Maevish

Maevish ASN, RN

ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU

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  1. Stupid looser nurse looking for work!

    Maevish replied to guest825264's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I hadn't read this post (just hopped right to the last page like a goofball) when I posted so...

  2. Stupid looser nurse looking for work!

    Maevish replied to guest825264's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm sorry I don't know what to tell you except you're not alone. I had a friend who graduated with his BSN who worked at Starbucks because he couldn't get even a CNA job after school. I don't...

  3. Keep applying to all the CSUs or go out of state?

    Maevish replied to rayrayb's topic in School, College Programs

    My first roommate said she went out of state (we're also from California) because where she applied in Nevada, they would base her application on her GPA and she wanted to know why she didn't get in...

  4. Travel vs Full Time in NYC/Bronx/Queens

    Maevish replied to RoXy16's topic in Travel

    The pay tends to be relative to the hospital as well as the agency. I'm at a Bay Area hospital now that pays a FRACTION of anywhere else in the Bay, but it was the first job to come along after my...

  5. Travel Nrsg: Will they train me in new certifications?

    Maevish replied to Annie:)'s topic in Travel

    I wish!! The only hospital that came close is a large teaching hospital in the Sacramento area, but you weren't on the clock and you paid for it yourself (at a somewhat discounted rate). Then you...

  6. Discouraged 1st year ER/ ED nurse

    Maevish replied to pthelper777's topic in Emergency

    Having a lot of new grads on one shift can be really tough. That's when, if your hospital uses travelers, they can come in REALLY handy because (once they've found their legs on the floor) they've...

  7. Does Level of Trauma Center matter?

    Maevish replied to NurseMedic28's topic in Emergency

    Oh amen to that!!

  8. Why??

    Maevish replied to BrownNAchic's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a nurse, I've been lucky (as has my sister who is a CNA) because most of my family are CNAs. However, they work all different shifts and had a different idea of how her and I, since we were both...

  9. I want a new job in healthcare being a CNA is depressing?

    Maevish replied to daisy8762's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think it depends on where you're working. My little sister LOVES geriatrics more than anyone I've ever met in my life and I've been a nurse for 9 years. However, she only worked at assisted living...

  10. Change from BSN to DDS

    Maevish replied to lyanne's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Haha! I started music/pre-med (and continued the music through the nursing program) and then Physics happened. I couldn't do it no matter what I did so that's why I personally switched to nursing....

  11. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    Maevish replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    It's not super random and is helpful, but I've never forgotten a few things, first of which, is the call light "thing". I was doing my first skills test and did my first observed assessment fine, but...

  12. When Others Say You Aren't Right For Nursing

    Maevish replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! I do want to say though, that even people in the profession can be really harsh and tell someone they don't belong or may not belong based simply on them being a new nurse and that person...

  13. Checking controlled drugs

    Maevish replied to Bryn1's topic in United Kingdom

    I think it just depends on you policy/procedure standards. At some hospitals that's how it's done and at others, it doesn't matter who does the count. Some do the count daily, on Sundays, or...

  14. Interview Preparation for Qualified Nurses

    Maevish replied to XB9S's topic in United Kingdom

    I would be worried they wouldn't take me because I wouldn't remember the different spellings and be messing up the charts all the time I've always been interested in going "over there" since I love...

  15. How would you have handled this student

    Maevish replied to almostdr's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Exactly. It does sound like she may have some

  16. Men in the nursing field, is there a problem?

    Maevish replied to sroseo's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I know I'm not a dude, but I have to say, I'd rather work with most male nurses any time of the week than most women. I know that there are good/nice female nurses out there by the thousands, but any...

  17. Male nurses in OB

    Maevish replied to Jake_snake's topic in Male Nursing Students

    At one place I worked, there was a guy who worked mostly ICU, but also did L+D/PP, however, I venture to say that's not the norm. Most of the guys in my nursing class didn't get to even see anything...

  18. A day in the life of a SRNA

    Maevish replied to rn326's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I LOVED those days in school! If CRNA school was always like that, I'd sign up in a second! :)

  19. A day in the life of a SRNA

    Maevish replied to rn326's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I used to think I wanted to do this, but was on the "probably not" side of the fence...now that I see all this? No thanks :) I'm grateful for the sharing and that there are people who do want to do...

  20. Did you wait to pick up OT?

    Maevish replied to Nurse3242's topic in Critical Care

    I waited, but that's just me. I was too much in my own head and worried that each overtime shift was another chance I'd have to do something wrong Also, because I was thinking that way, it taxed me...

  21. Too Old to Enter Critical Care Nursing?

    Maevish replied to Fiddlesticks27's topic in Critical Care

    If you can handle it physically and truly WANT to do it, go for it!

  22. New grad advice for Arrhythmia Stepdown

    Maevish replied to Brn16's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    YouTube is heaven for everything! I watched surgeries all night one night at work, we were so slow! lol

  23. New grad advice for Arrhythmia Stepdown

    Maevish replied to Brn16's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Get a PCCN review book and the Epocrates app (the medication section alone is worth it and I only have the free version!) and listen to the advice of the nurses. More time on the floor=more...

  24. Has nursing made you negative?

    Maevish replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    It's school. It's not all (or even mostly) fun. I didn't like nursing school except for OB and my friends I made there. I was a music major though, so even though I literally got less than 15 hours...

  25. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Maevish replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    TRACHS!!! oh how I hate them...and colostomies/iliostomies, etc YUCK YUCK YUCK!