Mavrick BSN, RN

15 years in ICU, 22 years in PACU

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    Lateral violence. How did you handle it?

    Mavrick replied to lvan0904's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm so sorry you are feeling beat up. Nobody likes to feel disrespected but this is my take on your situation. Some people are particularly adept at spotting the weak. When you crouch down, cover...
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    Corinthian Colleges Calling It Quits

    Mavrick replied to caliotter3's topic in Nursing News

    "Students attending a school that shuts down suddenly, as in this case, are typically eligible for a full discharge of student loan debt." Quoted from the article. Sure hope
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    Bad Supervisor

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

    I vote ridiculous. Take her ridiculous note and send it up the chain of command. She's writing her own termination
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    RN never feels guilty when calling out

    Mavrick replied to Sasha100's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Where I work it's not the sick days that count, it's the sick occurrences. If you're out three consecutive days it's counted as one occurrence. Four occurrences within one rolling year would...
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    Mavrick replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Gotta have a
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    So you think you want to be a NURSE

    Mavrick replied to dedicated_2b_RN's topic in General Students

    Of course the CNA experience doesn't reflect all the possible choices of nursing careers but it is a good start for MOST of nursing in that it gives undecided (or clueless) people a small peek through...
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    Mavrick replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Gotta have a
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    Mavrick replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Delete
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    New Grad Nurse Interview with Endoscopy Unit

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

    You will most likely be responsible for caring for a patient with conscious sedation, assisting with positioning and equipment. I don't think your knowledge of the the GI system will be a deciding...
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    Getting Ahead

    Mavrick replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    Here's some stuff NOT to do. Do NOT get caught shoplifting, vandalizing, smoking weed, selling weed, driving under the influence of weed or alcohol. Do NOT stalk, harass, bully or post stupid pictures...
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    failed nursing school again

    Mavrick replied to snowybee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The thing about nursing is you are tested EVERY DAY. The expectation is that you have mastered a vast amount of knowledge and are able to put it to use every time you encounter a patient. Sometimes...
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    Disclose depression dx on WA licensure application?

    Mavrick replied to ofcourseimhappy's topic in Nursing Career

    "impairs or limits your ability to practice your profession with reasonable skill and safety" Think along the lines of public safety. (Like the BoN would) You mean a medical condition like diabetes,...
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    Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    Mavrick replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dear OP, Don't be too terrible hard on yourself. Even if it was hooked up incorrectly, the output proves it was functioning as desired, to keep the stomach empty of gastric contents. Let's keep...
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    Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    Mavrick replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Before you throw x-ray under the bus. Where I work we don't disconnect an NG tube to get an X-ray. It would be highly unusual for an x-ray to show the tubing connection as proof. And of course the...
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    How old are you?

    Mavrick replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ego. BTW......Great (Pumpkin) Avatar. Is that
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    How old are you?

    Mavrick replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    59 and
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    marijuana and nursing.

    Mavrick replied to middleagednurse's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/pre-employment-drug-984802.html Here is that thread. I get the vague impression to NEVER, Never, never, ever ev-er tell an
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    marijuana and nursing.

    Mavrick replied to middleagednurse's topic in General Nursing

    On another thread a poster said she was coming up positive a month after she quit using. She was putting off applying for a job because she was afraid to fail the pre-employment
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    Wound Vac

    Mavrick replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    I had an interesting experience with a "Y" connector. Kept losing suction, could hear the leak. The OR nurse had applied tape that worked temporarily but whenever we moved the tubing it would leak...
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    I Love Night Shift

    Mavrick replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift works for self-styled introverts too!
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    Hire Me

    Mavrick replied to MR-RN15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You are absolutely right. I am just saying it felt weird to read a post that is just a call out for a job. I don't think that is the intention of this section. It's more along the lines of how do I...
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    Hire Me

    Mavrick replied to MR-RN15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Posting on All Nurses just fishing for a job should be against TOS. There are hundreds/thousands of new grads looking for jobs and if all of them posted their desire for a job as the only point of...
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    I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    Mavrick replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    Take a deep breath. You're a psych nurse you know. Listen to the message not the messenger. A young wide-eyed hopeful destined for greatness unappreciated by tyrannical old bats posing as instructors...
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    I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    Mavrick replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    APA All the way! (Clap, clap, clap, clap,
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    I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    Mavrick replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    Me, me, me! I was passing time waiting for my Navy recruiter to get me into a technical program when his girlfriend got me a Nursing Technician job at the local University Hospital. Fast forward 6...