BrandonLPN LPN

People with the least amount of knowledge on a particular subject often seem to be the most eager to reveal their lack of knowledge. I have a medical assistant cousin who frequently proves this in regard to her assertions re: LPNs. Apparently, I’m no...

I’m in the nursing profession, not the medical profession.

I would imagine most employers will simply view you as a nw grad nurse, which in a way you still are because you have zero experience. I don’t see why you wouldn’t be considered for an entry-level position any other new LPN would be considered for. T...

If you want to be disheartened, go read the Yahoo! comments section on the story about the nurse who impregnated the nursing home resident. It’s unbelievable how many commentators are “correcting” the article by saying the culprit is “a LPN, not a nu...

Reserving judgement. we have all had patient who, through tolerance, are on very high doses of opioids. What constitutes as a “potentially fatal” dose for one person may be routine for another.

A few off-the-top-of-my-head thoughts: the assumption that nursing home nurses make less than hospital nurses is false. In fact, since nursing homes have a harder time attracting nurses, they often offer high wages as an incentive. a mistake I see ne...

Massive patient loads mixed with high turnover rate can go a long way to explain how no one noticed. I work in a 200 bed facility, alternating between six halls. And, at two years, I am already one of the highest senior nurses. I can see myself missi...

It has been my experience that a every 90 day assessment by a physician is the minimum requirement in LTC.

Honestly, I'm quite glad that the cultural pendulum is swinging in a direction where no one bats an eye at beards and tatoos. It was always a stupid "rule" that they made one look less professional. And, really, it's more uncommon for a guy *not* to ...

As opposed to all those child male nurses......

Of course it's legal. But I would laugh *so* hard at the ridiculous human being who tried to tell me that I was expected to clean a room after a death or discharge.

What, you mean the half-assed pizza parties and five dollar gas cards didn't work??

It has been my experience that the staff members in nursing homes who work all shift without so much as a 15 min break is definetly *not* the CNAs. The ones working without breaks and staying over for hours tend to be the licensed nurses...... just s...

Not having time to do a lot of direct care doesn't automatically make a LTC nurse "lazy". If I spend half my shift answering call lights and toileting people I won't get out until four hours after my shift was supposed to end. There's a reason nursin...

Nope, if the lasix dose really needs to be changed, then the MD needs to change the dose or order a one-time dose with each daily weight as he sees fit. Each time. PRN lasix sounds like a bad idea in an acute setting and a terrible idea in LTC. What'...

Why white? No one likes white..... I do like color coded scrubs based on role, though. Where I work nurses wear steel-grey and aids wear burgundy. Visitors and family never, ever, seem to pick up on it, though. No matter if they visit every day for y...

This. In my experience all floor nurses, LPN or RN, are "charge nurses" by default. Given that you're the only nurse down your assigned hall/unit/whatever for the shift.... what else would you be? I find the people who balk at the idea of LPNs and/o...

Despite their best efforts to keep them in different halls, subacute rehab and old-school LTC *always* get mixed together in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Usually an undesirable situation for the rehabers.

There's no earthly reason a housekeeper cannot clean up poo off the floor/toilet/whatever. Or even blood. They can be trained to don PPE just as easily as a nurse aide/tech can. No nursing license or CNA certification necessary.

Maybe western Michigan has higher wages/cost of living than the part of the Midwest you're from? Admittedly, I'm just guessing as to what RNs make around here, as I'm not a RN. Here, a new grad LPN will make over $20/hr and a LPN with three years exp...

Ageism is alive and well. What I don't understand is why employers pass on people in their fifties. They could potentially work a good 10 years before retirement. How many of those 20-something's do employers seriously think will be there 10 years fr...

According to the Florida BON website: Applicants are eligible for licensure by endorsement when they hold a valid license to practice professional or practical nursing in another state or territory of the United States So it would appear you do not ...

Oh, I don't know, New grad RNs make close to $30 here in the Midwest. And I've always been under the impression that the Midwest is smack dab in the middle of what average wages and COL is in the US.

Good lord, where do they allow 15 year olds to be CNAs?