kmaryniak

kmaryniak

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About kmaryniak

kmaryniak has 26 years experience.


I have over 25 years nursing experience with medical/surgical, psychiatry, pediatrics, and neonatal intensive care. I have been a staff nurse, charge nurse, educator, instructor, manager, and nursing director. My instructor experience includes research utilization, med/surg nursing, mental health, and physical assessment. I graduated with a nursing diploma from Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in Calgary, Alberta in 1989. I achieved my Bachelor in Nursing in 2000, and my Master of Science in Nursing in 2005. I am certified in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing and am currently pursuing my PhD in Nursing. I am active in the American Nurses Association, and with the National Certification Corporation. My current and previous roles include research utilization, nursing peer review and advancement, education, use of simulation, quality, process improvement, leadership development, infection control, patient throughput, nursing operations, and professional development.

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  1. Peer support study

    My name is Kim Maryniak and I am a student at the University of Phoenix working on a PhD in Nursing degree. I am doing a research study entitled The Correlation between Peer Support and Quality of Life with Nurses. The purpose of the research study i...
  2. There is definitely not enough time that is needed for bedside nurses to provide quality education. When the average length of stay was 7 days, there was time. Teachback strategies are helpful when they are done consistently- which means the staff ...
  3. What is your nursing "joy?"

    I agree. For me, the biggest joy is in helping others reach that "ah-hah" moment. Teaching, whether it is patients, families, students, or other staff is one of the most rewarding outcomes of the nursing profession.
  4. Job Shadowing

    Try Bakersfield or Sacramento. Or, if you are close to Fresno, the Kaiser has a level II nursery.
  5. Can someone explain the whole CHF, BPD,edema thing?

    Here's another good article: http://www.emedicine.com/PED/topic289.htm Enjoy!!
  6. I am trying to gather info on how many units routinely use transducers with their UVCs. We currently use transducers on all UACs and UVCs, but the policy is up for review. Do other units have this practice? Please let me know. Thanks!
  7. Minimal handling policies

    Hello, all! We are currently revising our policy on assessments in the NICU, and would like to include minimal handling. I'm gathering the research now, but would like a consensus on what other NICUs are doing for minimal handling. How frequently ...
  8. Resistance to change

    Thanks for your input! I have tried a questionairre when I first started, but I think I do need to look more towards the staff on a continual basis, for their thoughts, feelings, and needs. I'm not ready to give up yet!!!
  9. Resistance to change

    I've just recently become a unit based educator, and one of my main tasks in educating the nurses, is updating the policies and procedures. I am a great believer in evidence-based nursing, so I quite enjoy this. I am very surprised, however, at the...
  10. online vs. distance

    I took my BN (in Canada), through Athabasca University, a distance learning program. I absolutely loved it! I got all my course materials, and was given 6 months to complete the course (for a 3 credit course). With working, and a family, it worked...
  11. IV Starts

    It's always been my practice to a limit of 2 attempts per nurse. I love scalp veins, personally. I know parents don't like the look of them, but they work great, and tend to last. I've noticed at my recent hospital that some nurses take as many at...
  12. anyone take A&P from athabasca...or the BSN program?

    I took the BN program from Athabasca, getting my degree in 2000 (after 10 years). It was a great program, and I recommend it highly. The only reason it took me so long was finances (the story of my life). But the program is really good. By the wa...
  13. Hey, ME! I miss you guys, too! Probably more than you know!
  14. Well, here I am in "sunny California", and it has not been that big bed of roses I was promised. I had issues with the Board of Nursing in getting my California license (after nursing in Canada for 14 years, including as an instructor). The hospita...
  15. canadian to write nclex

    Um, that kind of remains to be seen right now. We've had a lot of immigration issues, with zero help from the hospital I'm with. It's a bit frustrating!