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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    BrandonLPN replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Exactly. There is a time and place for everything. And you should always think before you speak, and keep in mind that WHO you're speaking up to is important. Remember: If wisdom's ways you wisely...
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    Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No one is saying it's okay to come to work high. But just because someone smokes pot on occasion does not mean their senses or response time are "dulled" or something. No more than someone who gets...
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    Do all LTC's chart the meals on the MAR's?

    BrandonLPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yikes, no, we don't. That seems more than a little excessive. Sometimes our doctor *does* order us to document food intake logs. But that is only if the resident's nutritional status has become a...
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    What should I do?

    BrandonLPN replied to newnurse_12's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    People really make LTC out to be much worse than it actually is. All the talk about "you'll lose your license!" is based more in melodrama than reality. Too many new nurses give up too quick in...
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    Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, I think it's an absurd double standard that some view drinking alcohol and occasionally getting drunk is morally and socially acceptable, but smoking pot and occasionally getting high is "bad"....
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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    BrandonLPN replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As for the subject at hand, yes sometimes one DOES have to just keep their mouth shut and go with the flow. That's how the real world works. Obviously there is a line where one has to speak up, but...
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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    BrandonLPN replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Umm, it was drafted, voted and passed by a president, a house of representatives and the senate. All of whom were ELECTED by the people. And it was upheld by supreme court judges. All of whom are...
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    Calling in sick, staffing issues

    BrandonLPN replied to staffing24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work at a union facility and we have a sick time bank (separate from vacation time). I accrue 4.5 hours of sick time every two weeks. As long as we have the sick time available we can call in....
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    How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have to admit that I don't really get this. Yes, I refer to the CNAs I work with as "my" CNAs. I also say "my" boss, "my" patient, etc. Doesn't everybody say "my" when referring to other people...
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    How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In LTC, we LPNs *do*assess each and every shift. It is silly to pretend otherwise. Sometimes I work with no RN and am the only nurse. So OF COURSE I assess. People try to come up with absurd word...
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    Just a Floor Nurse

    BrandonLPN replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't you make less money as a floor nurse? Right or wrong, our culture really does view taking a position that gets compensated less as a "step back". Still not nice for them to say that, but maybe...
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    How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    BrandonLPN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand where the OP is coming from. On her floor, it just so happens that the laziest staff tend to be LPNs. I can accept that. On my unit (LTC) the laziest staff is undoubtedly the RN staff. I...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    BrandonLPN replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    What violent strikes are you talking about? And when has a union forbidden a nurse to retrieve blood from the blood
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    New grad nursing home charge nurse.. help?!

    BrandonLPN replied to Bairkr's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Having a RN act as supervisor and LPNs act as floor/med nurses is the best possible staffing model in LTC. Having to be charge AND pass meds is a recipe for disaster. Where I work, on 7-3 and 3-11...
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    Help!! Can't find an Lpn job in MI

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

    Where in Michigan? Here in Western Michigan, there are many LTC facilities that hire new grad
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    Nightshift nurse worries

    BrandonLPN replied to p2of8's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah, if you want attention and recognition, night shift might not be for you. Remember, though, as the night nurse you tend to take on a lot more responsibility than the day or evening nurses. You...
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    Opinions about Tympanic Thermometers

    BrandonLPN replied to Kristy02_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Even when used 100% correctly, I have found temps with tympanic thermometers to be a full degree lower than oral or axillary. Some people (especially older people) have this weird underbite thingie,...
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    Shift Swap Vent

    BrandonLPN replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    If the nurse you traded with called in, you are under no obligation to come in. That's ridiculous. If the floor manager said you "have" to come in, she's
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    How does your facility flag blind patients?

    BrandonLPN replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    An interesting thought, but unnecessary, IMO. We had purple magnets on doors to designate fall risk. Green to designate no English. Red equals NPO, etc. My experience shows no one really pays...
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    Did i really do anything wrong?

    BrandonLPN replied to lizzyreg's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the OP did clarify that she checked with the floor nurses before leaving. That's good. And yes, if I'm a floor nurse, and the charge were to leave without checking if I (or others) need help...
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    MDS Nurse burned out and going back to the floor

    BrandonLPN replied to LTCNS's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    As a floor nurse in LTC I have to admit that I'm a little surprised anyone would want to leave the MDS office and return to the med cart. That MDS job sure *looks* like a cake job from where I'm...
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    Did i really do anything wrong?

    BrandonLPN replied to lizzyreg's topic in General Nursing

    If I had been a floor nurse working that day, I would have been PO'd that you asked the DON if you could leave without checking with me, or any of the other floor nurses. If you are charge with NO pt...
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    Do I REALLY need a BSN?

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

    I wonder if you're misinterpreting the data. The vast majority of nursing jobs in the future will NOT be in hospital settings. LTC, subacute and outpatient services are the future of this profession....
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    Not doing what I was hired for

    BrandonLPN replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think being full code and hospice simultaneously is nonsensical. There's nothing 'hospicie-ish' about breaking someone's ribs or shoving a tube down their throat. Doesn't that violate the very...
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    Is there a proper way to chart what a patient/resident says?

    BrandonLPN replied to black_widow192's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to document this particular behavior issue, you can simply chart "resident continues to make accusations against staff." A good rule of thumb is NOT to chart something that could be...