a facility that still uses the "thousands of tiny little boxes in a great big binder" style MAR. Each pill, eye gtt, injection and inhaler has to be initialed every time. When I work 7-3 (I...
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    Resident dies and nurse is to blame

    BrandonLPN replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll agree there's probably more we (including the OP) don't know about this story. Sure, the night nurse called the physician, but did she give him all the pertinent information? Was he (the patient)...
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    nurse for kids boxing match

    BrandonLPN replied to krissi_p_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell me that these kids aren't actually punching each other until one of them is knocked
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    Patient asking for ativan hours in advance regularly, prn for anxiety.

    BrandonLPN replied to EarthwormRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm gonna disagree with this. Not true at any LTC facility I've ever worked at. Maybe you're facility is just really, really micromanaged. We don't have to try a nonpharmological intervention before...
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    Registered Nurses: Do you like your jobs?

    BrandonLPN replied to mamba24's topic in General Nursing

    As far as the whole "has nursing changed your faith in humanity?" question goes, I think we'd do well to remember that we're often seeing people during some of the very worst and most stressful...
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    Cough Syrup - wow!

    BrandonLPN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Am I reading that right in that each ounce contained 125 mg of
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    How do I answer "Why did you leave your last job?"

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

    "no room for advancement" is vague and innocuous enough to work in a
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    breakdown at work

    BrandonLPN replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    And I wish to point out that being in control of one's emotions does not mean that one doesn't have any. There's a lot of things that could be considered "natural" biological responses that we don't...
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    breakdown at work

    BrandonLPN replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    First, I prefaced my comment with "fair or not" for a reason. Second, I said some view nursing as less professional and effeminate, not that I personally think it is. Third, I was talking about crying...
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    What are tasks that nurses can do with or with out a doctors order

    BrandonLPN replied to mcclot1993's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And, of course, all this talk about making lists of "things" (ie tasks) we can do with or without a doctor's order downplays the most important nursing functions: observation and clinical judgement....
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    breakdown at work

    BrandonLPN replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I take a little exception to the "you're not human if you don't cry sometimes" line of thought. I've never cried at work. I can't see the future, but there's a good chance I never will. Fair or not,...
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    HELP!! No charge nurse, no supervisor and OUTRAGEOUS ratios!!

    BrandonLPN replied to ncrn4806's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Interesting that everyone's agreeing that skilled/rehab pts can be more work than acute pts. Imagine how us LTC nurses feel with up to 30-40 skilled pts on a regular basis. Rather than having "swing"...
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    Can a new LPN work anywhere besides a nursing home?

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

    In addition to all the LPN jobs that have been listed, there are also many jobs that will hire LPNs into certain roles, though they won't really allow said person to function as a nurse or use the LPN...
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    What are tasks that nurses can do with or with out a doctors order

    BrandonLPN replied to mcclot1993's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Standing orders are still physicians orders. If you apply O2 per facility protocol you're not really acting independent of a physician
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    Working Mon-Fri

    BrandonLPN replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you know real nurses work every other weekend and do swing shifts and only work at the bedside? Anything less and you're not really a
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    Nurses 6:1 Patient Care Techs 25:1 in an Acute Care Setting. Is this fair??

    BrandonLPN replied to KatieCutieRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is why ADLs get so overlooked in the hospitals. The techs or PCTs or whatever are so busy checking vitals on 30 pts that bedside care falls to the
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    Going alarm-free

    BrandonLPN replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I get where you're coming from, but since alarms have been proven to simply not work under any circumstances I think staffing is irrelevant. A separate issue. To some extent, family and staff need to...
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    Going alarm-free

    BrandonLPN replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I think (hope) that some day in the near future fall alarms will be a thing of the past. We'll all look back and chuckle that we used such silly things when they clearly didn't work. Like Nascar Nurse...
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    Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    BrandonLPN replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I just don't understand why someone would invest money and time into four years of a BSN program without researching the employment realities of the area they live in. "Mary Sue down the street is a...
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    Family at school orientation?

    BrandonLPN replied to Summergrace's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm being presumptuous here, but bringing Mom or Dad to your nursing school orientation is (at best) socially awkward under any circumstances at any school. It seems incredibly childish and just...
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    Going to HR re: management

    BrandonLPN replied to California2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HR is part of the upper management/administration apparatus. The HR workers might be genuinely nice people who work hard, but their department was set up to protect the company from litigation and to...
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    Can a new LPN work anywhere besides a nursing home?

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

    Jails and prisons. Dialysis clinics. Where I live, most school nurses are LPNs (but from what I gather, that varies from state to
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    Facility Cut Staff Pay by 3%, More to Come?

    BrandonLPN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think it's grasping for straws to blame staff/pay cuts on