Mavrick BSN, RN

15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU

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    How to give notice to a job that will hate you

    Mavrick replied to Lm24gaines's topic in Nursing Career

    What kind of special scheduling are you requesting? Answer to your question would be, suck it up for two silly weeks. How many hours is that exactly?
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    Bad messed up

    Mavrick replied to pcbeachbum's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The BON will not care so much about you, your level of exhaustion, your need to make a living, find cheap legal advice or provide for your daughters. Your nursing license is a privilege bestowed upon...
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    Bad messed up

    Mavrick replied to pcbeachbum's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Is being "catty" and sarcastic OK by mom's way of thinking
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    I HAVE NO IDEA..HELP!

    Mavrick replied to RACHEL_Drake23's topic in General Students

    Do some research on your own. Good practice for the grown up
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    Refusing assignment/abandonment

    Mavrick replied to Nurseof10years's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    TOTALLY disagree. That is the point, they are NOT her patients until she shows up and accepts the assignment. Only then you are at risk for abandonment. Until the actual shift goes unstaffed...
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    ABSN curriculum - am I learning what I should be?

    Mavrick replied to herestohoping's topic in General Students

    I agree, sounds fishy. What are they replacing these basic nursing constructs with? Test taking strategies? Take the cash, shove more students out the door and let the employers (regular working...
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    Am I crazy to take all these science classes at once?

    Mavrick replied to Mikespeese's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't get why anyone would consider taking A & P I and II concurrently during the same semester. These are not just basic pre reqs but the basis of a sound understanding of your working with...
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    Am I bedside nurse material?

    Mavrick replied to CallMeSally's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You haven't even STARTED nursing school and you are worried about what specialty you're going to work in??? What you know about nursing (or its specialties) is from TV, story books, other peoples...
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    Decisions, decisions...

    Mavrick replied to sarahnade13's topic in Nursing Career

    You are not at a point in your NURSING career where you have anything to negotiate with. If you don't want the job offered, there are plenty of other NEW GRADS that can and will take it. Right now...
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    Night Shift Causing Relationship Problems

    Mavrick replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, they just don't "get it". Sick people are sick at night too. In fact a really good reason to call in sick is 'I've been up all night with the flu, on the toilet, head hung over the toilet, my...
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    I think I rather go to nursing school instead of medical school.

    Mavrick replied to dlhonorio's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Totally agree with use of paragraphs to make a post easier to read. That big wall of words isn't impossible, it's just a pain in the azz to wade through. I speed read, skip over stuff and don't have...
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    Graceful way to NOT answer all the personal questions my patients ask me.

    Mavrick replied to CoffeeYogaNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Truly I don't think people have a clue that you are AT WORK and not just there to chat with them. We do have to put on a sense of connectedness that is not real. I will take care of ANYONE. It's...
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    Rn

    Mavrick replied to mitchala's topic in Nursing Career

    Waaay not enough information to make anything but a guess. Some nurse is trying to find an excuse not to go back to a unit she doesn't want to float to from strangers on the internet who really don't...
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    Second Guessing nursing School?

    Mavrick replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Students

    Wow! If that doesn't tap into your inner-nurse then where IS your empathy. Get outside yourself and think about how you can help someone else. It will feel really good. And it will also be good...
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    Is 61 too old to start Pre-Nursing?

    Mavrick replied to Kikzy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Re-read OP. No BSN, no RN. A CNA with at least 3 years of school to be an RN. By then she will be 64. Very unlikely she will work 8-9 years. She will be paying off student loans with a social...
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    Mavrick replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    You are so on to me. It's all about image! I work with semi-conscious patients so I can implant in them the image I choose. I am THE mostest, coolest nurse cuz I control the ice chips! Then they...
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    Mavrick replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    See
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    Unprofessional recruiter- need advice

    Mavrick replied to KaceyLee's topic in Travel

    "I do not think I can work with you any more, good bye." "No thank you, I'm not interested in that position, good bye." "I'm working with another recruiter, good bye." Don't answer any more phone...
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    Sabotage? Failed by 0.1%

    Mavrick replied to gpnbe1a6's topic in General Students

    If all you can manage is a 79 on a final, you don't know your stuff. A decent grade on the final would have more than made up for one controversial question on a small quiz. Re-take the class and if...
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    Help with Dosage Calculations

    Mavrick replied to sebass19962014's topic in General Students

    Do you see where you got your calculation backwards? You didn't have 150u. "The pharmacy label states 300units per 150ml". This may be old news. Sounds like you got it
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    Help with Dosage Calculations

    Mavrick replied to sebass19962014's topic in General Students

    Whatever it's called (dimensional analysis etc) when you do your calculations take the units with the number. For example: instead of 150/300 write it out 150ml/300units. Then when you actually do...
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    I failed my adult health test can I appeal

    Mavrick replied to 2bnurse 1983's topic in General Students

    By your user name I thought you were already a
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    Your FAVORITE job

    Mavrick replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I am very pleased with my current PACU job but one of my former gigs was a Cerebral Palsy Camp Nurse. A lot of the counselors were teens and early 20's so they were not too medically savy. It was...
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    Wrong Job or Wrong Profession?

    Mavrick replied to maryk7's topic in Nursing Career

    Obviously your expectations have not correlated with your reality. My nursing class EXPECTED to get the night/split/off/crappy shifts and were delighted and proud to brag that they had a job in a...
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    Help with Dosage Calculation

    Mavrick replied to sebass19962014's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A totally satisfying exchange of information. I'm very proud of you both. What a fine snack that