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    It's not my job to pray with you.

    BrandonLPN replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    After doing some research, it appears Muslims are divided over whether or not Jesus was crucified. Some believe he was, but was bodily raised to heaven by God before he actually died on the cross....
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    7:30 meds? Who is responsible for giving?

    BrandonLPN replied to Manda92's topic in Patient Medications

    But try to question these extremely inconvenient med administration times, and watch how fast certain people will imply you're worse than Hitler for suggesting anything be adjusted to fit nursing's...
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    7:30 meds? Who is responsible for giving?

    BrandonLPN replied to Manda92's topic in Patient Medications

    Is there any earthly reason meds truly need to be scheduled at such an awkward and inconvenient time? The answer is probably
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    To medicate or not to medicate

    BrandonLPN replied to SuperMomBob's topic in Patient Medications

    If she's been taking a Xanax and Norco every night at HS for 5 years, then nursing ought to have spoken with the physician about making those meds scheduled for that
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    Special Snowflake!

    BrandonLPN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer Pretty-Pretty Princess to Special Snowflake when describing entitled, overindulged new
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    Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    L There's no excuse for the doctor's behavior, and I believe the OP definitely had the right to defend herself. But..... I think saying "We can talk about that later", or something along those lines,...
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    It's not my job to pray with you.

    BrandonLPN replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Re: the whole "Islam is not connected to Christianity/Judaism" thing.... It really bugs me when certain people fail to realize that 'Allah' is simply the Arabic word for 'God'. One sounds really,...
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    My patient showed me her farts.

    BrandonLPN replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of getting all nit-picky, I'm not sure someone can "show" you their farts. Short of lighting them on fire, or getting so up close you can "see" the fumes, like gasoline.... (Okay, I think,...
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    Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

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    Your worst nightmare

    BrandonLPN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't keeping copies of such things on your person considered a breach of
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    Wage for STNA or CNA

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

    State
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    BrandonLPN replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, you were supposed to vaporize the needles with your laser eye-beams. Someone could rip the sharps container off the wall, smash it open with a hammer, and poke themselves with a dirty needle....
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    How do you handle narcissist patients?

    BrandonLPN replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it pretty narcissistic to refuse difficult patients and expect your coworkers to take them
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    Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    BrandonLPN replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    After working for a while on the LTAC/subacute wing of my facility, I ran without looking back to the LTC wing. 15 very sick patients a shift including IV ABX, hot-mess-ostomy situations, TPN,...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    BrandonLPN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care how many people tell me I'm wrong, I'll always prounounce the t in often. I don't think I've ever heard anyone prounounce the t in soften,
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    Notes in 3rd person style

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like to chart in the second
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    Notes in 3rd person style

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    How is "this writer" confusing? It seems crystal clear to
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    NOC shift PCA schedule

    BrandonLPN replied to HkCNA's topic in General Nursing

    So, in a two week pay period, you only have two days off and the other twelve days you're working twelve hour shifts? That's 144 hours! Are you sure you're not misunderstanding your
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    Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BrandonLPN replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    I'll agree that one has the duty to reasonably provide help in a first aid sort of situation if the need arises, who could argue with that? But some nurses here truly do seem to act like nursing is...
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    When do going back to school STOP!!

    BrandonLPN replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    Having a grammatical error in the title of this thread does not bode well for your anti-education stance
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    BrandonLPN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like "corporately mandated scripting" and "therapeutic communication" are being used interchangeably here when they're really two different things. Scripting is an absurd waste of time, while...
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    Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BrandonLPN replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    And what would you do if you *weren't* a nurse? Just say "oh, well" and walk on past the collapsed/choking person? The Heimlich Maneuver or CPR hardly require a nursing background. It's not as though...
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    BrandonLPN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And the kicker is, the people paid to design and implement these sorts of policies are likely paid more than the staff
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    Unusual treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I have had several older diabetic residents tell me that eating mustard lowers blood sugar
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    Unusual treatments

    BrandonLPN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    AN has got to be one of the few message boards on the internet where this sentence can be a post without it being gross and