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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Yes as is "yes thats right" or yes as in "Yes you can be a NP without first having been a RN"? Cause I was under the impression that one had to already be a RN to enter a NP program. And my original...
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Stupid question, is NP an "add- on" to RN licensure, or completely separate? You can't be a NP without also being a RN,
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    Is there any truth to this?

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

    And all this talk about temps reinforces how dumb it is we don't use celsius. Fahrenheit should have been dumped decades
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    Is there any truth to this?

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

    If someone tells me "98.7 is a fever for me, because I'm normally 96.2" I will acknowledge that and monitor accordingly. But, if they are otherwise asymptomatic, I'm not going to literally treat 98.7...
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    BrandonLPN replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    Okay, you realize there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of male nurses, right? And most of the old pics of nurses in caps I would not describe as "sexy". "Silly" comes to mind personally,...
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

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

    "stop shoving your big titles in everyone's
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

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

    Well some people definitely use their education/title/status/whatever to make themselves feel superior and feed their ego. This happens in all job settings. It can't really be labeled as a "LPN vs RN"...
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    Super Obese

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

    When it comes to long term care for such patients, I think there clearly needs to be some sort of special facility set up for such people. Throwing them into the traditional nursing home mix is murder...
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see anything wrong with MAs in a doctors office setting. But then, I've never worked in any sort of ambulatory care, so I have no idea what a nurse's duties might be in such a setting. What I...
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    flushing after urinary catheterization

    BrandonLPN replied to onthemark's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not understanding why one would flush after each straight cath. What's the rationale? Bladder irrigation? I get flushing indwelling catheters on a regular basis. It maintains patency. But with...
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    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me nurses abandoned (or were abandoned by) doctors offices/clinics a long time ago. It's medical assistant territory now. Pay for nurses in these setting has always generally been well...
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    MIchigan or Florida?

    BrandonLPN replied to somenurse's topic in Retired Nurses

    I'm puzzled as to why you say western Michigan is so "sporificely populated". Compared to what? I think you're a little misinformed. Maybe you're thinking of northern Michigan? Grand Rapids, my home...
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    When a med runs out

    BrandonLPN replied to CYoungLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Fair enough, but there's plenty of more obscure medications that might NOT be in the Pyxis/e-kit/whatever. And never say never, one day that lasix might not be in the back-up, even though we all know...
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    Prevalence of Christians in the field of nursing

    BrandonLPN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Silly. Don't you know that before christianity, there were no nurses? What, do you think all cultures develop a group of people to care for the sick and infirm or something? How absurd! And before...
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    LPN II

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

    "LPN II" isn't a real title or offical certification or amythinglike that. It's strictly a classification tool some facilities use to promote the experienced and/or skilled. As an employee of the...
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    Am I right or wrong

    BrandonLPN replied to CNAEB's topic in General Nursing

    Mind your own business in the face of coworkers who are lazy/incompetent/whatever. You owe them nothing and, unless your job description said something about evaluating their performance, it's not...
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    Tell the CNA to clock out and go home

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, cutting down the number of CNAs per shift so they "have less time to screw around" sound like one of the most horrible ideas I've ever heard of. I agree with suzilvn, I just sounds sick to me....
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    missing narc

    BrandonLPN replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why in the name of god's green earth would the DEA or police care about a missing narcotic in a nursing home? Give me a break. That DON is nothing but a drama queen. If this isn't an ongoing issue,...
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    How does your facility confirm you are giving all your meds?

    BrandonLPN replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow. So now we're going to purposefully create a scenario where a resident is likely to miss a needed med in an attempt to catch a nurse in a "gothca" trap?? That's even worse than the post-it note on...
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    How does your facility confirm you are giving all your meds?

    BrandonLPN replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Umm, any nurse who feels it's "okay" to skip meds probably won't have a huge moral dilemma about just popping a bunch of pills into the trash to make it look like the meds are passed. Don't...
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    Your take on actors playing "nurse"...

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Best TV nurse ever? Ann Perkins from Parks and
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    Reportables

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

    Ok, I liked the fingerprint on the med cup idea, but a manager telling me I need to "prove it" in order to receive my paycheck for time already worked might just end up with a black
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    Behind every great doctor...is an even greater

    BrandonLPN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm pretty sure that's Lucille
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    Things to watch out for! Advice needed.

    BrandonLPN replied to nikkole318's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree that nurses should get their own vital signs. I don't know when the culture shift was that shifted this from a "nursing duty" to a "CNA duty". Probably a long time ago. But it was a huge...
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    Renew LPN if RN?

    BrandonLPN replied to qestout's topic in General Nursing

    From another perspective, I am assigned to a CNA assignment at my job every now and then depending on staffing. I have never in my life held a CNA certification. My practical nursing license covers...