Morettia2 BSN, RN

CTICU, Interventional Cardiology, CCU

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    Young Nurses?

    Morettia2 replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    haha that would be awesome!!
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    thanks everyone for your words! It means alot to me! Let's hope my next 3 days in a row I have no codes...I will take a RRT any
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    thanks everyone for your words! It means alot to me! Let's hope my next 3 days in a row I have no codes...I will take a RRT any
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    Let's call it a truce. I am still learning about what to do in a mega
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Let's call it a truce. I am still learning about what to do in a mega
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i don't know if you saw my corrected my self. I am sorry for any
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know if you saw my corrected my self. I am sorry for any
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Sorry was not paying attn when I answered..no we use monophasic at my hospital, which is an inner-city hospital that has alot of money, a Physio-control from like 1980..I asked my director a million...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry was not paying attn when I answered..no we use monophasic at my hospital, which is an inner-city hospital that has alot of money, a Physio-control from like 1980..I asked my director a million...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    thanks..actually the entire process stopped at 1:30AM, we coded till 12:30AM, when the Interventional MD arrived and placed the baloon. The EPS MD said that the code ended when the Interventional mD...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    thanks..actually the entire process stopped at 1:30AM, we coded till 12:30AM, when the Interventional MD arrived and placed the baloon. The EPS MD said that the code ended when the Interventional mD...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    when the pt went to the CCU pt had just had the baloon pump inserted aboiut 30 min before on my floor. That's how fast the heart took the the baloon. It just needed to open up the arteries a little...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    when the pt went to the CCU pt had just had the baloon pump inserted aboiut 30 min before on my floor. That's how fast the heart took the the baloon. It just needed to open up the arteries a little...
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    yes we do which is a pain in the but I have asked many times for a monophasic defib for this
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    4 hour code blue

    Morettia2 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    yes we do which is a pain in the but I have asked many times for a monophasic defib for this
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Morettia2 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Things I would love to say to some of my cardiac pt's. Oh you came in c/o dizziness, well maybe if you didn't pump your veins full of heroin and meth you wouldn't be dizzy.. and at discharge don't ask...
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    Young Nurses?

    Morettia2 replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am 27 and get this all the time. Pt's look at me and think I am the Aid. I always introduce my self and say, "Hi My name is Angie, I am going to be your nurse tonight"..if they still look at me...
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    Staffing question & your cardiac floor

    Morettia2 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in Cardiac

    Live in NYC but work in Newark, NJ..i am currently looking for a new hospital...I love being a nurse but hate where i
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    Staffing question & your cardiac floor

    Morettia2 replied to laurenjarrod's topic in Cardiac

    wow that sounds EXACTLY like the floor I work on. I work Interventional Cardiology and I too work 7p-7a. we are constantly under staffed. When a good nurse manager is on they take 4 pt's. but there...
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    If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    Morettia2 replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to see better staffing, less paper work b/c i spend more time charting then I do with my pt's and I think the hospital should give every nurse 10 boxes of pens 100 pens to a box as a a...
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    Outrageous ER Stories

    Morettia2 replied to suitebliss's topic in General Nursing

    ok I think I am going to go vomit after hearing these posts.. :barf01: My favorite is in our OR there are signs all over the place that say "No Fly Zone" with a picture of a fly. My first day at the...
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    How long should I orient on Cardiac/Stepdown floor?

    Morettia2 replied to BrayaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am on an Interventional Cardiology Unit/CCU Stepdown unit....I oriented for 12 weeks I think and I know it wasn't enough..I have been working now for about 8 months but those first few months off...
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    new grad, cant get hired

    Morettia2 replied to jojo19's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    hey I work at Newark Beth Israel MC in Newark, NJ..I live in NYc and I moved from Philly. I commute 45 min to work, and I work nights I know NBIMC is hiring god knows we need NURSES...Apply through...