Morainey BSN, RN

Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele

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    Hourly Rounding

    Morainey replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have trackers, but honestly I kind of wish we did - I think it would make people more accountable. There are long stretches, usually from 1900-0000, where I forget to sign off on the sheet,...
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    are you happy in the state your in?

    Morainey replied to jescalynn's topic in General Nursing

    My current state is denial. Har har har. New England isn't bad but we're a bit oversaturated with nursing school
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    patient videos

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

    Maybe the OP is concerned their MD is like, showing their colonoscopy video to all their friends or something. And it shows... their... face
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    Being young and being in nursing.

    Morainey replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    Actually, just to clarify, I mean inexperienced versus experienced nurses, not young versus
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    patient videos

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

    Yes, in fact, I have gone into patient's rooms and in some cases they have prints from their procedure. They are usually the one who shows it to me, actually - "look at the tear in my knee!" It's...
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    New Nurse - Job Offer Pickle

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

    Our hospital will only hire new grads after they have a year of LTC experience. Just for what it's worth. It's good that you're getting called for interviews
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    Being young and being in nursing.

    Morainey replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    Yeeeeeah... I'm slightly skeptical that younger RNs and MDs are better than older ones. They might have more energy and enthusiasm, but I doubt they have the breadth of experience-based knowledge that...
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    What do you really think about your Quality department?

    Morainey replied to QualityNurseRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Very removed from the realities of bedside nursing. Sure, maybe it's "just" one more form or "just" another intervention to fill out. But the message we get is, Administration doesn't care if you...
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    They call me the "spaz" on the floor. :/

    Morainey replied to CCNP-FL's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was a brand new RN, I would write post its so I could remember everything I had to do between 0500 and 0700. Easy to make a checklist and I could just take it off after I was all done. After...
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    patient videos

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

    The only time I've seen photos or videos from a medical procedure, and I mean in the storage format (DVD or printed images), they were in the patient's chart. They were imprinted with the patient's...
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    Hourly Rounding

    Morainey replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    All we have to do is initial a sheet on the door. Let me just vent a second We've got a couple of CNAs who will go around and fill in their initials under all of the NA spots at once. So, they go to...
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    "Difficult" Patients

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

    Sometimes I enjoy the challenge of difficult patients... usually I can get things smoothed over because in most cases it is one specific thing that they are upset about. A couple of other posters...
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    Night shift syndrome

    Morainey replied to SweetsRN522's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I know this is an old thread but it sounds like you were maybe sleeping too much. 6-8 hours works best for me on 12 hour nights. My latest question is why do I get so bloated at the end of a night...
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    Cant decide which is better shift

    Morainey replied to love2barn's topic in Nursing Career

    Making the switch myself... love the 3 day workweek but I work nights and don't see anybody
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    Help with solving a Patient Sitter Staffing problem

    Morainey replied to DogWmn's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean leave the patient by themselves, I meant if there was a NA/tech or someone who could sit with the patient while you
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    Help with solving a Patient Sitter Staffing problem

    Morainey replied to DogWmn's topic in General Nursing

    Are there NAs that could relieve you earlier than 7pm? Maybe at 5pm or so? When I did 3-11 as an aide I would usually have a dinner break at the same time as the patients and it seemed to work out...
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    antihypertensive advice.

    Morainey replied to nextdoorguy's topic in Patient Medications

    I would have done the same as you, although I agree with other posters, parameters are very useful in this situation just to CYA. I'm not sure why the patient was upset - I thought the idea behind...
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    Surgery floor nurses

    Morainey replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I get in at 1900 so PACU is usually desperately trying to give us patients at the end of their long day. At least that's how it seems. PACU RNs don't come up with the patients, which I think would be...
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    Argh why JCAHO, WHY?!

    Morainey replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking about TJC makes me so happy I work nights.
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    Clinicals making me question my decision to be a nurse?

    Morainey replied to Katie2014's topic in Health, Stress Management

    No worries. I almost passed out during a wound vac dressing change in my second semester. If I had gone by nursing school clinical alone I would have wanted to
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    Travel nurse

    Morainey replied to SueQueRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I try to be fair to travelers when I make the assignment. I get enough anxiety coming into work as a staff nurse... I'd hate to be abused all the time in an unfamiliar
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    Unit Design Blamed for Increase in Falls

    Morainey replied to abundantgrace's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My floor is 20 beds and is mainly walkie-talkies, but we do get a fair amount of confused elderly. We usually put those people close to the nurses' station where we can watch them and sprint to the...
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    Side rail stories

    Morainey replied to Bringonthenight's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We put two siderails up at the HOB because they have little nurse call buttons and the patient can adjust the head or the foot of the bed. We can technically put three up and it won't be a restraint,...
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    Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    Morainey replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wish that they would factor in the fact that you can't please everyone. Lately - and I don't know if it's the long winter, or what - but we've had some real humdingers of miserable folks. I don't...
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    Which states are great for nurses to work in??

    Morainey replied to tua42321's topic in General Nursing

    I've only ever worked in New England. Most of our travel nurses are southern and they say they love it here well except for the cold & snow of