Morainey BSN, RN

Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele

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    my patient forgot their prescription at discharge....

    Morainey replied to paperheart's topic in General Nursing

    That is a rant for EVERY
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    Bed Side Report

    Morainey replied to 280090's topic in General Nursing

    Ours has been mandatory for a while now, but not many RNs do it the way they want us to - with pulling up two chairs at the head of the bed, involving all the family members in the healthcare team,...
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    Kind of a rant, sorry!

    Morainey replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh my gosh... the stories I could tell. O2 sat in the 70s? "She runs like that." Or... *silence silence silence* "Put in a hospitalist consult for [original reason you called]".
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    Is bringing dougnuts for my clinical unit o.k.?

    Morainey replied to ammonthenephite's topic in General Nursing

    YES please bring
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    Refilling water pitchers

    Morainey replied to sizzlev's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our folks get a plastic disposable pitcher with a styro liner that gets refilled multiple times. If they need a fresh cup of water during my med pass and their pitcher is empty, I throw away their old...
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    Aspiration treatment!?

    Morainey replied to mandaaRN's topic in General Nursing

    These kinds of posts always make me wonder: do they need to know...
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    Help! Do I have to do this?

    Morainey replied to onthejourney's topic in General Nursing

    I was charge the first night off of orientation at my per diem job.
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    Night shift better for shy personalities?

    Morainey replied to mamacita2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little antisocial (I admit it) and I find that there is less drama on night shift. We work better as a team, because there's not a lot of other people around to start with. There is more time to...
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    You might be a night shifter if...

    Morainey replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Also... getting a huge cart of groceries in the empty grocery store at 8AM. Telling everyone you worked with "good night!" at 7:30 AM. Giving report and finishing with mumbled, "have a good night. I...
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    How do you deal with these types of patients?

    Morainey replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would suggest rotation... that's a quick way to get burned out after even one
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    Signing RN behind my name

    Morainey replied to copelald's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about not signing RN in that particular instance... however at work I sign everything followed by
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    You might be a night shifter if...

    Morainey replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I've had whole conversations with people who called my phone during the day when I was sleeping and forgot to silence it, and then totally forgotten the entire conversation. Apparently I can hold up...
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    Most often used information at work

    Morainey replied to peakedTwaves's topic in General Nursing

    A calculator would be super. I find it awkward to minimize Meditech to open the little Windows calculator and then reopen everything and get myself back on track. A minor point, I'm sure, but it could...
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    Help! I didn't make it out of orientation

    Morainey replied to Superstar1182's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW... never forget check your BP and pulse, labs, etc, before hanging or giving meds. I know it feels dorky and like they're trying to make your job stupid redundant, but we do it for a reason - to...
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    What are you good at?

    Morainey replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm decent at calming down confused/combative dementia patients :) also, I love being told "your rooms always look so nice and
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    "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    Morainey replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I was having this very discussion with my girlfriend from nursing school the other day. Neither of us had a higher calling or some divine saintly moment when we felt called to be nurses. I like being...
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    Shift work

    Morainey replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds legitimately awful. I'm dedicated to night shift (full time), but when I pick up shifts, I pick up what I want - I can't imagine flip-flopping 3 times in one week
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    Floating but not hire-able

    Morainey posted a topic in General Nursing

    I won't bore everyone with a zillion details, but what the HELL with floating to ICU, but them not hiring me in ICU?? Would you agree that if you wouldn't hire the person to that unit, you probably...
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    Floating but not hire-able

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on your new
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    Floating but not hire-able

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies! I save my "why don't you just hire me!" whine for AN, of course. I just wanted to express my frustration in a more anonymous forum than
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    Floating but not hire-able

    Morainey replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    I adore ICU! I'm just bummed out from rejection. I felt like since they float me there, I must have a fair shot I totally understand why they would want someone to have more experience
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    My feet HURT!!!

    Morainey replied to NursieNurseLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Throw them up on the coffee table that's what I'm
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    What lies were you told when you were first hired in LTC?

    Morainey replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ditto on "NO ONE HERE walks by a call
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    I actually
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    What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    Our VBDN (Very Big Deal in Nursing) has an office across from our unit and comes in right before day shift starts. We got lectured about "call lights not being answered" (because they are being...