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    Ethical/Personal Dilemma - What would you do?

    BrandonLPN replied to EMEddie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Exactly, MYOB is advice that never goes out of
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    Ethical/Personal Dilemma - What would you do?

    BrandonLPN replied to EMEddie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    So she assumes. But unless her classmate explicitly said that she got the info via patient care, who's to say? For all we know this classmate/coworker talked with the professor and the professor said...
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    I get worried about my career choice....

    BrandonLPN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    If nursing were as bad as the threads on this site make it out to be, there wouldn't be many nurses left practicing. We post about our bad days and our frustrations because that is what is interesting...
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    Charting un-witnessed behavior

    BrandonLPN replied to Pkirk618's topic in General Nursing

    Don't we chart what CNAs report to us all the time? Isn't that why we call them our "eyes"? For example, I might chart "CNA reports resident combative with HS care" or "CNA reports resident refused...
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    Covering up Medication Patches

    BrandonLPN replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in Patient Medications

    The nurse who applies the patch should document in the MAR where he applied it. That way the nurse who has to remove it knows where to look. And we cover it with an opsite, too. Saying that increases...
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    Why are some aides so disrespectful?

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

    As for the situation on hand, even if she was on break, she should have been in the break room, not the dining room. If you had walked into the break room and asked her to do this, she might have had...
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    Why are some aides so disrespectful?

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

    Yes, some respect for rank would be a nice thing in nursing. I'd like to see some military standards injected into nursing regarding obeying orders and respecting the chain of
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    does anyone regret this career?

    BrandonLPN replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm just lucky to live in a part of the country where it's relatively easy to find a wider variety of nursing jobs. In my fairly short nursing career, I've done corrections, LTC and acute...
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    What Do People Answer When Asked, "What Are Your Weaknesses?"

    BrandonLPN replied to joanna73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I like this one. It's sort of a more intelligent variation of that old chestnut "I work too
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    LTC Nurses... please answer

    BrandonLPN replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Transitioning from the LPN role to the RN role could be an interesting
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    does anyone regret this career?

    BrandonLPN replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me nursing is so broad a profession, that one could always find some sort of job somewhere he liked. Especially if you're an RN. Hospitals, LTC, doctors offices, home care, school nursing....
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    Why are some aides so disrespectful?

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

    Also, keep in mind that the licensed staff is held to a higher level of professionalism than the aides. This makes sense to me. We get paid more and more is expected of us. Not that this makes it okay...
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    What Do People Answer When Asked, "What Are Your Weaknesses?"

    BrandonLPN replied to joanna73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If I were a LTC nurse applying for an acute care job, I would say my biggest weakness would be the obvious lack of acute experience. But then I would quickly point out that my LTC experience could...
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    Why are some aides so disrespectful?

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

    I think we'd have to know more about what actually happened in order to make a judgement call here. Peoples' definition of what constitutes disrespectful may
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    Ethical/Personal Dilemma - What would you do?

    BrandonLPN replied to EMEddie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would not turn her in. But I would distance myself from her. You don't want to get caught up in her
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    Cursing in LTC

    BrandonLPN replied to wecan11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You're right, cape cod mermaid. I think the fact that almost all our residents are male Korea/Vietnam war vets means all of us who work there are a little more free with the colorful language. If I...
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    Volunteer turn teams?

    BrandonLPN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, people are way too litigious these days to allow volunteers to do any hands on care. It's too
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    Volunteer turn teams?

    BrandonLPN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't candy stripers used to do sponge baths and stuff like that? Or am I
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    Cursing in LTC

    BrandonLPN replied to wecan11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There's a huge difference between swearing "in front of" a resident and swearing "at" a resident. Also what's considered a swear word can be subjective. I don't consider "hell" or "damn" to be...
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    Jobless LVN/LPN and Depression

    BrandonLPN replied to MissMedic34's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This made me choke on the milk I was drinking. Yikes. Do you live in California? Everything I've read here suggests the job market sucks there. Maybe you need to move to a different state? Easier said...
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    Volunteer turn teams?

    BrandonLPN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever happened to candy stripers? Didn't they used to do stuff like this? I know they would bring a smile to many of my old guys' faces where I work.
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    does anyone regret this career?

    BrandonLPN replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter, this sounds like me. I care about my residents, but nobody would ever describe my personality as 'caring' or 'nurturing'. Competency is far more important. You can phone in niceness and...
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    Not even a word of English

    BrandonLPN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Visiting another country and deciding to *move* to another country are two very different things. And, yes, most Americans use poor grammar, but we can still understand
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    Nurses Calling Patients "Jerks"

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

    Maybe you should just loosen up and pull the stick out. You're going to have a long, loooong nursing career ahead of you of you get your feathers ruffled every time another nurse rolls her eyes or...
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    Hoyer Lift

    BrandonLPN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    My thinking is if a person needs a hoyer lift and there is no one (family or something) there to help the HHA, then the time for home health care is past. This resident is no longer a candidate for...