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    Today's Dr. Phil shocker: Nursing home abuse

    BrandonLPN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, shows like Dr Phil are just trashy and melodramatic. I'm sure they'll play the "evil music" when they show the resident with bruises on his arm so the audience gets their cue to think "bad...
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    ADON On-Call, Med-carts, and Comp Time

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

    A RN with years of experience in both LTC and acute care is way more qualified than most ADONs. Many LTC facilities place LPNs with a year or less in this
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    False accusations.

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

    And I'd say that 30 minutes to assess and send out a resident with two broken legs is pretty darn good. Yeah, that family member in question is all kinds of
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    False accusations.

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

    Oh, come on. If I were dealing with a resident with multiple broken bones, there is absolutely no chance I would stop to make a phone call or radio some unrelated complaining family member of another...
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    Well, it is what it is. Just a revelation.

    BrandonLPN replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I would still argue there's a nursing job out there more suited to you. There's so many different things a nurse can do. And most of them bear little resemblance to each
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    Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    BrandonLPN replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, wikipedia defines critical thinking as: "reasonable reflective thinking focused on what to do in a given situation." Usually I'm the first one to jump on the common sense bandwagon. And I do...
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    Falls-alarms,etcfalls,alarms

    BrandonLPN replied to martymoose's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But padding the whole unit would require too much bubble wrap. We should just roll the residents up in the
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    Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    BrandonLPN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I know I'm contributing to the derailment of this thread (and a zombie thread at that) but I have to add some grammar redundancies I hate: "safe haven" "UPC code" "advance warning" "armed gunman"...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    When i worked in the hospital, a nurse went in a recently deceased pt's room to perform post mortem care. Another nurse called this nurse's cell from the nurse's station and pretended to be the dead...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes. Someone's got a twisted sense of
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    Good nurse vs bad nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to PankaD89's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I learned early on in my first LTC job to just call their bluff when it comes to the "time theft" threats. If you're gonna fire me, then do it. Otherwise please shut up and leave me
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    Good nurse vs bad nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to PankaD89's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Floating is hard. When I floated I felt like a "good nurse" as long as all my residents were alive, medicated and not soiled at the end of the
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    Do all of your LTC charts have face sheets?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Blackcat, you seem to work at a rather troubled
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    yes, looking back, maybe my early posts here gave the impression I was defending the nurse who said "just *** in the bed". Not what I meant. If I had said what I meant as clearly as lillymom there,...
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    Appearance?

    BrandonLPN replied to TheBerriGirl's topic in General Students

    It really depends on the facility. My facility has way, way more lax dress codes than most. Nurses and aides can come to work in jeans and a tee shirt if they want. One aide on days comes into work in...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Well said,
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    What are some important abbreviations I should be familiar with?

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

    When I was a new grad, I would use a ton of abbreviations and shorthand in my nurses notes cause it made me feel all "nursey". As time passed I realized that was pretty silly. The goal is clarity...
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    Is there a good way to wear a tie with scrubs?

    BrandonLPN replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Men in Nursing

    This is what a male nurse's tunic shirt looks like. Like I said, I like the collar. And the "old school orderly" lapel thingie. I'm strongly considering ordering one or two of
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    BrandonLPN replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    If someone wants to wear a cap to graduation, fine, great. Go for it. But telling all the girl students they MUST wear one is clearly absurd. In the case of the OP, the other female classmates got mad...
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    What lies were you told when you were first hired in LTC?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sometimes. If she (the RN) is there, then I'm the "med nurse" and she's the "charge nurse". It's nice, cause I can concentrate on meds and tx and she handles everything else. If she's off, I'm...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Well, thanks to everyone who understood where I'm coming from. I appreciate it. Everyone who doesn't, well, Im sorry if you were offended by my candor. I want to say, that's it's not as bad where I...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of regret saying anything in the first place. I guess I get defensive when I see other nurses imply only "bad nurses" or "bad aides" are unable to provide the level of care we were taught in...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. But that doesn't change anything. We do the best we can with what we have. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me how to get all 49 residents up to the toilet the second they have to go. If you...
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my residents are just different.... Some of them just flat out refuse a bedpan. Some of them have "no bedpan" right in their care plan. I've never said "just go in the bed" in so many words....
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    Cant believe the nurse did.....

    BrandonLPN replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    So should I pull the aide out of another room and another resident to come help me with the hoyer?? I'm not operating a hoyer w/o another staff. I tell the resident we'll help them as soon as we can,...