Maevish

Maevish ASN, RN

ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU

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  1. Nursing school instructor made me cry today

    Maevish replied to nutterbutter34's topic in General Nursing

    Saying things like that isn't constructive to you and shows that she has little interest in teaching for real. I had a teacher like that as well and she was known to be that was to students. That...

  2. Administration hovering and criticizing

    Maevish replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    That's beyond annoying and I'm really sorry. I used to think school nurses had it made until I graduated and looked into it further. I don't think I could take all that garbage all the time, plus...

  3. Lunchtime Fodder for Teachers

    Maevish replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Teachers have to put up with a lot of BS from renewing credentials/certifications, dealing with parents who have "perfect kids" (and that behavior lasts through college now), being able to punish kids...

  4. What does an addictions nurse do at work?

    Maevish replied to marvelmom's topic in Addictions

    I think it takes a special kind of crazy (just like any specialty does lol) kickA** username, by-the-way!!

  5. House of Cards

    Maevish replied to bear14's topic in Addictions

    Exactly, plus those types of sneaky, underhanded things (including the drugs/alcohol) occur in real life. It's too "icky" for some to believe, but it does.

  6. EMTs Ever Look at You Like You're Dumb?

    Maevish replied to Avill's topic in School

    If you get to know a student or the ones with a history of medical problems, I don't think that's too much to ask, but even then, do they expect you to also know about the home lives of these kids?...

  7. No clue how to start, please advise.

    Maevish replied to Mae637's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, unless you have an accelerated course, it takes 2 years after your pre-reqs. Back when I was in school though, I was allowed to take anatomy and micro during my first year of nursing, but even...

  8. HELP: Nurse -> Dr. ?

    Maevish replied to Nhopeful's topic in Nursing Career

    Of course it's possible and probably a good thing to do, if you really want to. I had a few friends (back when I was pre-med HAHA) who did that and they felt it made them better doctors. Kind of...

  9. My first med error

    Maevish replied to JosMar93's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like they shouldn't have her orienting new

  10. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Maevish replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oncology is one of those tough areas because we're with them for so long. Some peds pts can be rough too, especially if they basically live at the hospital with CF 6 months out of the year!

  11. Leaving patient info in a clipboard

    Maevish replied to OcMurse93's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Whitecoat clipboards are the best. They have general nursing ones, pediatric ones, doctor ones, etc. I got the doctor one because in ICU, it has more of the reference stuff I would use if I had a...

  12. What offends you (nursing related)?

    Maevish replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing related: Doctors who chew me out or ask "what do you want me to do about it" when I call them at 0200 about something the TOLD me to relay to them if it happened! Like...

  13. Terrified of working on my own

    Maevish replied to Sham_wow's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I wasn't expecting that ^^ It's normal to feel flustered (even nauseated lol) until you get your nursing sea legs under you. That can take some people 3 months or closer to a year, depending on...

  14. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Maevish replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    My brother is a CNA on an Oncology floor and they very frequently care for people (and their families) for multiple weeks/months in the year and I've worked in Onc as well with similar experiences....

  15. Nurse takes pic of patient's...

    Maevish replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Nursing News

    I would hope

  16. Nurse takes pic of patient's...

    Maevish replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Nursing News

    Some nurses are fired or suspended for things that I'd never guess would be inappropriate. There was a nurse (I believe she was at NYU med center) who took a picture of a messy trauma room after the...

  17. Will I be perceived as disloyal?

    Maevish replied to rural-rn-15's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't worry about not doing chest compressions yet lol I was on the floor for nearly 6 months (I think more, but I'm not 100%) before I needed to do that. Haven't even done any in the last year or so...

  18. Blind Sided

    Maevish replied to trgopie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is where nursing (and working with mostly females) can be really REALLY annoying. the gossip and talking about people bit drives me bonkers. I've gotten called out by a couple managers in my...

  19. Thrown From the Tower!!

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

    While I don't agree with comments like the "pretty boy" thing (among others), you have to look at it from your supervisor's point of view, though it may be difficult. I too, have had a couple...

  20. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Maevish replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really sorry, but your boy (because no self-assured, compassionate MAN would offer up an ultimatum like that) needs to get over it or go. Also, not everybody gets a job right out of school so...

  21. Opinions on nursing students?

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

    As I stated in another post, the only students I can't stand are the know-it-alls because they're terrifying and difficult to teach because they already have a better practice than you, a seasoned...

  22. (Warning graphic topic). "Worst of the Worst" former pediatric nurse sentenced

    Maevish replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in Nursing News

    ...most normal people with even half a soul

  23. Anyone else read this?

    Maevish replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Nursing News

    Those "predicted stats" are all well and good, but I can't find a staff job to save my life (which is the ONLY reason I'm still travel nursing...I'm so over it) and I even applied to areas I don't...

  24. The 10 Best Cities for Registered Nurses

    Maevish replied to rawjurdawjur's topic in Nursing News

    I worked there (Sac area) for 6 years right out of school and when I left I was making between 75-85K a year depending on how much OT I did (which wasn't a lot towards the end haha).

  25. The 10 Best Cities for Registered Nurses

    Maevish replied to rawjurdawjur's topic in Nursing News

    I'm so confused by this list. Every nurse I've ever spoken with (and I'm a traveler so I get more opportunity than most, I think) who is actually from Texas has said it's the meanest state (in...