Morainey BSN, RN

Orthopedic, LTC, STR, Med-Surg, Tele

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    Did being unattractive hurt your career?

    Morainey replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been told I look upset or angry when really I'm just kind of bopping along. I don't take it personally. Seems like a common thing, judging from these posts
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    Cry baby CNAs

    Morainey replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some days I miss being a CNA. The work was different, but I had a lot less responsibility. Seems very carefree, in
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    Management hate

    Morainey replied to beckster_01's topic in General Nursing

    Yes... I agree wholeheartedly. I've heard so much 'not my fault', 'not my problem', 'not my job', 'no one told me', lately. It's getting
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    Does your SO understand job stress?

    Morainey replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    Mine definitely doesn't. I used to vent about work... he either offers unhelpful solutions (well meaning but totally not real world) or suggests what he would have done instead. I find it's best to...
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    Nominated for Daisy Award :)

    Morainey replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!
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    Orientee Horror Stories?

    Morainey replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I've only had a couple of orientees (I've only been a nurse for 2 years) but my latest burst into tears because she felt overwhelmed... because I expected her to take a full assignment (she'd been...
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    Day shift nurses: what do you eat for breakfast?

    Morainey posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been having a mini bagel with cream cheese about an hour before I go to work, and I'm always feeling weak and tired mid-morning. Just wondering what other nurses eat that carry you through to...
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    Nursing will decrease my life expectancy... how do you keep going?

    Morainey replied to LaceyRN12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    OP, are you a brand new nurse? I think (with my worldly two years of nursing ) that some of those feelings are normal, but if it never gets better, it might be time to look at the work environment,...
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    Dealing with toxic boss

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

    Sounds very toxic to me. I switched shifts in part to get away from an individual who always seemed to have it out for somebody - following you around and re-doing your work, going into your patient...
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    vent about floating

    Morainey replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I might as well work in the float pool, I get floated so much. That's okay though, I used to hate floating and be miserable the whole shift but now I just go
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    working where you get your own medical care?

    Morainey replied to OrangeSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings about it... I haven't needed to use many of our network services, thank goodness (I'm in relatively good health, not because they're bad or anything) and when I hurt my back at...
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    Accreditation Audit..... Help!

    Morainey replied to LuvEdTwi's topic in General Nursing

    Patient identifiers and hand hygiene. Also I agree with PP... check your expiration
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    Best print scrub top brands?

    Morainey replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I personally like Koi, NOT the see through ones though. They have some nice solid fabric tops that are well made, they are 100% cotton and do tend to shrink a little if dried on high heat. The only...
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    Washing scrubs

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

    Barrrrrf. Yes, always wash your scrubs. I once got behind on laundry and had to re-wear a scrub top for clinicals, I grossed myself out all day
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    Day shift nurses: what do you eat for breakfast?

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

    In our house, it's called being
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    Nursing Character Names

    Morainey replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I have a coworker who I call Negative Nancy, kind of similar to that kid in the Sixth Sense with stuttering Stanley. When she complains about the assignment or a patient or something I say NEGATIVE...
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    Freaking out--crash cart question

    Morainey replied to sillylilly05's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like my first code I slapped the pads on first because I thought those were what read the rhythm (again, first code, people, I was thinking of AEDs) and went, HRRRRRM I think they're in vfib....
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    Free time/vacation time while being a nurse?

    Morainey replied to nurse_sharon's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately that's the reality of a full time job in hospital nursing. I've worked three 12s before - that's 4 days a week off, which is oodles of free time. Working holidays and weekends goes...
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    Abdominal IV

    Morainey replied to dmurph615's topic in General Nursing

    *shudder* I wish I had y'all's
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    Constavac blood reinfusion systems

    Morainey replied to jmuhammad10's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your staff education department, they should have a video at least. There are also written instructions in your hospital's P&P, well, I hope so anyway. Hopefully there is someone on...
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    Is it hard to get into med surg if you stay in LTC/SNF for yrs?

    Morainey replied to RN&mom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What? My hospital won't hire new grads but they will hire people with one year of SNF/LTC
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    DO NOT pass on the poop

    Morainey replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to stereotype floor vs. ED or wherever but I've gotten a couple of patients with poop up to their shoulderblades or with briefs disintegrating from so much urine. They didn't get like that in...
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    Float Pool

    Morainey replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    I've asked the floats at my hospital and most of them like it because of things that other posters mentioned - lots of variability, not getting involved in unit politics, learning tons of different...
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    Doc Mad At You?

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

    I've been yelled at a couple of times before... but usually it's because the doc feels pressured for some reason or is upset about something else, I know they're not really upset with me personally....
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    Interruptions during my med pass

    Morainey replied to Nspirit's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Learn to say, "I will check on that when I have time, right now I am in the middle of my med pass". I also keep a pad of sticky notes for the CNAs to leave messages if people want PRN meds. People...