Morainey BSN, RN

Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele

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    What do you do?

    Morainey replied to texasmum's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I clean, if I have my Kindle I'll read or study certification material. I eat my "lunch" too. I find the hardest shifts to get through are slow ones! Time just
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    Respecting patient's wishes or Neglecting patient's care?

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

    My step dad had heart surgery and said afterward he felt like he'd been hit by a truck. Active guy,
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    Should I look for a new job in this situation?

    Morainey replied to treeye's topic in Nursing Career

    Listen to what they're trying to tell you - at least they didn't fire you, they are giving you a
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    I dropped out. Please console me

    Morainey replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    It's ok :) one of the best pieces of advice that I've ever gotten is "listen to what your body is telling you". Granted, that's with regard to long distance running, but it applies to everything! It...
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    Do you talk about work at home?

    Morainey replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    Depends. My husband works in healthcare (for a heck of a lot longer than I have) so sometimes I will bounce ideas off of him or ask questions. Otherwise it's the general picture - work was busy, work...
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    How to turn down an assignment

    Morainey replied to CrystalSSA's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, when I'm charge, I need to be a bug in the supervisor's ear. Otherwise they "forget" we don't have an aide on nights, and all we get is "sorry..." over the phone when 2300 rolls around. Or...
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    Lesson Learned!!!!!

    Morainey replied to procrastinator911's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hm. You could also clarify with the MD which meds they want held if they are NPO - sometimes they will say only give cardiac meds and hold the Colace, Prilosec, etc. That way it's a lot less...
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    How often do you have codes on your unit?

    Morainey posted a topic in General Nursing

    Studying my ACLS and I'm just kind of mildly curious, folks. How often do you have codes, and what unit do you work on? I'll go first: about every six months, ortho-med/surg. We do call rapid...
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    Question about inservices

    Morainey posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does your LTC facility have monthly inservices, and if yes, do they require that per diems do them? By inservices, I mean either a meeting that you go to, or a ditto with a quiz if you can't go to...
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    Lazy and disrespectful Nursing Assistants

    Morainey replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think sometimes it is the culture of the workplace coupled with supervision. Our floor in general is pretty easygoing, but people know how much they can get away with and with whom. I used to be an...
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    Have dress codes changed for clinical prep?

    Morainey replied to DoeRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We were always expected to wear business or business-casual type dress... My one pair of trouser pants got a fair amount of use It did drive me crazy because we had a couple of people who would show...
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    Checking orders

    Morainey replied to nursedanny614's topic in Medical-Surgical

    6 MARs sound like the worst thing in the world. Unless they are organized with tabs or something like that so it is easy to find something quickly. Anyway, we are alerted to new orders with a thing...
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    URGENT need advice on resident to resident abuse.

    Morainey replied to Vblub01's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Call your ombudsman. What a crappy
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    Coreg med and no heart rate parameters?

    Morainey replied to amber7591's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Were you passing meds with your preceptor? Or, were you supposed to be passing meds with your preceptor? When I started as a graduate nurse we had to have all of our meds co-signed, I think to prevent...
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    Without Orders

    Morainey replied to Apollo8933's topic in General Nursing

    We have some older nurses who are comfortable with our docs, so if the patient's BP tanks out they will start a fluid bolus immediately and then call the MD to tell him later once the patient is ok....
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    weekend schedule question

    Morainey replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Every other weekend.... you could be a normie and have 50% of weekends off! I work nights so I work part of every single weekend, it's the Social Life
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    How is Nursing School really like?

    Morainey replied to Mchs4735's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Study a lot, manage your time well, take responsibility for yourself, and be self-motivated. Find good nurses and strive to be like them
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    Regarding nursing students- was this too much to ask?

    Morainey replied to blondy2061h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nope, this was a great idea. I can't tell you how much I hated writing out what Colace does every night before clinical for two years, I wish I had had a head
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    What are hospitals doing for recruiting new nurses?

    Morainey replied to BeckyBrunker's topic in General Nursing

    When I started nursing school, we heard all about luncheons that a particular local hospital put on to "court" our graduates. Not anymore. My hospital flat out doesn't hire new grads anymore, and a...
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    I miss...

    Morainey replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for asking, I was wondering the same
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    Question about inservices

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for answers everyone! I work per diem at an LTC and they are chasing me for inservices, since I work there about once every 1-2 months I didn't realize they were mandatory. I've got some...
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    Nursing journal

    Morainey replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in General Nursing

    I second everything Tait says. I have an AJN subscription and I am sort of meh about it, but I do love Medscape. It's free and you can get CEUs from them. They have some neat educational slideshows on...
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    Any advice on how to transition from LTC to acute care/ICU?

    Morainey replied to Spikey9001's topic in Critical Care

    I sorta doubt that you would get hired right out of LTC into ICU, but the hospital I work at hires people into med surg/tele after they have a year of LTC. The ICU asks that you have strong...
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    Unsanitary practice?

    Morainey replied to GraceNotes's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't medical facilities need sinks, just based on building codes? I remember an article I read about Minute Clinics (which are quickie clinics in chain pharmacies) where they would give flu shots and...
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    patient videos

    Morainey replied to J.R.theR.N2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I apologize for offending you, but I still don't see what the above has to do with videotaping a medical