Ioreth BSN, RN

Oncology (Prior: Ortho-Neuro, Metabolic Surgery)

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    I don't want to be Charge!

    Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

    The title says it all, but I'll unpack. I've worked at my first job in nursing for just shy of 2 years, 1 year nights and most of the past year days. It has been a ROUGH past year, as I'm seeing...
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    Weird Interview, is this the new normal?

    Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had an interview for a hospital RN job today and I'm just so confounded and anxious about it that I can't sleep, so here I am on AllNurses to get it out of my system. I tend to be longwinded when I...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to process a situation I was in recently and would appreciate feedback. Sorry for the book. TLDR: Floor RNs hiding from Charge that patients discharged. Poor patient flow ensues,...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is more of an issue that a warm body on the floor is better than a vacant job opening. We are so severely short-staffed. I feel like I've got one foot out the door already. I've posted...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had said that to the nurse that left her phone at the desk. I told her she wasn't to do it again. Patient abandonment was certainly at the forefront of my mind. It is fairly common...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I know both of them know how to do this, because that is how I trained them. Unfortunately, it isn't policy at my hospital. Charge can get in trouble for not clearing the room after a discharge in a...
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    Bedside Report

    Ioreth replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I have a love/hate relationship with bedside shift report. Positives: Patient is involved in their care plan and its a good way to involve them in their goals for the day. They can also answer...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I think there are two facets here. As LovingLife stated, there's likely a misunderstanding of hospital flow and these nurses chose to protect themselves from getting admits by hiding their discharges....
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    Feeling Overwhelmed as a Charge Nurse

    Ioreth replied to Marushyne's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a similar experience being charge. I wrote about my ambivalence with being charge for the first time here: I don't want to be Charge! Being charge with a 1/2 patient load or no...
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    Going from 3 12s to M-F 5 8s

    Ioreth replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE working 12s. Sometimes I toy with the idea of working a clinic or public health job that would have me working 8s. I just don't think I would like doing it since I would much rather work my 3...
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    Reasons nurses get fired

    Ioreth replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    Things I've seen firings for: Not rounding on patients. CNA falsifying vital signs. Altered mental status while working then leaving hospital campus midshift without notifying anyone....
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    "Discrepancies" In Epic Documentation

    Ioreth replied to Faithx14's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Thank you all for the excellent advice, especially on not using the scan overrides. I'm already a bit leary of pulling meds at all on an override since that one big case this year with an RN...
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    Hiding Discharges

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to add a few things that didn't really fit above. I also found the other noncommunicative nurse's phone at the charge station when I came back after discharging my patient. She had gone...
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    Hope for bullying?

    Ioreth replied to CShel's topic in General Nursing

    I came here to write about what I think is a nurse bullying incident I'm facing on my own unit, which I will shortly. I'm also an older in age but newish nurse. It has come and go on my unit, and most...
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    Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    Ioreth posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think I just felt the straw that broke the camel's back. This is going to take some time to unpack. TLDR version is: I'm frustrated with my hospital's continued disregard for nurse and patient...
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    Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the info about reporting to JCHO. It will be helpful as I figure out how to report this. We just finished our monthly staff meeting and I brought up my concerns yet again. "We've...
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    Is there anything you wished your work bag had?

    Ioreth replied to michelle2021's topic in General Nursing

    Since I have a locker, my bag is just a large, simple purse. There's a zippered pocket for my keys and wallet. Everything else goes in the middle: lunch, drink, extra mask, pens. I really don't...
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    Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the responses. It helps to know that I'm not the only one that finds this situation alarming. I don't know why I hadn't thought about reporting it to the state. I will be looking...
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    We're Like Travelers, In Our Own Hospital! $$

    Ioreth replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad your hospital is giving you a good incentive to pick up extra shifts. My hospital tried something similar, but it was so convoluted and poorly written that few people take advantage of it....
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    Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    Ioreth replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Part II: What to do next? I have posted many times about being dissatisfied with this job. I'm still a fairly new nurse, so I've stuck it out, the devil you know and all that. I am so close to...
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    Burnout and what to do that really helps

    Ioreth replied to Kiwi82's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My hospital is not doing much. We get the usual EAP and free counseling up to a certain number of sessions. There's also a feel-good section in our weekly newsletter, but I find that often the tone of...
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    Should hospitals inform patients and family that COVID positives nurses and staff may be working on a unit?

    Ioreth replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Regardless of or perhaps despite CDC guidance, my hospital is recommending direct patient care employees return to work even while Covid positive "as long as they feel well enough". That is...
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    Share Policies That Have Not Saved One Life

    Ioreth replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Fall Risk Screening and Skin Breakdown Screening (I forget the actual name of the tools at the moment) that have to be done every 12 hours I assess their fall risk by assessing their strength,...
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    Natural Immunity

    Ioreth replied to IamICU's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've had covid twice, likely different variants. The vaccine is stronger protection for multiple variants. I'm not going to risk a 3rd time. I got the vaccine and will take any booster I can
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    men in printed scrubs

    Ioreth replied to TexanJLN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Rock those prints! An awesome coworker of mine would wear turtles every chance he