Morainey BSN, RN

Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele

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    No Arm Bands??

    Morainey replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    In an LTC I used to work at, it was supposed to be home-like. Their logic was, well, you don't wear an ID bracelet in your HOME... or leave wads of periwipes sitting out in your HOME... at HOME you go...
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    Texting while doing patient care?

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

    People are wicked rude with their phones and texting these days. I had a youngish patient the other day and he was texting the whole time that I was doing his
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    Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    Morainey replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wear eye makeup on night shift because otherwise I will rub my eyes or poke at my contact lenses. True
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    I hate night shift

    Morainey replied to carrie_c's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain, Carrie. I feel like I can't shake the "fuzzy brain feeling" at work that I get at about
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    A different type of ACLS renewal question

    Morainey replied to Perpetual Student's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very, very sorry for your loss
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    Is nursing what you thought it would be?

    Morainey replied to Lucidity's topic in General Nursing

    Mostly, yes. I worked as an aide through school, so I sort of knew what to expect. Some parts are terrifying, like feeling clueless in an emergency. Most of it is very mundane and repetitive, at least...
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    Mistakes we have made

    Morainey replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My latest bonehead mistake was not putting in an admission order (in addition to the diet, activity, meds, etc on an ER admit). Sometimes admitting or the physician enters that particular order, so I...
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    Exposure to body fluids but not allowed to go to ED for over 4 hours

    Morainey replied to ScrippsRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OMG... how sad Maybe report to the
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    Patient satisfaction

    Morainey replied to iwashere's topic in General Nursing

    Our patients are usually bowled over by the private rooms and the view. Thank goodness we don't have to follow scripts or push surveys on
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    Nurses' Health Study Seeks New Enrollees

    Morainey replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not eligible, for some
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    SCALE DRAMA

    Morainey replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes my fresh post-op ladies will be like "do I really have to tell you??" Rather than embarrass them in front of their husbands, I'll just check the bedscale and hope it was zeroed out right...
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    Please, please, please remember the 5 rights!

    Morainey replied to Double-Helix's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Scary!
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    How messed up is this?

    Morainey replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed that myself. Before I was a nurse, I noticed some of the staff had those little zippy-line badge holder things, they said Nurses Dare To Care, Nurses Week 200- something. But our facility...
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    Can you hate someone after 3 days?

    Morainey replied to RH-CC2011's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have had exasperating patients, but I usually vent about them in the med room to my bestie at work and then get over it, or think to myself when I see the assignment "I don't want this patient...
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    Retro nurse uniforms....where to order?

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

    They have a couple at Lydia's Uniforms, white scrub dresses, that is. Also, in some uniform shops they will have a couple tucked away somewhere :) Lydias Uniforms - Search Results for scrub
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    I feel so incompetent!

    Morainey replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in General Nursing

    I was calling the pharmacy about someone's Tricor not being stocked, but I said, "it's okay... the patient already got, like, three blood pressure medicines." What an uncomfortable silence!! What's...
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    So upset right now I could spit nails...

    Morainey replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Cripes. With friends like that, who needs enemies??
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    This made me mad when I saw it.

    Morainey replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I would say, tell them to go screw, but I used to get paid $11.75/hour at my old job after I got that big, beautiful diploma and it seemed like I was making a ton of cash. Sigh. IN THIS ECONOMY, ya...
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    Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Morainey replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Haha I saw an episode of Judge Judy where this girl had a rash or something and she called her mom (who was a nurse, but couldn't describe her specialty area and admitted she hadn't "practiced in...
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    Morainey replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The state I live in issues licenses for nursing assistants. So maybe it is not the same everywhere, but on our Department of Health website there is a link, under healthcare licensing, to submit your...
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    The War On Fat

    Morainey replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    I am just at a loss when I read that exercise really doesn't do anything for you. So in that case... it is better to not exercise, and be sedentary? Like, that somehow makes it okay to eat more than...
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    I feel so incompetent!

    Morainey replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in General Nursing

    Ha. I missed an ostomy once. It wasn't mentioned to me in report (excuses, I know!) and the patient DID look at me pretty funny when I asked if she had moved her bowels since surgery. I'm pretty...
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    Picc lines

    Morainey replied to Rosie57's topic in General Nursing

    Good question. I hate to be one of those posters but here is a link to basically the same question, with answers:
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    Sitters: A Thing of the Past?

    Morainey replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    We still have sitters, but more often no one wants to come in when they're called for night shift and we end up losing an
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    Morainey replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When I was a CNA, I was licensed by the state. I had a temporary license and then a full license, with a number, issued by the state. So yes, CNAs can be referred to as