Maverick80

Maverick80

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  1. Preferred Nursing Shoe?

    Maverick80 replied to Linz8's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i wear Birkenstocks!! I love them, the first few times you wear them they are uncomfortable because you have to give them time to mold to your feet. I spent 60bucks on a pair of nursing shoes at a...

  2. Introduced as "The Nurse"

    Maverick80 replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    this is the truth!!! I have 2 semesters left of nursing school. I'm a 5 year BSN and even before i was in the nursing program i was hounded by relatives asking when are you going to be done, why...

  3. Want to be a CNA- nervous! Advice?

    Maverick80 replied to Jenso79's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    spend as much time in school as you want, get the degree that you want, you're still young and don't ever let anyone tell you that 36 is old. I go to school with quite a few older students and they...

  4. i just got hired for cna in PA

    Maverick80 replied to chasingmydream's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's great!! I think working as an aid or tech while in nursing school really helps, but you don't have to do it to survive. I work as a tech and go to school and i learn a lot from work, it does...

  5. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    Maverick80 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    Being a Nursing Student myself i would let a student (med or nursing) do things to me. I mean everyone has to learn and i hate when patients give me looks or don't want me to do something because i'm...

  6. How long do you typically stay?

    Maverick80 replied to CrunchyLaborRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work as a tech in the ER and i work a lot of 12 hour shifts. The nurses also do this but when the new shift comes on at 7 we can't clock out until 7:24 because of the half hour of unpaid lunch. So...

  7. school paper

    Maverick80 replied to kjmjrn's topic in General Nursing

    i'm working on a scholarly paper right now about terminally ill patients right to choose Physician assissted suicide and Euthanasia!! Lots of controversy here, and lots of great journal articles...

  8. Need advice: should I start out in ER or tele/med-surg?

    Maverick80 replied to secondfiddle's topic in Emergency

    i have a friend who just became an L&D nurse last june. She is pregnant and due with her first child in april. She is doing just fine!! she is working and couldn't be happier with her choice to...

  9. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    Maverick80 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    i'm a tech in a level 1 trauma center ER. I'm in nursing school and will be done in 2 1/2 semesters with my BSN. I ofen get caught in the middle of these little fights between floor nurses and the...

  10. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    Maverick80 replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know if anyone has mentioned this book yet (i didn't have time to read all the posts) But i went to a NSNA convention my freshman year in college, 4 years ago and there was a speaker who...

  11. Made a mistake last night.

    Maverick80 replied to ejmonroe's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    that's the one thing that you can say about working LTC. You know your patients and deal with the same ones day in and day out. Working in the hospital you could work one day, and come back and have...

  12. How many years did it take you to complete your BSN?

    Maverick80 replied to marlonspoon's topic in General Students

    it will take me 5 years to complete my BSN. I did my one year pre-req's in 1 1/2 years and then my application wasn't even looked at for the next semester. Should have been 4 1/2 but oh well like...

  13. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    Maverick80 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I started right out of high school at the age of 18, and will be done in 3 semesters with my BSN at the age of 23!! Can't

  14. Book recommendation for nurses-to-be

    Maverick80 replied to katulka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i'm a simple girl, but i read Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul my junior year in high school. I had already known i wanted to be a nurse, and i love those book. I don't remember crying much while...

  15. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    Maverick80 replied to XtineRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i wear birkenstocks!! i love them, they mold to your feet after a few weeks, and then it's like someone made them just for you, can't live without

  16. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    Maverick80 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student with the attitude i'll try anything once!! So far I've done 2 med-surg rotations, the first one i hated, nurses not so nice and since it was our first rotation we didn't get to...

  17. help me decide

    Maverick80 replied to caring101's topic in General Nursing

    i believe that LPN's are nurses!! i don't know why people don't believe it. But if i were you i might go for the LPN and then do the bridge program after that. It depends on what you want. i mean...

  18. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    Maverick80 replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    probably but that dosn't mean that you are dodging it from your patients throwing it at you.... i bet nurses would be great dodgeball

  19. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

    Maverick80 replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    i found this on allnurses a few years ago searching around.. i read it every now and then and chuckle at it's truthness... Top 10 Subtle Differences Between Nursing School and Hell 1. You wouldn't...

  20. What's your Littmann stethescope of choice?

    Maverick80 replied to dano's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i have nothing bad to say about the classic II. I however have a Cardio III and i love it. I got it at Reddingmedical.com for about 122.99. allheart.com has them for around the same price. The...

  21. Are you my waitress today?

    Maverick80 replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student and a Tech at a local ED and i was reading through the rules of the ER and i came across this and it reminded me of this thread so here it is.... Physicians and nurses are not...

  22. Personality Type and Nursing

    Maverick80 replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    Your Type is ENFJ Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging Strength of the preferences % 33 62 25 56 ENFJ type description by D.Keirsey ENFJ type description by J. Butt Qualitative analysis of your...

  23. NP's Malpractice insurance....

    Maverick80 replied to Maverick80's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    thankyou so

  24. ER Nurses. Read This!

    Maverick80 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I'm a tech in the ED, and i understand so much of this artical. I'm not an RN yet but will be in a year and a half. I'm planning on staying at my ED. I took this artical to work today and handed it...

  25. ER CNAs

    Maverick80 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    i was just wondering. I got 80 hours of orientation, and it was spread over the course of 3 weeks. I only worked during the week and my other job on the weekend, plus i did it in august so i didn't...