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    Corporate "doesn't believe in" Nurses Week

    BrandonLPN replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's exaggerating to say it's contributing to low morale. My facility doesn't celebrate it either. I wouldn't have even known it was nurses week if it weren't for all the threads here about...
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    What would you do?

    BrandonLPN replied to cowgurl89's topic in General Nursing

    1) if she was yelling, then she was breathing 2) didn't she carry an epi pen or a rescue inhaler for...... whatever..... was going on with her? 3) once she stopped breathing and was without pulse, I'm...
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    I am the only nurse getting high blood glucose numbers

    BrandonLPN replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Be careful before you jump to the conclusion that the other nurses are making numbers up. It could be a million things. Maybe your technique differs. Maybe you work on days where the residents have...
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    Getting in the profession for the wrong reasons? (long, sorry)

    BrandonLPN replied to bonjournurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is where being a LPN or CNA first is an advantage. You get a taste for what nursing is like and an idea of your likes and dislikes. But if you're doing well in school and enjoy your...
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    LPN primary role

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

    Not really. A LPN asking a RN to do something isn't the same as delegating. Delegating implies that the person doing the delegating is ultimately responsible for the task. This can't be the LPN in a...
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    Disgusted with nursing career

    BrandonLPN replied to Blue4me2's topic in General Nursing

    My experience? The new grads who begin their career with the belief that nursing is a privilege or a calling are the ones who burn out the quickest. As long as the OP has a safe and competent...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    BrandonLPN replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I get why a nurse might become tired of their career and decide to go to med school. If they have the time, money and ability, more power to them. But I don't get why someone whose goal is being a MD...
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    Disgusted with nursing career

    BrandonLPN replied to Blue4me2's topic in General Nursing

    This might not be the advice you want to hear, but I'd suggest put in a year in pychriatric nursing and then try again to get the acute care job you seem to want. Or make the best out of where you are...
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    Blue about Code Blue

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

    Maybe med school needs to spend more time on coping with end of life issues. The nursing model of healthcare seems to have a more realistic view of dying than the medical model does. Why do so many...
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    Men In Nursing Issues

    BrandonLPN replied to adpie28's topic in Men in Nursing

    So what is the debate question? This seems more like a general discussion than a
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    I Hate Being Bipolar. It's AWESOME!

    BrandonLPN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Love the title of this
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    National Nursing Home week

    BrandonLPN replied to KRSLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've noticed that the facilities that celebrate stuff like "nurses week" or "nursing home week" are almost always non-union private facilities that don't offer very good benefit/retirement plans or...
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    LVNs going extinct? MAs taking over?

    BrandonLPN replied to kristakay7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And besides, the reason LPNs and MAs "do the same thing" in a doctors office setting is because the scopes of practice happen to overlap for that particular set of duties. The medical assistant role...
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    Curious, Why did you decide to become an RPN/LPN?

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

    So why doesn't it result in an "associates of practical nursing"? Why is it still just a certification? Just
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    LVNs going extinct? MAs taking over?

    BrandonLPN replied to kristakay7's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Did you search pay grades while you were on
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    Identity as a nurse.

    BrandonLPN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I don't feel it identifies me any more than any other job I've
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    The nurse and patient's family yelled at me. I feel horrible.

    BrandonLPN replied to mamacita2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What kind of thermometer was it? Tympanic? Are you sure you were using it
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    Night Shift and workouts?

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

    I always work out before my shift starts (11-7). I just can't do it after work. I'm one of those third shifters who goes right home and goes to
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    Guys are boring

    BrandonLPN replied to exit96's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, obviously any board with less women will be a lot quieter and
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    Does your facility send someone home every shift?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Blackcat, I'm waiting for the thread were you tell us your facility was finally shut down by the state or something.
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    Curious, Why did you decide to become an RPN/LPN?

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

    *wags finger at
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    My orientee gave the wrong narcotic

    BrandonLPN replied to JohnD91's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the sentiment, but too many facilities have a "take down as many as you can" philosophy when the **** hits the fan. I've seen a couple scenarios where an orientee gave the wrong meds or...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Hmmm, "getting a lot of people to agree with your incredible beliefs in order to make them appear credible" is as good a definition of organized religion as any I've ever
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    My orientee gave the wrong narcotic

    BrandonLPN replied to JohnD91's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. But, this is referring only to how the OP could be held responsible from a legal/licensure/BON perspective. The facility might very well hold a preceptor jointly responsible for the med...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    FSUnurse, if you're going to have an intelligent debate about this issue you need some verifiable, objective data. Quoting the Bible only proves what is written in the Bible..... nothing else. Do you...