Mavrick BSN, RN

15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU

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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    Mavrick replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My experience with an ICU death always included putting their teeth back in (while you can) and slightly elevating the head of the bed (to prevent blood from collecting in an unsightly pattern on...
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    Nurse Practitioner Route: No RN Experience?

    Mavrick replied to meganec17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Why would anyone want to put themselves in an advanced practice role without practicing the basics? Either you don't understand what an NP does or I
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    Nurse Practitioner Route: No RN Experience?

    Mavrick replied to meganec17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What MD walks out of medical school and starts a practice without a residency? That is their "bedside"
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    I am the worst person ever.

    Mavrick replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, I would be very cautious about that
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I thought he had to sit up to breathe, so when he decided he'd had enough, he laid down flat and waited for the inevitable end to come. That's the movie version, anyway. The Google version is either...
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    Cough drops

    Mavrick replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    You have a way with words I really
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is how the Elephant Man
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    I am the worst person ever.

    Mavrick replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    Your integrity as a nurse is now in serious question. Patients are entitled to honest answers from their care givers. If you can't be honest about a simple GI function how can you be trusted with a...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, my sarcasm font is on the blink again. I was implying that CO2 narcosis is something I would welcome to ease my transition as it could be called dying of natural
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    So long as the O2 doesn't interfere with my CO2 build up, or put those nose things in too deep, or tie that thing around my neck too tight, or give me the really smelly O2
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I will be the first to admit that I do not know what goes on in the mind of any person. I can only try to imagine the situation they are in and again imagine what I would be thinking. If I were...
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    On Being Blunt....or Nice....

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

    I don't remember people doing this so much in grade school, but by high school and beyond you learn when you're being taken advantage of by leeches. They arrive late, get involved in social chat so...
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    Am I going into the right profession or should I just

    Mavrick replied to Soon2beStudent's topic in Nursing Humor

    What do you mean? This is not at all funny. I started hearing voices when I was a little girl and I knew then I wanted to be a virgin, so I made up my mind right then and there I would dream about...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Mavrick replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    For the family For the nurse. Not for the
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    Title RN/LVN

    Mavrick replied to JENURSE03_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So, for people that have both an LPN/LVN and RN license, do you continue to pay for the LPN/LVN license? Aren't you held to the more stringent RN standard of practice even if you were to accept an...
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    MSN in admin to MD

    Mavrick replied to Alana J's topic in Nursing Career

    If you need someone to tell you how to make personal decisions, you are asking far more than an anonymous forum can provide. 36 and living with mommy and daddy are not exactly leadership qualities but...
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    Am I going into the right profession or should I just

    Mavrick replied to Soon2beStudent's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you are not "called" to nursing, you cannot
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    General question about Foreigners

    Mavrick replied to adamdunn's topic in Nursing Career

    This is an international board so if your lady speaks English she can sign on to her own free account and ask any number of questions she may be interested
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    Can they do this?

    Mavrick replied to jkadel's topic in General Students

    So, you failed 2 classes in one semester, very much aware that your school has a 3 and out policy. Rather than clarifying your status with regard to being dropped from school, you assumed "that some...
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    What type of needle do you use when drawing up from glass ampoules

    Mavrick replied to jamsandwich2015's topic in General Nursing

    19ga 1 1/2 inch filter needle in a brown package at my previous hospital. (Filter straw at my current hospital.) Crack ampule neck using unopened alcohol pad for protection, draw up med using filter...
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    Homework interview needed!!!!!

    Mavrick replied to Libby1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Me, me, me. Pick me. I quit nursing and was a truck driver for a
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    The must have T-shirt for every male nurse!

    Mavrick replied to Zooey72's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Shows poor judgement. You are one of those students that has a long way to go. How about a beanie with a
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    I'm need help with the pharmacology

    Mavrick replied to Sandan8916's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    73! Just ask
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    Stuck myself with dirty needle - please help.

    Mavrick replied to danedsel's topic in General Students

    So you gave a patient a subQ insulin injection then stuck yourself how? Were you recapping the needle? Trying to put it in a full sharps container? Accidently brushed your arm up against the...
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    Making mistakes

    Mavrick replied to FutureBSN17's topic in General Students

    No, not everyone makes the kind of mistakes you are making. We all make our own. For the most part we learn, get more comfortable with practice and pretty much get over it. Not that we don't strive...