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    How is this acceptable? 50 patients ltc/skilled DAYSHIFT!

    BrandonLPN replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do you actually have 50 pts all to yourself? Meds and treatments and everything? Or is this one of those "I'm the only nurse (RN) for 50 pts...... except for the LPNs who do all the meds and tx"...
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    bedside nursing, is it really that bad?

    BrandonLPN replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    And as for the question of whether bedside nursing is "that bad", no, I don't think it is. Bedside nursing is more than just hospitals or nursing homes. There's so many places a nurse can work. Even...
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    bedside nursing, is it really that bad?

    BrandonLPN replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts: It's been my experience that the newish RNs who seem to hate bedside nursing the most are often those who were never LPNs or CNAs beforehand. It's not that they don't have the "calling"...
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    Failure Failure Just another Failure....

    BrandonLPN replied to allabtu's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Really, your priority should be passing the NCLEX. Becoming a CNA or a phlebotimist is not the answer. You worked too hard to pass school! Here's some tips I found online re: the "hows" of the NCLEX:...
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    RN total patient care...

    BrandonLPN replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It should be pointed out, however, that the PN program in Canada is a two year associate's degree. Thus the Canadian LPN is equivalent to the American ADN. That explains their wide scope of practice,...
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    Failure Failure Just another Failure....

    BrandonLPN replied to allabtu's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm not sure what you mean by this. Obviously, practical nurses make way, way more money and have more career opportunities. Of course LPN is a "better" career choice when compared to a medication...
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    so ready to quit

    BrandonLPN replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just refuse to work more than the 40 hours you were hired for. A failure to staff appropriately on their part is not your problem. If they're really as hard up as you say, they won't fire a nurse who...
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    Working weekend option (2-16's)

    BrandonLPN replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    This would be the perfect schedule for going to school. I wish my facility offered something like this. But if something happened between those two shifts that prevented me from sleeping, I think that...
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    Losing respect for nursing students

    BrandonLPN replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    Well, those bridging LPN students shouldn't be so smarmy about it, but they do know way more than you, a student with no past nursing experience. They've been nurses for years, while all you've done...
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    Charting...what to say?

    BrandonLPN replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. Using "this nurse" or "this writer" is better than "I", I suppose. But even the "this nurse" bit can be dome away with. Just chart "pt educated in incentive spirometry use" or "pt observed to...
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    RN total patient care...

    BrandonLPN replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since RNs (deservedly so) make substantially more than CNAs and LPNs, any possible "all RN" staffing model will result in less nursing staff on the floor no matter how you look at it. That's just an...
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    Why?!?

    BrandonLPN replied to RN2DNP4.5's topic in Correctional

    Unless I missed something, the prison's nurses weren't even mentioned. It was all about the
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    Advice please!

    BrandonLPN replied to RN315's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    putting aside the whole "LPNs are nurses too" subject (I think the OP learned her lesson), any LTC RN supervisor who has a LPN to pass meds has it made in the
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    RN total patient care...

    BrandonLPN replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, of course RN total care would be the bee's knees if each RN on a med/surg floor had 2-3 patients. But unless said RNs are willing to work for $14 an hour, how is this economically feasible? How...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    And I find it interesting that none of the "what do you have against prayer" crowd have responded directly to the question about if the meetings were opened with prayers *other* than those that are...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    At this point I should clarify that I didn't bring up the "flying spaghetti monster" comparison to belittle anyone's religion. I brought it up because people always equate being against...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    I think the hardest part of caring for a celebrity and/or infamous criminal would the scrutiny that you (the nurse) would be under. There'd be a gaggle of lawyers just waiting to tear you apart. This...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Right, either everyone's equal or no one's equal. Starting a meeting with a Christian prayer is absolutely no different than staring it with a Wiccan ritual. Or a prayer to the flying spaghetti...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Oh, those nonbelievers just ruin
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Praying with patients who request or are receptive to it it is obviously fine. I wouldn't be "offended", per se, by a staff meeting starting with a prayer. I would, however, be incredulous, amused...
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    Praying in the work place

    BrandonLPN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think it's just plain tacky for a work meeting to begin with a prayer. Increadibly unprofessional. Unless you work at a church or an explicitly religious-based facility (and, no, a hospital called...
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    Fake nursing/CNA licenses or what?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was being facetious in the second
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    Refusing Orders.

    BrandonLPN replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested to see the responses, too. It seems to me that true honest-to-gosh refusals are pretty rare. My "refusals" have usually went along the lines of this: 2am, I page the doc. Me: sorry to...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    I think what he meant was that cops routinely deal with worse situations in their jobs. Or not "worse", exactly, maybe "just as bad". When we're talking about such horrific deeds qualifiers become...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    Not giving in to your emotions isn't the same as not having them. It's self control. As a nurse, we are indeed expected to put our emotions aside. Of course it's not easy. If it were easy it'd be...