Maevish

Maevish ASN, RN

ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU

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  1. Do You judge and treat patients differently depending on who they are ?

    Maevish replied to star.crush's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've done it, but it's something I don't realize I've done until after the fact and then I feel bad. At first glance, I took the post to be asking about VIPs etc and it got my blood boiling because...

  2. Nurses: Have you ever had to show compassion to someone who didn't want it?

    Maevish replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I took it to mean "trying to/having to be nice to ungrateful patients" so yeah, that'd be about every other shift. That's personally a very hard one for me, but I get a lot of practice because that's...

  3. How to deal with a mean Coworker?

    Maevish replied to LVNbagel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have the same problem...this lady was cool with me until nearly 2 years ago when I did something in a code she didn't like and decided to call me out in front of about 4 of my coworkers. I wasn't...

  4. sex in the work place...really?

    Maevish replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Haha! I heard that our house supervisor (she no longer works here, it was ages ago) caught a couple doing it in a conference room....wish I could've seen her face!

  5. Why are Nurses so mean to each other?

    Maevish replied to Dixon, future NP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are about 75 nurses that work in my ICU and of all of them there's only one person who I'd rather die than ask a question of, but I do it if I need to. That's pretty good I think. That being...

  6. Lazy nurse or what

    Maevish replied to Theguest2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow.....

  7. RN with experience, but no BSN

    Maevish posted a topic in Government, Military

    I'd gone to an Army recruiter when I first started working at my current job, right out of school. He'd said that I needed to get my BSN and that the ARMY would pay for it, etc, etc, etc. I know...

  8. RN with experience, but no BSN

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in Government, Military

    Oh, I have experience in Oncology, MedSurg, and Post Partum, and have been in the ICU for a couple years now, if that would make any difference. Thanks!

  9. HIPPA and counseling

    Maevish posted a topic in General Nursing

    I feel the need to see a counselor because of things going on in my life right now and some of that information includes issues at work. I'm just wondering, I wouldn't mention names or anything, but...

  10. HIPPA and counseling

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    No no, it was more like if I talked about certain incidents or coworkers. About 1/4 of my issues/stress is caused, not so much by my work, but a couple people (namely one person), who like to make my...

  11. I hope I don't offend anyone, but....

    Maevish posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    IT'S THE FLU!!!!! More people die yearly from the "regular" flu (if anyone even knows what that is anymore) than from whatever the latest craze, flu-wise, in the country. It's always killed the very...

  12. Levo and pH

    Maevish posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    we had the most awful night last night starting at the beginning of the shift (1945). got a "code blue to c-section #2" page overhead so the sc and myself (the float/resource nurse) ran there and...

  13. Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

    Maevish replied to CassB's topic in General Nursing

    In my ASN program we learned how to do IVs in school (had to have 3 successful ones or we didn't pass the lab-of course doing them on each other sucked cause non of us knew what we were doing!) and...

  14. IV drip dose error

    Maevish replied to babbu's topic in MICU, SICU

    I didn't mean AT WORK....obviously that's not the time or the place (I should've been clearer). I meant that it's not something to be taken lightly even though it was a minor mistake. I just meant...

  15. What's Your Stress Reliever?

    Maevish replied to ibinezz's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I love grocery shopping....the bright clean produce section just thrills my soul. Then there's reading and playing the

  16. anyone else feel kinda lonely in this job?

    Maevish replied to bennyRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There is SO much to adjust to in so many aspects of your life when you start nursing. The social thing is hard for me too, because I have a big family with lots of nieces, nephews,...

  17. Anxiety and frustration

    Maevish replied to RN in 10!'s topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel your pain! I have migraines and until just recently I didn't meet the amount of hours to qualify for intermittant leave because I was out so much. Like you I understand how frustrating it...

  18. "Taking A Mental Health Day"

    Maevish replied to slmnewrn07's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm 4 years in and I just heard about mental health days a couple months ago!!

  19. Anxiety after leaving work!

    Maevish replied to NursePie's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It think, depending on what mood you're in when you leave work (or if you have a bad dream--haha) there were always be those times when you SWEAR there's something you forgot, or didn't double check....

  20. night workers- how do you keep a normal routine/life?

    Maevish replied to arnie1234's topic in General Nursing

    I love nights, but the 1900-0730 schedule is tougher on my body for some reason than the 2300-0730 shifts I worked before coming to critical care and their 12 hour shifts. I was healthier, exercised...

  21. what color is your ink?

    Maevish replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    write in black, note/audit in red. There's only one or two doctors who use different color inks once in awhile, but for nursing it's ALWAYS the

  22. how to handle this????

    Maevish replied to wiley6coyote's topic in General Nursing

    ugh....there's a nurse like this where I work. She can be ok for months at a time, then freaks out over little things, is loud, VERY critical (but god forbid you point out a mistake she makes...

  23. IABP

    Maevish replied to AnnieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    That all sounds very unsafe....you worked hard for your RN and this is a disaster waiting to

  24. ICU visiting hours.. What is reasonable?

    Maevish replied to TigerGalLE's topic in MICU, SICU

    Technically, our rule is 2 visitors per pt. Not all the nurses are strict with this and it makes those of us that are seem like "bad guys", but it is getting a lot better. Outside of a stable pt, my...

  25. IV drip dose error

    Maevish replied to babbu's topic in MICU, SICU

    Definately agree! Once I thought I'd given too much of a medication for some reason (there wasn't even more than the intended dose in the vial!! haha), and I was sweating bullets until I realized...