Mavnurse17

Mavnurse17 BSN, RN

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  1. Happy Nurse's week.... I guess

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    For me, it's not even about getting ~things~ I just wish someone--anyone-- would acknowledge that I am an asset and the work I produce is valuable. I work really hard to be a good nurse for my...

  2. Happy Nurse's week.... I guess

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    I love that for you! My principal still thinks I just pass out band aids and tell the AP's when I think a kid is under the influence (I

  3. Happy Nurse's week.... I guess

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    ???

  4. If You Changed Careers

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no longer hospital-based, thank God! I legitimately felt suicidal as a new grad doing shift work in the hospital. I work a M-F 0830-1630 now, making even a little more than at the hospital. My...

  5. If You Changed Careers

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say I "hate" being a nurse, though I've certainly been in situations where I hate the circumstances around me (poor staffing and resources, disgruntled patients that I seemingly can't do...

  6. If You Changed Careers

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, I've thought about pharmacy school before too! It's what I'd go back to school for in the medical field. But alas, I've acquired a marriage and an infant since then. I love my little family...

  7. If You Changed Careers

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in General Nursing

    It's just evolved into something different than I originally dreamt it to be. The rose-colored tint has worn off for me. And so much liability... someone on my current specialty board here is...

  8. Getting fired by a patient/ family member

    Mavnurse17 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I've been "fired" once, by a patient's daughter though. The daughter was known on our unit to be veryyyyy difficult, claiming she was an oncology nurse and critiqued everything any of her dad's...

  9. Staying or Going?

    Mavnurse17 replied to BooBooCrew's topic in School

    Staying with the district, but I'm up for a couple of transfers in the department that are not campus-based. If I don't land any of those, I'm thinking about transferring from high school to...

  10. Medication Error in School

    Mavnurse17 replied to uofanurse's topic in School

    I'm late to the party but this is wild to me. 1. it's not stated in your workplace's policy to match the individual pills to the description of the label on the bottle. 2. School is an...

  11. Frustrated!!

    Mavnurse17 replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    I've had a lot of parents tell me when I have to put their kid on quarantine "Are you kidding me? I can't believe this happened at school" and it takes everything in me not to clap back "uhh you sent...

  12. Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    Mavnurse17 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Maybe I'm jaded from handling Covid stuff 40+ hours every week for the last 4 months, but in my eyes you can't do anything about things you don't have knowledge of, especially if it was a calculated...

  13. Clinic Survey on school website

    Mavnurse17 replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    It also grinds my gears when people abuse a system that's put in place for helping out, but imho you'd be taking on a lot of work by surveilling these people on top of all the other stuff I'm sure you...

  14. G-tube medication delegation

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    For my fellow Texas school nurses-- Anyone know if medications that go down a G-tube (mickey button with extension set) can be delegated to trained UAP's? I've tried searching the TX BON for...

  15. Frustrated!!

    Mavnurse17 replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    We're doing the 10+14 day thing for students but not for staff. I was told recently that the feds only pay employees for up to 14 total days of mandated isolation or quarantine, so taking the full 24...

  16. Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    Mavnurse17 replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Oh, bless you. The first year as a new school nurse is hard enough, I can't imagine the added stress of Covid! As others have said (and validated by my own department leads), this isn't the year...

  17. Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    Mavnurse17 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Same for our governor here in Texas. The Texas Education Agency is actually the co-captain running the show. They've essentially said districts will lose funding if they go virtual again; only...

  18. Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    Mavnurse17 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    They're merging classrooms (unsafe and goes against having only x amount of kids in a class, but they do what they can I guess) and trying to stretch the teachers that are still hanging in

  19. G-tube medication delegation

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Thanks Ruby! I can always count on you. The previous school she was at (a specialty school for SPED students here in the state) said they weren't able to delegate G-tube medications. I'm...

  20. Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    Mavnurse17 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Ruby, I know that we are in relatively the same geographical area so I can attest to the fact that our areas are stubbornly refusing to close again. A leader in my district said there's virtually (no...

  21. Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    Mavnurse17 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I checked my work email this morning and surprise, surprise; I have teachers and staff emailing me "hiiii I was exposed to Covid/tested positive over Thanksgiving after a get-together."

  22. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    Mavnurse17 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    I understand this point of view, but I can't get on board with it. Say a student with "just" cough and runny nose actually has the virus and ended up spreading it to their medically vulnerable...

  23. Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    Mavnurse17 replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    My school screens temps but also asks verbal screening questions at the door-- "do you have cough/sore throat/headache/congestion/etc," "have you been around anyone diagnosed with Covid?" This...

  24. Possibility of returning to school

    Mavnurse17 replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Oh man... I can't imagine navigating this with little to no guidance. I'm in TX and luckily we're basically having our hand held with protocol out the wazoo. My area is in the red zone so any...

  25. Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    Mavnurse17 replied to Cattz's topic in School

    You'd be right about that. My district is piloting this program as I type this. Lots of unknowns still up in the