Maevish

Maevish ASN, RN

ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU

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  1. Methadone worse than heroin....ideas?

    Maevish posted a topic in Addictions

    I was wondering something. I got half my siblings from the foster care my family did when I was a kid and always as a result of poor/horrendous "parents" (not the giving up your child because you...

  2. Someone in my charts....

    Maevish posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a traveler for the time being, but I've never had this problem before (on staff or traveling): This is a really small ICU and there're only ever two of us here at a time so it's been an adjustment...

  3. Can someone who struggles learning skills ever be a successful ICU nurse?

    Maevish replied to purplegal's topic in Critical Care

    If I can do it, anyone can. It seemed like I had to work harder to retain things in nursing school and had to practice the skills multiple times before I felt comfortable doing them correctly. To...

  4. New Grad RN in the OR feeling discouraged... Need advice

    Maevish replied to YelenaRN's topic in Operating Room

    OOOOH comments like that make me so mad!! I sometimes hear the same things in ICU. Sure, a new grad isn't ideal for ANY nursing position in reality, but everyone has to start somewhere and even the...

  5. Trouble finding work

    Maevish replied to qcfynest1's topic in Travel

    It's the most obnoxious/stressful thing ever. There are jobs "everywhere" including cities I'd love to work in near me, but they either don't seem to look at my file or they have enough nurses (even...

  6. Should mean people be allowed to be mean at work?

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

    Is that a rhetorical questions? Of course they're not allowed to be mean at work! There ARE, however, nurses who get away with it because they're amazing nurses and other people say, "Oh, that's...

  7. 6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    Maevish replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Haha!! I do the same thing most of the time (I still have to use my nursing brain sometimes, though) cause it's just not worth it!! They're going to get the meds anyways, after they go home,...

  8. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    Maevish replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    All that you say is true, but I also know very obnoxiously holier-than-thou people in other walks of life as well. I don't ever preach about my chosen career (because honestly, I feel like if I can...

  9. 6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    Maevish replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I'll actually miss the assignment I'm on now, even though I'm going back to a place I also loved for the next 13 weeks. This place makes me do minimal real ICU work (which, sometimes,...

  10. 6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    Maevish replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Is that for LVN or RN? My mom's going to challenge the NCLEX-LPN (or whatever it's called) and she was asking me about a good course for that and I had no clue what to tell her, but we looked some...

  11. Codes

    Maevish replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    OMG the Lucas device!!!!

  12. Codes

    Maevish replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Good grief! That does seem stupid (I was gonna say "silly", but no, it's stupid). That's how codes are run at a lot of places, but most of the time, when that happens, the house super will dismiss...

  13. How much are nurses making? 2015 Salary Survey results available soon.

    Maevish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    It also depends on where you live and the cost of living. The Bay Area nurses (and other nurses in expensive cities like Manhattan) make a TON more money than us regular folk, but the cost of living...

  14. How much are nurses making? 2015 Salary Survey results available soon.

    Maevish replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    That seems about right. Right out of school, I was making about $75,000 a year in Northern California. If I just did one contract after another as a travel nurse instead of having 1-4 weeks off in...

  15. Unsure of what nurse recruiter meant

    Maevish replied to EP10's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you didn't get anything from the hospital, which is likely, check the website to see if there are any form on there. Maybe she, like the other posters have said, forgot to attach them in an email....

  16. Will leaving this job hurt my resume?

    Maevish replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Nursing Career

    Your agency should back you up if you want to quit (I mean, don't just not show up for work one day, but you know...do it the right way). They may have even had other people who didn't like that...

  17. What type of nursing job can I get with ICU experience

    Maevish replied to NURSEJSS's topic in Nursing Career

    PACU is great! Wake 'em up, pack 'em out! Or plastic surgery...that's the dream. Worked part time at one office for years and it was the best!!

  18. Cannot stop the self-doubt of becoming a nurse

    Maevish replied to KristinElise1892's topic in Nursing Career

    Honestly, you might do better in school after being out of it for awhile. If I went back now, I'd take it WAY more seriously, knowing what's at stake without mom and dad to fall back on like I had as...

  19. New Grad with 4 Job Offers - Can't decide

    Maevish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree with the Pro/Con list idea and then figure out what's more important to you. There's NO shame right now in saying that's money, by-the-way! However, as a new nurse, you want to find the...

  20. I Left Work Sick- Can I be Charged With Patient Abandonment?

    Maevish replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Same story gets repeated so many times...they holler at us for calling in sick, but if we come to work sick, people get irritated that we're not performing at our best and upset that they may catch...

  21. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    Maevish replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    While I would agree that there's a nursing shortage, I will also say that there's no REAL nursing shortage. What I mean by that is that hospitals, recruiters, and schools tell you that there's a...

  22. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    Maevish replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I feel that the title of the post isn't misleading at all. I've been able to work as a traveler in one hospital (a big teaching hospital in Sacramento) as an ASN, but would need my BSN if I were to...

  23. Is Anyone A Highly Sensitive Nurse?

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

    I'm highly sensitive to BS.

  24. Best shoes for clinicals

    Maevish replied to Erythropoiesis's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Honestly, the best shoes I've ever had for the longest period of time were the knock off Crocs. Literally, they're about $9.00 at Big 5 or another sporting/shoe store (or online). In nursing school...

  25. What do you hate most about your job?

    Maevish replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    I just read through all the posts since my last one and wow! I've gotta say, even the things I hate the most (and that I have in common with a lot of other nurses) are just one more thing on the list...