scrubulator

scrubulator has 1 years experience.

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1. Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) Question

   scrubulator posted a topic in General Nursing

   Situation: MVA pt with heroin on board/hx of drug abuse, pt had surgery, MDs prescribed morphine/tramadol/tylenol for pain. I suggested we do COWS every few hours, my coworker didn't think we need to since he was prescribed mainly opioids for pai...

2. PCCN Tips?

   scrubulator replied to KeepingItSterile's topic in CCU

   do you like nicole's resources? is it helpful?

3. Timeclocking apps

   scrubulator posted a topic in General Nursing

   Looking for an timeclock/timesheet app where I can punch in my start/end times to double I am getting paid for the right amount of hours. any suggestions? bonus points- if theres a way to include pay and shift differential/holiday. thanks!

4. dont understan DNP

   scrubulator replied to Mvillam's topic in NP Students

   I heard DNPs don't have to sit for boards, is this true? also, if they do have to take boards, is the certification similar to MSN-NP? same renewal dates/fees?

5. CNOR exam: how was it?

   scrubulator replied to amysgonnabeanurse's topic in Operating Room

   I took it a few years back...2015? My hospital had a prep course and we got a binder of stuff but mine are probably outdated. Just remember, you passed your NCLEX and that was hard. You can do this!!

6. Jobs after the OR

   scrubulator replied to Coral Gittings's topic in Operating Room

   haha yes! CRNA, it was late for me ?

7. Best route to RNFA? OR or school?

   scrubulator replied to KC398's topic in Career Support

   This may or may not help. As far as I know RNFA's need to be certified in the OR (CNOR). to be certified in the OR you of course need hours in the OR. You might want to look into this a bit more... it might help sway you one way over the other

8. Jobs after the OR

   scrubulator replied to Coral Gittings's topic in Operating Room

   The highest OR nurse role is CNOR but that requires ICU training for 1-2years at least and then 3-4years of school. Management is next. If money is what you are aiming for, travel OR might be up your alley. CVOR makes bank! @LovelyElly- I thought fo...

9. CNOR exam: how was it?

   scrubulator replied to amysgonnabeanurse's topic in Operating Room

   hard. I've heard many stories of people getting questions outside of the surgical speciality (as if the computer knew-LOL). Mine was pretty fair (from what I remember not many anesthesia questions .....no ophthalmology & no math questions!) My bi...

10. new circulator, but want to scrub too

    scrubulator replied to Queenofthesouth24's topic in Operating Room

    I like the variety of both. Some days I hate charting, so I scrub. Other days, I dislike the surgeon I work with so I circulate. I think its valuable to do both if you see yourself in a long term OR setting. It looks appealing as a OR travel nurse AN...

11. New Grad looking for fun tips

    scrubulator replied to Swalton19's topic in Operating Room

    Offer to put extra stuff away for OR rooms. Thats where you find where things are located (and you aren't on a time crunch).Go into rooms you've never seen or what to see more of- ask questions about them.compression socks, but like professional ones...

12. Getting back into the OR

    scrubulator replied to NurseKell's topic in Operating Room

    I agree and disagree with @YoYosama. In nursing school, I learned tons about meds, how to do head to toe assessments, place IVs and how to give shots (among other things). Do I do this now? No. But the nursing education that has helped is A&P. F...

13. Change specialties? learn more? feel dumb!?

    scrubulator replied to RN1.618's topic in Operating Room

    I too went straight into OR from school. It was somewhere I wanted to be. That being said, it's really hard and some days I hated going to work. Theres a HUGE learning curve. I assure you, we all have felt that way and we get it. It's only a year in...

14. University of Southern Indiana NP program

    scrubulator posted a topic in NP Students

    Thinking of going applying to NP school for either Family or Acute Care at University of Southern Indiana. I cant find much review of it online. I don't know if its a good school or just a nursing school factory pumping out NPs. Does anyone know? If ...

15. Surgical NP

    scrubulator replied to Alicia777's topic in NP

    Also stumbled onto this page (and late to the post). All my nursing experience has been OR and while I want to pursue ACNP to be a surgical NP I worry that I'm not preparing myself up well. Should I switch to floor nursing for the first year of schoo...