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    Need help writing care plan

    BrandonLPN replied to Wright88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I see the difference more clearly now. Thank
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    Missed call for a interview

    BrandonLPN replied to Dragonstrike's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, the fact that you got a call in the first place is encouraging. It means your a desirable potential employee in your chosen field. Keep
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    Need help writing care plan

    BrandonLPN replied to Wright88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting. I never knew that. So if the doctor writes an order stating incentive spirometry and to keep HOB elevated so and so degrees, would that be considered just a rewrite of the medical plan of...
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    My VA Story

    BrandonLPN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    It never occurred to the daughter that gathered his documents that having been in the German army *might* disqualify him from VA
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    LPN in need of desk job

    BrandonLPN replied to kristen simmons's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If one's reason for seeking a desk job due to physical limitations, I advise against becoming a wound nurse! Talk about back breaking! Also LPNs can indeed be unit managers and ADONs in LTC, but...
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    Need help writing care plan

    BrandonLPN replied to Wright88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Impaired gas exchange secondary to bronchoconstriction. Resulting in decreased perfusion, increased anxiety and fatigue. Therapy would include brochodilators to open airways, corticosteroids to...
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    Using Your Photo As An Avatar

    BrandonLPN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The website for a local news channel posted a story abbot my place of employment. I posted some opinionated thoughts in the "comments" section anonymously. Or I assumed it was anonymous. I was using...
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    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    BrandonLPN replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, giving a drug seeker the meds he desires is the lesser of two evils when the alternative is failing to medicate someone who needs it. I don't care how much experience you have, you don't always...
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    Attention All Nurses....

    BrandonLPN replied to combsj25's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's just because I'm a low key person, but I'm a little puzzled by the posts lamenting nurses "losing their passion". I don't care who you are, after doing something for the millionth time the...
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    New nurses wanted.

    BrandonLPN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's been my experience that most nurses who paint themselves as constant victims are the authors of their own misfortune. Maybe they're trying to mask their own incompetence. Maybe they like to be...
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    Why can't nurses intubate?

    BrandonLPN replied to natnat122's topic in Emergency

    I'll never understand the mindset some people have that equates nursing and paramedics. Maybe they watch too many medical shows? They are two very different disciplines, and two very different jobs....
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    Incident Reports...aarrggghhh!!!

    BrandonLPN replied to MessyMomma's topic in General Nursing

    Too often incident reports function as an "ace in the hole" for management to horde away for use at a latter time. They pull them out to use as bogus evidence in the form of a "paper trail" when they...
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    Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

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

    And if you're a LTC nurse dealing with a pt like this who's *already* in a nursing home, just imply that they may have to be transferred to that even worse nursing home down the street they saw on...
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    medical assistant

    BrandonLPN replied to mairyn90's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you're a hospital administrator already, you will take an ungodly pay cut in becoming a medical
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    Using Your Photo As An Avatar

    BrandonLPN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    In retrospect, having my user name be my first name and job title probably wasn't such a hot idea..... Having a photo of myself as an avatar would really cap it
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    LPN...not good enough??

    BrandonLPN replied to em1025's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    True, RNs and LPNs are NOT the same thing. LPNs who claim they're "the same" as a RN are only revealing their own ignorance. But, I think most hospital nurses would be shocked by the extent of the...
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    Phone, cell, beeper and texting.

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is going to sound dense, but if you're texting the doctor to get him to call you and then take the order voice to voice...... isn't that almost the exact same thing as good old fashioned...
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    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    BrandonLPN replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, if someone is hypotensive or respirations are too low, by all means hold the pain med. But it's not okay to hold an ordered PRN medication because you feel the pt "doesn't need it". That is not...
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    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    BrandonLPN replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yikes. I understand being disgusted by a pt whose drunk driving caused the deaths of 3 people. I understand not feeling much compassion for his pain. What I *don't* understand is you saying your...
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    Phone, cell, beeper and texting.

    BrandonLPN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care what anyone says, nurses and doctors communicating via text messages is just bad practice and should be fought against. Seriously, *what* is so hard about talking to someone on a...
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    SCAPEGOAT NURSE SUSPENDED UNFAIRLY new job offer HELP!!!!

    BrandonLPN replied to LotusFlowerBomb's topic in General Nursing

    Is a "registered children's nurse" an actual thing, or is that just your way of saying you're a RN with peds
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    Be the Nurse You Would Want As a Patient

    BrandonLPN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    Also, it's worth noting that the kind of nurse I'd want as a pt and the kind you'd want might be two very different kinds of nurses. The last thing I'd want is a stranger trying to "connect" with me....
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    Be the Nurse You Would Want As a Patient

    BrandonLPN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yes, it's easy to lose perspective when you've been in nursing for a while. Families in the hospital are a handful, and lord knows they're annoying at the best of times. But remember, we're seeing...
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    Attention All Nurses....

    BrandonLPN replied to combsj25's topic in General Nursing

    See, this is one reason I prefer NOT to work in a hospital. I used to work in one and the sense of entitlement and "customer service" eats away at you. The narcissistic nature of our society is really...
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    Attention All Nurses....

    BrandonLPN replied to combsj25's topic in General Nursing

    Im as jaded as the next nurse, and no one will accuse me of being a starry eyed dreamer, but..... I *do* think we make a difference. Even if all I do all night is pass pills and change diapers and do...