Today’s guest on CareHero Podcast is Maggie Macri, a forensic nurse at SAFE Alliance. Maggie is a warm and passionate healthcare professional and an active member of her community in Austin, Texas. She has an incredible story and some great life lessons to share, including the importance of doing hard work, the significance of having good people around you, and the value of looking for growth opportunities and embracing experiences outside your comfort zone. We touch on what forensic nursing entails, some of the challenges Maggie encounters in her role, and how volunteer work shaped her career as a nurse. Maggie also highlights the value of mentorship and shares the best piece of advice she has received in her career. Tune in today for some important insight!

Key Points From This Episode:

• The superpower Maggie would choose: the ability to talk to animals.
• Maggie's background and how she got into healthcare.
• Hear about her role as a forensic nurse at SAFE Alliance, a nonprofit crisis center and clinic.
• What Maggie finds most rewarding about her job: serving her community.
• What forensic nursing entails, including sexual assault examinations.
• Other services offered by SAFE Alliance, such as law enforcement & legal support.
• How Maggie looks after her own mental health when dealing with trauma on a daily basis.
• Some of the challenges she encounters with legislation in her current role.
• How she facilitates constant learning through various webinars & asking lots of questions.
• What it meant to win the Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award &  other commitments she has made to her community.
• How volunteer work shaped her career as a nurse; seeing the impact it had first-hand.
• Learn about Camp Kesem
• Why Maggie partially attributes her success to stepping out of her comfort zone.
• The value of mentorship and how to find the best mentor for you.
• The best piece of advice Maggie has received: you can do anything in a 12 hour shift!
• The most important thing she has learned in her career: the impacts of trauma.
• What she would to do improve healthcare in America: make it available to everyone.
• The importance of treating sexual assault patients as “more than evidence.”
• The future of forensic nursing and why listeners should take advantage of opportunities.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

LinkedIn

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University Hospital

Safe ALLIANCE

St. David's South Austin Medical Center

Camp Kesem

ABC Article

NBC Article

Dr. Patrick J. Dineen Memorial Foundation Article

S.B. Article - National Award

S.B. Article - Battle of the Bands

S.B. Article - Bone Marrow Drive