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    5 Ways Night Shifters Can Sleep Better Now!

    BrandonLPN replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    Light has never bothered me, I can sleep in broad daylight without difficulty. NOISE, on the other hand.... The sounds of people on the street, construction, people walking around, music, people...
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    Discovered a boo-boo on Social Media

    BrandonLPN replied to mmc51264's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm not understanding why you felt the need to get involved. If this all happened in a facility far away, involving people you don't work with, how do you even know if the allegations are false or...
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    Nursing is becoming stupid

    BrandonLPN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I learned quickly in nursing that TPTB care very little about the quality of care being given. They care about satisfaction surveys and dazzling the public with fancy
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    BrandonLPN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    You know, when I see nurses glove up to check a blood pressure on a perfectly clean patient, I wonder if that saying isn't true, in some
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    BrandonLPN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of tidbits that I remember, that I've never actually come across, or used. The symptoms of Autonomic Dysrefexia. The Halo Test for checking for CSF. Cushing's
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    BrandonLPN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit, I'm kind of curious what a drug-induced feeling of impending doom actually feels
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    WDYT? Sticking up for myself or...

    BrandonLPN replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    I had to google 'WDYT'. I learn a new text-speak acronym every day. As for the topic in question, at this point, I would personally feel like they're making me jump through too many hoops for it to be...
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    Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

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

    But are nurses really in a position to professionally evaluate a surgeon's skill, one way or the
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    Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

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

    But, in this specific scenario, it really wasn't feasible to obtain an order for PICC draws right at that moment, in time for that blood draw that needed to be drawn at that time. I think adressing it...
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    Carrying around your brain sheet?

    BrandonLPN replied to tsm007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just out of curiosity, why do you all keep it in your pocket instead of just carrying a clipboard? I always carry my clipboard around with me, it would drive me nuts to have to keep taking a folded...
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    Holding prn meds for attention seeking behavior

    BrandonLPN replied to cbeebee's topic in General Nursing

    The bottom line is: If there's a valid order for the PRN pain medication, and there's no contraindication to giving it..... just give it. And "They don't seem painful" or "They're drug-seeking" are...
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    Overweight

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

    Then you're
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    Any confirmation on this doozy?

    BrandonLPN replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    What makes you say
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    Side business ideas for nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    In the context, I'm guessing it means "play for
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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    BrandonLPN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    Do commercial airplanes actually have an RN and/or paramedic on staff on each flight? That seems prohibitively expensive. Or can the flight attendants perform ACLS? Or or are the ACLS medical...
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    New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

    BrandonLPN replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

    What alarmed me most in the OP was that your charge nurse dragged you into the patient's room to point out an error *in front of the patient*. Apart from how unfair that was to you, imagine how...
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    Is this appropriate behaviour when placing a condom catheter?

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

    Apart form the many other reasons this is a bad idea, it should be pointed out that it isn't even an effective method of keeping a condom catheter to stay on. Think about it, when the patient becomes...
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    Sexual Comment from Boss???

    BrandonLPN replied to headtotoewounds's topic in General Nursing

    Like someone else said, I think we are confusing the word "sexual" with the word "sexist". Unless "adding some sugar to the mix" is some new sexual euphemism I'm unaware of, I think this falls...
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    Can scientific types go into nursing?

    BrandonLPN replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Nursing

    It boggles my mind to think that anyone in this day and age would assume that doctors are the ones doing most of the patient care
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    CNA-next steps?

    BrandonLPN replied to Smileycna1216's topic in General Nursing

    In what way would being a medical technologist be a stepping stone to RN? Do they share a lot of
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    Side business ideas for nurses

    BrandonLPN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know.... move to the Southwest and do something with
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    Sexual Comment from Boss???

    BrandonLPN replied to headtotoewounds's topic in General Nursing

    What bugs me most about "... it's make it sweeter" is the grammar. Sounds like Golllum from Lord of the Rings. Seriously though, what a weird thing to say. But I agree with previous posters who said...
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    Why do nurses delegate with a power trip?

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

    A few thoughts: - you all should not be referring to techs as "technical nurses". Please stop. - personally, I look at changing the "nursing assistant" title to "patient care technician" (or whatever...
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    Special Snowflake!

    BrandonLPN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Special Old Bats?
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    Chatty Patients, Busy Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just say something like "Okay Mr Smith, I need to go see another patient, but I'll check back on you soon...", and walk out of the room. Sometimes the Chatty Cathys are still talking when I'm...