Mavnurse17

Mavnurse17 BSN, RN

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  1. New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Mavnurse17 replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel that even state boards in the US can be predatory. Sometimes I peruse my state's disciplinary reports (they publish those for the public... not sure if other states do that too) and recently I...

  2. Tips, tips, tips? :)

    Mavnurse17 replied to NJSassyCat's topic in School

    Welcome! As is tradition on our board, "One of us! One of us!" Just a forewarning that this specialty is wayyyy different than inpatient experience, but I'm sure you know that already....

  3. Leaving the hospital after 9 months

    Mavnurse17 replied to beezare's topic in First Year After Licensure

    More and more nurses are leaving the bedside due to raising job-demands and stress. I made it 13 months before I made my departure from the hospital. I work in the community setting at a school now....

  4. UWorld NCLEX

    Mavnurse17 replied to NeeceeNee2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Took and passed NCLEX on the first try in 75 questions back in May 2017. I LOVED UWorld and used it exclusively. One of my NCLEX questions even closely mirrored a question I had on one of the...

  5. New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Mavnurse17 replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just some anecdote here-- I don't work at the bedside anymore, but at my old facility we couldn't do anything medication or procedure related without communication from the provider first. We...

  6. How does your unit determine who floats?

    Mavnurse17 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    This is bizarre to me. On the unit I worked on, everyone took turns floating based on when they floated last. So say you float one shift, you don't get floated again until everyone else has floated....

  7. Therapeutic communication for anxiety

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    I work at the high school level and there are a lot of students with mental health disruptions. I will be called to a bathroom where a student is having a full-blown panic attack. My question...

  8. Time Management

    Mavnurse17 replied to harvestmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I have dreams sometimes that I get to 0700 and realize I forgot to give a single medication all night

  9. Should Have Called 911

    Mavnurse17 replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

    Can I sort of branch off here and ask a question r/t? I feel like I think in black and white when it comes to EMS calls. I know a sore throat doesn't need EMS and I know that cardiac arrest does...

  10. Nursing and Children

    Mavnurse17 replied to Davey Do's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Interesting topic. I've thought about this a lot as I'm a brand new parent of nearly 5 months. For reference, I've been a nurse for 4 years now and I'm in my mid-20's. I think being a mom was...

  11. Time Management

    Mavnurse17 replied to harvestmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I am super impressed that you toggle all of that (seemingly successfully given the circumstances) as a NEW GRAD. And I'm pleasantly surprised here that everyone agrees this is an egregious...

  12. Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Mavnurse17 replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    Communication in a multi-disciplinary team is a whole other language in itself. You don't think it'd be beneficial for there to be at least one lesson over what to expect and how to effectively...

  13. Therapeutic communication for anxiety

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Yep, tried all this. We had an incident in the bathroom last week and the girl was sitting in a chair someone had rolled in for her; I kneeled down next to her and told her to deep breathe-- even...

  14. Social Skills Should Be a Bigger Focus in Nursing School

    Mavnurse17 replied to Kenneth S. Veillon's topic in General Nursing

    I think there absolutely needs to be some sort of lecture about communication in healthcare-- not necessarily how to work on yourself as an individual re: communication skills. When they taught us...

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

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in School

    Just need a safe space to place my frustration and growing sadness. This week is teacher's appreciation week, and I get it... teachers greatly outnumber us in the building. Teachers are getting...

  16. Teacher Issue...

    Mavnurse17 replied to CarlyCastaneda's topic in School

    I am at the HS level and deal with this on a daily basis. Kids will come to me for their attendance slip after they've already texted/called parents to get them. I have them sit in the front office...

  17. Teacher Issue...

    Mavnurse17 replied to CarlyCastaneda's topic in School

    I often daydream about what I'd like to do in these scenarios. Most recently the thought I have is to pull up the BON website and ask the teacher/administrator/TA/whoever what their RN license number...

  18. Weirdest Thing About School Nursing...

    Mavnurse17 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    One of the counselors on my campus calls me "Nurse." "Hey, Nurse." It's taken me everything not to respond "Hey, Counselor." I saw you use this analogy a long time ago on this board and I...

  19. Weirdest Thing About School Nursing...

    Mavnurse17 replied to guest464345's topic in School

    It's my personal opinion that my experience as a school nurse has been less than positive not because of students, but because of the adults. At least at my school, teachers and staff believe...

  20. Between a rock and a hard place (or Sedated patient deemed me uncompassionate)

    Mavnurse17 replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Some shifts you do all the right things to keep the patient comfortable while still being safe, and it's still not enough for them. I reflect on a night that I was a "super nurse" for my...

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

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Thank you for your apologies, and I accept them. I apologize too if I came off brash in my replies. To reiterate my point, I guess I just don't believe it takes having intimate knowledge of a...

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

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Teachers don't educate us one every dimension of their profession. Using that logic, why should we recognize Teacher's Appreciation week? I'm having trouble understanding why you believe it's...

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

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Thank you for putting this more eloquently than perhaps I did, LOL. Not to mention, our entire building has essentially been demolished and re-built in phases this school year, so we were moved...

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

    Mavnurse17 replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Hey! Thanks for patronizing me and the point of my OP. I understand your sentiment about educating in public health, but we do that anyway. Why should I have to do something, like hang up a poster...

  25. If You Changed Careers

    Mavnurse17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm coming up on my 4th graduation anniversary, which is a drop in the bucket in terms of an adult career, but I often find myself thinking "wow, I don't love nursing as much as I thought I did." I...