MaxAttack BSN, RN

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    Took A Gummy Which May Or May Not Have Had THC

    MaxAttack replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I drove 67 in a 65 zone by accident. Should I have the executioner put me to death with the guillotine?
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    Nurses Can Be Sued for Following Doctor’s Orders, NC Court Rules

    MaxAttack replied to chare's topic in Nursing News

    All of this just makes me think that those outside of healthcare really have no idea when it comes to advanced practice providers. You get a judge that hears nurse in a title and they're thinking of...
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    Nurses Can Be Sued for Following Doctor’s Orders, NC Court Rules

    MaxAttack replied to chare's topic in Nursing News

    I just finished reading through the opinion (https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&pdf=41701) and it's pretty clear that they are referencing advanced practice nurses. They are...
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    OG tube placement and trach tube

    MaxAttack replied to Kate96's topic in Critical Care

    Never heard of it, either. In my experience if a trach is needed a PEG is likely also going to be placed but of course it
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    Help!

    MaxAttack replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in Critical Care

    This is perfect. Kidney injury is common but there's not a set sequence that they fail.. could be cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, hematologic, neurologic, etc. or it could be all of them....
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    Cost of 1 Year in Florida IPN

    MaxAttack replied to Rn2b2020's topic in Nurses Recovery

    "Extra expensive urine" haha. Transparency is not what their known for. I have a couple of hair/nail tests ~quarterly that aren't cheap also. At least you can write it off as medical / addiction...
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    Driver in fatal crash has had her license suspended

    MaxAttack replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing News

    People like this make the world a more dangerous place than it needs to
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    COVID-19: I'm Doing My Own Research

    MaxAttack replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    This is a perfect example of how toxic "I did my own research" can
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    I don’t report everything as a CNA … is it okay to let my nurse assess

    MaxAttack replied to Anxiousandafraid's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Things like that make me question management and their entire operation. It would be exactly equivalent to getting a call from lab for a critical potassium and then someone saying I shouldn't...
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    New to SICU Advice?

    MaxAttack replied to tinysnailRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    First off, welcome. It should be reassuring that your preceptors think you're on the right track and have faith in you. Critical care can be overwhelming. My first year I thought for sure I was going...
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    How to Titrate Levophed?

    MaxAttack replied to pi.student's topic in MICU, SICU

    I can't imagine there could possibly be any data like this since the needs and response not only change with each patient but sometimes minute-to-minute with the same patient. I don't think...
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    Starting a new IV line

    MaxAttack replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in Critical Care

    I clamp, spike, squeeze the drip chamber to about halfway, unclamp to prime, and clamp again when the fluid reaches the luer connector. 30 seconds tops. Make sure your bag is already hanging before...
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    TSICU cross training to CVICU

    MaxAttack replied to _ICUfutureCRNA_'s topic in Nursing Career

    CVICU experience would look good for CRNA school but they are going to abuse you (as they already are). This is dangerous for you and for the patients. Cross-training is cross-training, not simply...
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    Nurse Arrested For DUI, Sober But Exhausted After 12 hr COVID Shift

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    Watch the video and read the police report. If they had let her go and she had crashed the car would you then blame the police for putting an unsafe driver back on the road? Would the mom have blamed...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    The definition of life is unfortunately not this clear cut or this wouldn't be an argument. Nothing in the Constitution addresses this, including the Bill of Rights. Does the presence of...
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    Nurse Arrested For DUI, Sober But Exhausted After 12 hr COVID Shift

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    What? This is a joke,
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    This is a woefully incorrect statement that a quick Google search could fix. Not to mention that there are those pushing to limit the availability of contraception and the groups that don't even want...
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    The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    It says something that the only ones supporting overturning Roe v Wade are first time posters that are just here to troll AN. The only arguments I see for banning abortion are uneducated,...
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    Nurse Arrested For DUI, Sober But Exhausted After 12 hr COVID Shift

    MaxAttack replied to Julie's topic in Nursing News

    I think we forget that drowsy driving can be as bad as drunk driving and can easily lead to equally bad outcomes for drivers, passengers, and innocent others. Foster care for the kid and how long...
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    Wide complexes not ventricular?

    MaxAttack replied to canoehead's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just throwing it out there that the AHA considers a rhythm causing chest pain, AMS, signs of shock, or acute heart failure unstable as
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    (Truly) Informed Consent

    MaxAttack replied to Andrea Perreault BSN RN's topic in Operating Room

    I wish there were more like you. I'm sick of our OR acting like every broken wrist is a medical emergency and consent is just a matter of getting a signature. I know acute care can just be a job...
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    Wide complexes not ventricular?

    MaxAttack replied to canoehead's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yep, wide complex tachycardias can be supraventricular or ventricular in origin. If you put "wide complex tachycardia" into Google you'll find some good resources. Shortness of breath with...
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    What else would I do?

    MaxAttack replied to PDRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Taco Bell? But seriously, there's a ton of other things with that license that you can do. Is it bedside you're tired of? You could go to a transfer center, social work, PICC team, education,...
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    Another Nurse Accused of Homicide for a Mistake!

    MaxAttack replied to Wishiwasretired's topic in General Nursing

    This lawsuit was filed in Dec 2021. RV was a high profile case and maybe the first time some people were aware that this happens but it hasn't changed much of anything. Right or wrong, medical...
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    EVD/Ventric draining vs monitoring

    MaxAttack replied to ApplePineApple's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    No. You'll get a number but it won't be accurate. ICP monitoring works by transmitting the actual pulsations to the transducer. If the drain is open then the tubing terminates in a chamber filled with...