Ioreth ADN, RN

Ioreth has 5 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Ortho-Neuro.

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   Weird Interview, is this the new normal?

   Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

   I had an interview for a hospital RN job today and I'm just so confounded and anxious about it that I can't sleep, so here I am on AllNurses to get it out of my system. I tend to be longwinded when I write; apologies in advance. ((TLDR: Team intervie...
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   Hiding Discharges

   Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

   I think it is more of an issue that a warm body on the floor is better than a vacant job opening. We are so severely short-staffed. I feel like I've got one foot out the door already. I've posted plenty about some of the issues in this job and t...
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   Hiding Discharges

   Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I had said that to the nurse that left her phone at the desk. I told her she wasn't to do it again. Patient abandonment was certainly at the forefront of my mind. It is fairly common practice to walk a patient to the front door without ha...
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   Hiding Discharges

   Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

   I know both of them know how to do this, because that is how I trained them. Unfortunately, it isn't policy at my hospital. Charge can get in trouble for not clearing the room after a discharge in a timely matter, but the primary nurse isn't held acc...
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   Bedside Report

   Ioreth replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

   I have a love/hate relationship with bedside shift report. Positives: Patient is involved in their care plan and its a good way to involve them in their goals for the day. They can also answer positively on the HCAPS questions about beside shift...
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   Hiding Discharges

   Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

   I think there are two facets here. As LovingLife stated, there's likely a misunderstanding of hospital flow and these nurses chose to protect themselves from getting admits by hiding their discharges. I am usually a floor nurse, not charge, and it wo...
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   Feeling Overwhelmed as a Charge Nurse

   Ioreth replied to Marushyne's topic in General Nursing

   I have had a similar experience being charge. I wrote about my ambivalence with being charge for the first time here: I don't want to be Charge! Being charge with a 1/2 patient load or no patients at all isn't too bad. It can be intimidating to...
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   Going from 3 12s to M-F 5 8s

   Ioreth replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

   I LOVE working 12s. Sometimes I toy with the idea of working a clinic or public health job that would have me working 8s. I just don't think I would like doing it since I would much rather work my 3 12s and be done. If you find the 8s to be trou...
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   Reasons nurses get fired

   Ioreth replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

   Things I've seen firings for: Not rounding on patients. CNA falsifying vital signs. Altered mental status while working then leaving hospital campus midshift without notifying anyone. Sitter CNA yelling at patient when patient was...
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    "Discrepancies" In Epic Documentation

    Ioreth replied to Faithx14's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Thank you all for the excellent advice, especially on not using the scan overrides. I'm already a bit leary of pulling meds at all on an override since that one big case this year with an RN charged with negligent homicide after pulling a wrong ...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to add a few things that didn't really fit above. I also found the other noncommunicative nurse's phone at the charge station when I came back after discharging my patient. She had gone on lunch break, left her phone, but didn't tell m...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to process a situation I was in recently and would appreciate feedback. Sorry for the book. TLDR: Floor RNs hiding from Charge that patients discharged. Poor patient flow ensues, Charge is reprimanded for holding up PACU. Bullying or...
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    Hope for bullying?

    Ioreth replied to CShel's topic in General Nursing

    I came here to write about what I think is a nurse bullying incident I'm facing on my own unit, which I will shortly. I'm also an older in age but newish nurse. It has come and go on my unit, and most of the time I don't recognize it as bullying unti...
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    Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the info about reporting to JCHO. It will be helpful as I figure out how to report this. We just finished our monthly staff meeting and I brought up my concerns yet again. "We've got a focus group looking at how to comply with this...
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    Is there anything you wished your work bag had?

    Ioreth replied to michelle2021's topic in General Nursing

    Since I have a locker, my bag is just a large, simple purse. There's a zippered pocket for my keys and wallet. Everything else goes in the middle: lunch, drink, extra mask, pens. I really don't carry much since I have a locker at work and everyt...