Mavrick BSN, RN

15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU

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    Social media and nursing don't mix

    Mavrick replied to jackhensy's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know how you present yourself when you talk to working nurses but I would never bad mouth or "trash" nursing to a patient or visitor while I am in my role as an employee of my hospital. I give...
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    Would a neuro nurse be willing to answer these ten quesitons?

    Mavrick replied to futuremurse1's topic in Neurological

    Seriously? There is a current thread that is none too complimentary of nursing students. Reading a thread like this I can see where the criticism is coming
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    Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Mavrick replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree. A pain level of 4 to one person is a pain level of 4 to any patient. That is the point of the scale, for a patient to select their pain level based on their own experience. The...
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    Med math help?!

    Mavrick replied to kyoung4321's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    My post was an attempt to answer this question, not the question presented in the original post. chare, I thought there was something funny about an order that required 1.363
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    Med math help?!

    Mavrick replied to kyoung4321's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    The mistake was the OP didn't calculate the daily dose as post number 2 specifically stated. "I would first divide your mg/day answer in half then figure out how many tablets per dose and x2 would be...
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    So careless!

    Mavrick replied to Mygenericusername's topic in General Students

    This is what nightmares are made of. Kinda like showing up for class with all your books and notebooks and stuff and then noticing you forget to wear any clothes. You only do that kind of thing once...
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    Med math help?!

    Mavrick replied to kyoung4321's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Here is where you made your mistake. You forgot to carry the unit "/day". 100 lbs * 1kg/2.2lbs * 30mg/1kg/day=1,363mg/day Another question. Do the doses have to be
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    Go into nursing for the money?

    Mavrick replied to jackhensy's topic in General Nursing

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    Firearms

    Mavrick replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, can't put all those cats back in the bag. Maybe we could start working on our attitude about firearms. It worked for cigarettes. Showing disfigured people graphically on TV took a little of the...
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    Tmc crna program

    Mavrick replied to amber0627's topic in General Nursing

    Mostly, less than 20 miles from downtown
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    NG tube feeding

    Mavrick replied to brenns14's topic in General Students

    And you gave a fine answer with rationale to OP! Stop inflicting harm while trying to figure it
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Mavrick replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Don't have to say much now do
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Mavrick replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent advice with just a few minor edits. If you are so against having a staff nurse [for the day] then I'd suggest talking to your clinical instructor, etc. and explaining that instead of...
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    NG tube feeding

    Mavrick replied to brenns14's topic in General Students

    Your post makes great sense except for this one line. I don't see how the position of the end of an NG tube could have any bearing on absence of bowel
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    Mavrick replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I really appreciate starting with a "Who and What". In my PACU we get assigned a number as in "You get the next one, and you get the second one etc" I have no idea which patient I get until they...
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    Mavrick replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I work in the PACU and get patients delivered to me from the OR with a report something like, "I just relieved the nurse, I don't know anything about this patient". Do OR nurses not have to know...
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    Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Mavrick replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Question: What does it take for a patient to get pain medicine around here AND keep my job? Answer: Put a number in the box. There are many different tools to use to arrive at that number. Numeric...
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    questions about certifications, degrees, NCLEX

    Mavrick replied to JoAnnM2003's topic in Nursing Career

    Reprioritize: 1)NCLEX, 2) Certifications, 3)
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    GPA/ NCLEX on resume?

    Mavrick replied to suzw's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Silly. "Dean's List" looks better than your GPA. RN behind your name is all they care about your NCLEX
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    Considering Graduation Rates?

    Mavrick replied to rom12345's topic in School, College Programs

    I think it interesting that you think the school fails people. I would assume the school lets people fail themselves when they are not able to meet a school's high standards of achievement as...
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    allegation

    Mavrick replied to Salebow's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you are in all this turmoil. The not knowing sends your imagination to the worst possible outcome and there are plenty of examples in the media of accusations being almost as bad as an actual...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Yupa, yuppa. I B ignert
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    Scared to admit I am a RN who cares

    Mavrick replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Does that work? I tried hiking my shirt up just a little bit but it got caught on my stomach and I still got the
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Well, it starts out as a "Does the PVT work" kind of thread then I send someone into a tailspin by saying a person is a nurse when the BoN says they're a nurse. Thread is closed now. But it was...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    She fell just a little short of her goal not to insult but I get goose bumps every time I read