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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    BrandonLPN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if it's that's important for the pt to see me wash my hands, I guess they better park themselves in a spot where they can see me do it at the dispenser in the hall. Cause that's where I'm gonna...
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    BrandonLPN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe I'm confused. If I sanitize my hands with the dispenser right outside the room, that's not good enough? I have to wash again in front of you? And I have to glove on and glove off just to...
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    BrandonLPN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes.
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    Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    BrandonLPN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever. If I just washed my hands in the hallway (where I do 90% of my hand washing) I am NOT gonna wash them again in front of just because you're an OCD case. Sorry, but you're SOL on this
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    See, though, your talk about central lines and saving kids leads me to believe that you don't work in LTC. It's a different reality when you do. There's no "code team" or IV meds or stuff like that....
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    Black - The New White For Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    See, when I tried it, I tended to look more like a giant, hairy drag
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    Black - The New White For Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Where I work, we tried for a little while having all the licensed nurses wear white lab coats over street clothes and all the CNAs wore scrubs. It didn't last too long, cause most of the nurses missed...
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is probably the most obvious aspect of CPR. Yet, somehow, we manage to overthink it. Myself included. I remember once I asked my RN supervisor if we weremsupposed to initiate CPR on a resident...
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'll agree that, by definition, it's unethical not to "go all out" on any pt who is a full code. I must concede that. But I'm surprised so many here seem to see things in black and white. It's not as...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So what are you saying? ADN RNs practice at a level of "pure incompetence"? I'm sure this is news to many ADNs working out there. I see you worked in med surg. I'm wondering how the ADNs and diploma...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Right, because all those social workers and psychologists who spent 6 years in school only to make less than most ADNs and many LPNs CLEARLY made the best possible life
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Fair enough. I agree that shaving a year off shouldn't/wouldn't save any on tuition if the credit hours are the same. That makes sense. My point was, though, that cutting a year out of the equation is...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Right, if the end result is the same, who cares the path taken to get there. And, really, a BSN grad who's draaaaaged their education over 6 years or so is less prepared to hit the floor than a grad...
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    Black - The New White For Nurses?

    BrandonLPN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love black scrubs. That or grey are all I wear. I may be venturing onto thin ice here, but I sort of view any real "colored" scrubs as vaguely effeminate. I HATED having to wear maroon scrubs as an...
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    Dear new grad...

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

    Part of the blame for this needs to go to nursing schools for hammering into students brains that "real" nursing = hospital nursing. There's no legitimate reason 90% of nursing school clinicals need...
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    BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    BrandonLPN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Lots of students would love to "cram" a BSN into 3 years. Why not? You say yourself they get the same credit hours. So why would they be less like to land a job? Many of us are quite capable of...
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    BrandonLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What about the nurse who comes across the full code pt in LTC who's clearly been dead for a couple hours? Is it "unethical" to forgo a code in that case? I mean, come on people, at some point all...
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    National Nursing Licensure v. State Licensure for Healthcare Professionals

    BrandonLPN replied to fraziea2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What does has having separate scopes of practice done for us except cause confusion? Especially when it comes to LPNs. This is why nobody really knows exactly what a LPN can do. It varies from state...
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    Ambien order did I make a mistake

    BrandonLPN replied to nakinok's topic in Patient Medications

    As for the "may repeat" bit, wouldn't it make most sense transcribe that in a separate box on the MAR as a
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    Ambien order did I make a mistake

    BrandonLPN replied to nakinok's topic in Patient Medications

    If I have to hand write an order for 10mg of Ambien qHS, and I know we only carry 5mg tabs, I prefer to write it as 5mg 2 tabs. I don't know whether this is official "best practice", but it's how we...
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    frequent call offs = termination = paying unemployment

    BrandonLPN replied to cwgrlup85's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    True enough. I probably go overboard with CAPITALIZING words for emphasis and maybe it makes me seem hostile when all I was was argumentative (I like to argue). Anyways, I still don't really get it. I...
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    frequent call offs = termination = paying unemployment

    BrandonLPN replied to cwgrlup85's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    So is it policy to deny unemployment to any employee who is separated from employment for any
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    Is it really "easier" working in a hospital after you have worked in a nursing home?

    BrandonLPN replied to jobhunting's topic in General Nursing

    . Some jobs are just objectively harder/easier than others. Saying "all nursing jobs are equally difficult in their own way" is a little trite. Some really are harder, and some really are
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    I'm having a job dilemma....

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

    And isn't a LPN taking a job posted as a medical assistant job a step down, no matter how you look at it? I mean, there's a reason they hire MAs and not nurses. And there's a reason MAs get paid way...
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    I'm having a job dilemma....

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

    I'm going to buck the trend and say stick with the LTC job. First of all, know that it's no where near as hard as it seems now. It's been a month? Give it time. It will get much easier. Too many new...