Morainey BSN, RN

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    Nursing facilities infested with bugs

    Morainey replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I recently found out head lice were going around in our area. Gives me the itchies just THINKING about
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    why record lab results in the nurse's note

    Morainey replied to Pediatricjo's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a real pain. I usually note abnormal or critical values in my notes but if I notified our docs of every low H&H I'd be on the phone all freakin'
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    Ever work with a broken finger?

    Morainey replied to SnowboardRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your index finger on your dominant hand?! My immediate thought is, how will you be able to click a mouse?? See if you can get out of work. Don't be a trooper. Think about being told in a month that...
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    Am I being too sensitive?

    Morainey posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just swapped shifts at my job, I'm on the day shift now and I looooove it! Seriously, I'm so happy. However I work with some other nurses (trying not to make it about age, but I'm in my 20s and they...
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    Am I being too sensitive?

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's tough sometimes to stop myself from saying something snotty like "Don't stop talking on my account!" I get very tongue-tied and am obviously not confrontational. I'll let it go though. Yeah I...
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    Nursing facilities infested with bugs

    Morainey replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I've smushed a silverfish or two, but I don't see cockroaches ever. *shudder* I've heard rumors of bedbugs at other hospitals
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    Afraid to be a CNA!

    Morainey replied to admiralqueenie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wherever you work will (I hope) train you so that you know what to do. There is usually an orientation period where you shadow someone and that is a good way to learn the routine of what you should be...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Morainey replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you are REALLY that miserable on our floor, and you don't like the patients, or the manager, or how they do things at this hospital, then WHY on EARTH wouldn't you accept that NEW position you were...
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    Am I being too sensitive?

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the replies everybody! Ok after I posted this and logged off I realized how self-involved I sound! Just to clarify, I don't think they're talking about me personally, I'm not that...
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    Why do some older nurses have to be mean when I'm reporting off!

    Morainey replied to Reyval04's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not mean, and I have gotten the skeptical looks from people younger than myself. I don't think it's an age thing. Part of being a nurse is developing a nice thick leathery
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    Irritating things about being a nurse VENT

    Morainey replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    YES!!! THIS is one of my pet peeves about working on nights. If I order stat labs at 0200 and the routines are due at 0500, DO NOT CALL ME to find out if they can be "lumped together" at 0500. "I...
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    Mandatory meetings

    Morainey replied to McBambi's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing makes me twitch more than when the MANDATORY bomb is
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    Morainey replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    No... I have made a med error, reported it and everything, didn't get fired. Even one of the clinical leaders on my floor made a med error. It happens - there's a difference between a simple mistake...
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    Do you wear a lab coat?

    Morainey posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Before I was a nurse I thought only doctors wore lab coats. On my floor the other day, the secretary, charge nurse, and team leader were all wearing lab coats. Do any floor nurses wear them? I...
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    Scrub tops that don't show cleavage

    Morainey replied to Ele123's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Also: Scrubs - Urbane Scrubs Contrast Wrap Around Tunic Scrub Top | Lydias Scrubs and Nursing
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    Scrub tops that don't show cleavage

    Morainey replied to Ele123's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think the Urbane Scrubs crossover top sits pretty high up. Scrubs - Urbane Scrubs Classic Cross Over Scrub Top | Lydias Scrubs and Nursing
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    Tattle Tale?

    Morainey replied to andsoitis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It could be addressed in such a way that it wouldn't seem like tattling. You could bring it up to your manager/clinical leader/charge nurse or whoever that it's an easy protocol to miss, especially in...
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    Double Fluid mess ups

    Morainey replied to anon456's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is an interesting topic that I would never have thought about because I don't work in peds. It makes perfect sense
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    No appreciation for NOC

    Morainey replied to bratmobile's topic in General Nursing

    At first I thought you meant like NIC and NOC and NANDA and I was like My hospital didn't give us gifties but we did have a barbecue and third shift
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    Low Ball The New Grad

    Morainey replied to guest042302019's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is it $35,000/year for 40 hours per week? It sounds about right for a new grad working in a hospital 3 or 4 8-hour days/eves/nocs per week. It depends on what you're applying to which the OP didn't...
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    So I passed my second semester, but I can't be a LPN

    Morainey replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

    Just wait it out. It's hard to see that money go but it's usually not like you can take mother-baby and then NCLEX-PN and get a job the next day. Transferring is a major
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    What's the coolest operation you've watched??

    Morainey replied to SuzieVN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wish I had a good story, but I saw an ORIF of an ankle in school and I thought it was pretty frickin'
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    "cutesy" printed scrubs - staff response?

    Morainey replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't think in a SNF it matters as much, personally, I used to have scrubs with butterflies or bright colors and a lot of the residents would compliment me on them. There will be people who tell you...
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    Mandated cancellations

    Morainey replied to kellycinalli's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our census has been very low recently and we are getting cancelled a lot also. I wish we could apply for unemployment but it would take about a month or two for them to get back to us. Mandated...
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    Adjusting to night shift

    Morainey replied to texasmum's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Make yourself get up! The mistake I made when I started on nights was thinking that I should just sleep whenever I felt like it. Once I set limits I got into a routine and now I flip back and forth...