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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    BrandonLPN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    But the OP (presumably) already took prereqs that included English and composition. Thus the foundational education is already there. I'm under the impression the OP was assigned this paper within an...
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    What shift does the 7am med pass?

    BrandonLPN replied to keepitsimple0025's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There shouldn't be meds scheduled for 7am. One of the more ridiculous aspects of LTC are those facilities that have meds scheduled at 7am.... and 8am..... and 10am. Except in very few isolated cases,...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    BrandonLPN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The assignment is just too vague. I agree, you can have an assignment focusing on the human side of nursing. The art of nursing, as opposed to the science. But assign a paper on a "concept analysis"...
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    Fun: Coke or Pepsi Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    If we're talking about diet cola, Tab was the best. But I don't see that in the supermarkets
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    BrandonLPN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If the assignment were to write a research paper about a particular issue in nursing, such as increasing HIPAA regulations or the changing nature of acute care stays, I would say the assignment has...
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    Speedy med pass

    BrandonLPN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not necessarily
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    Destroying medications

    BrandonLPN replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, you all have way more complicated wasting procedures than where I work. We just dump the pill in the sharps
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    The Patient Who Receives No Visits

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

    I couldn't agree more. I work in LTC and some of my residents never receive visitors. But we don't know how these residents treated their children. Maybe they were alcoholics or abusive or deadbeats....
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    Daylight Savings

    BrandonLPN replied to SionainnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like a funny thing to have a bet about. Kind of like betting a starbucks card over whether or not the skiy is blue. Or if circles are
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    Isn't it best for the RN's to take care of the "medically unstable patients"?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Of course, someone who's truly "medically unstable" shouldn't be in LTC in the first
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    Do you aspirate before giving an IM deltoid injection?

    BrandonLPN replied to seasalt1023's topic in Patient Medications

    I aspirated blood once during an IM deltoid injection. It was the only time it's ever happened. And I give a lot of IM injections. I was pretty shocked. Up until that point I was beginning to think...
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    Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    BrandonLPN replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    I always assumed it was standard practice for hospitals to have a manual cuff built into the wall behind the bed. Just have housekeeping put on a new cuff with each discharge..... Problem
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    Daylight Savings

    BrandonLPN replied to SionainnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, didn't she notice she only worked 12 hours when..... there was no extra hour during her shift. That's not the kid of thing you would fail to notice. Her logic is very flawed. On "fall back" the...
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    Time Management for the Not So New Grad

    BrandonLPN replied to stephanie.felder5's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Huh, well vie only worked in pretty big hospitals, so I figured all hospitals had on site pharmacy 24/7. Even the nursing home I work at has an in house pharmacy Mon thru Sat 9a-5p, but I guess this...
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    New to LTC, does signing off MD orders mean something different here?

    BrandonLPN replied to auntiedebe's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok. Where I work we have a doctor who is physically present and rounds 6 days a week, so telephone orders for 10 residents in one phone call is unheard of. I can see where you're coming
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    Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

    BrandonLPN replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

    Now now, let's not turn this into a male bashing thread. Our grandfathers took plenty of BS from our grandmothers
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    Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    BrandonLPN replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    Manual can be faster too. Some of those automatic cuffs take a ridiculously long time. And there's plenty of rom for user error with the automatic cuffs. CNAs bring me absurd low BPs and it's often...
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    Time Management for the Not So New Grad

    BrandonLPN replied to stephanie.felder5's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    How can a hospital not have a 24 hour pharmacy? I never heard of such a thing. Is this
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    I understand why people go the LPN route

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

    Being a LPN first is working out for me. If you look in the right places, there isn't that big of a gap between LPN wages and RN wages. And by a LPN allows one to peruse RN at their leisure. I can't...
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    New to LTC, does signing off MD orders mean something different here?

    BrandonLPN replied to auntiedebe's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why would the person relieving the order and the person noting the order be two different people? The person who "receives" the order should just go ahead and carry the order out. I feel like I'm...
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    Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    BrandonLPN replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    Manual is more
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    Yeah, I'm your nurse. What, I don't look like a nurse?

    BrandonLPN replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Men in Nursing

    When you're dealing with demented elderly pts in a nursing home it's not really an
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    Ethical Dilemma

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

    I don't see how it's okay to provide the pt with food. At least not until after you call the
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    Does your LTC get mad when you send patients do the ER?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Right, I didn't mean
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    Does your LTC get mad when you send patients do the ER?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One thing that always confuses me in these discussions is when we say we send the resident out, as if it were our decision. The nurse calls the doctor, gives him their assessment data, and the doctor...