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    Are RN's going to be a thing of the past?

    BrandonLPN replied to Emma_H's topic in Canada

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    Mean/Competitive nursing school classmates

    BrandonLPN replied to cowgirl_RN's topic in General Students

    I'd like to point out that competitive does not equal mean. Nothing wrong with students being
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    Poop in nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    I like they irony that your screen name is "stay
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    Personality At Work vs. At Home

    BrandonLPN replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's the new nurses who aren't ironic and sarcastic when the patients/supervisors aren't within earshot that I worry about. They're the ones who often don't make it. They're in for one too many...
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would have pleasantly suggested she could provide feeding while going about her SLP
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    Are you married sweetie?"

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha, I would do stuff like too when I worked at the hospital. Good way to throw off nosy pts who ask way too many personal questions. It was amusing to tell the pushy Christian pts that I'm Wiccan. Or...
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    Doctor's allow you to live, nurses make you want to live

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    It just seemed like random political rambling to me. Something that sounds nice, but upon closer inspection is really kinda hollow. Like a Johnson & Johnson commercial about
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry, no way am I going to wear a sash of any kind. :) The giant pill wagon tends to tip people
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    No call/ No show

    BrandonLPN replied to Redder's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they don't have a firm grasp of the English language. I'm wondering if the person you talked to on the phone was just lying about the policy in order to intimidate you into coming
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    See, it's all in how you look at it and how your facility is set up. Where I work, the "med nurse" routinely passes medications to a unit of 49 residents on day shift. Many of my LTC colleagues on...
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A good thought, but easier said than done. Trying to time a med to such a specific time in LTC is simply a exercise in futility. Even the very best, most efficient nurse will never, ever, be able to...
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    Doctor's allow you to live, nurses make you want to live

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    At the risk of being a Debbie Downer, it just seemed like a bit of nonsensical schmaltz to
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    Are you married sweetie?"

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm trying to wrap my head around why anyone would be offended by the reply "I don't really want kids". But I can't think of a single reason. I think the patient would have to have a...
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And another thing that bugs me is when rehab aides tells me a resident requested pain meds and then stands a glares at me if I don't drop everything right then and there. I told a rehab aide once,...
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    Rehab needs to get a clue

    BrandonLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't care for the attitude of some rehab staff have that the nurse is "just" passing meds, so it's okay to interrupt. Ditto for CNAs who interrupt med pass for relatively trivial things. I never...
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    Prevalence of Christians in the field of nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Isn't it a little arrogant for you to say you have the ability to discern who's a real Christian, and who
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I got the impression the OP felt that she ought to have such experience in order to advance her
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    Obligation to respond: what is your take?

    BrandonLPN replied to kRN0512's topic in General Nursing

    The belief that nurses are equivalent to first responders is a misconception of the general public. Probably spread by television. Some nurses have emergency response experience, some
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    So the upshot is less education = fewer med errors? I question the validity of this study. I'm sure the facilities in which these studies are being conducted have significant vested interests in...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    But she doesn't really need ICU experience to pursue a higher degree, does she? That's not a requirement, I don't think. I got the gist that she feels she needs "real nurse" experience to be a good...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    BrandonLPN replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think most of us have some aspect of nursing/healthcare that we can't quite stomach. I could never work in the OR or in any sort of trauma capacity. The sight of someone being cut open and seeing...
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    Can a physician deny an order to transport from LTC?

    BrandonLPN replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Several parts of the OP's scenario just don't make sense. If a non-hospice resident was literally and clearly dying, no nurse would waste time calling the physician. He would call 911. And even if he...
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    People really believe this????

    BrandonLPN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    But I think this is different. With the rising levels of education, more and more non-physician healthcare professionals are being trained at the doctorate level. And anyone with this level of...
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    BrandonLPN replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you get off the elevator and the ghost of Bette Davis appears and says "Fasten your seatbelt. It's going to be a bumpy night.", you might be in for a rough
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    People really believe this????

    BrandonLPN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's sort of on topic. It's all about the misconceptions and confusion the general public has re: the various titles and education levels of healthcare professionals. I'm surprised no one has...