AOX4RN

AOX4RN MSN, RN, NP

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  1. keep my LE certification??

    AOX4RN replied to LEtoRN's topic in Emergency

    Never give up a license or certification you worked your butt off for, unless the next license or certification absorbs/trumps

  2. FNU Class 146

    AOX4RN replied to parks0924's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wouldn't worry about it, I'm sure you'll get plenty of review in

  3. FNU Class 146

    AOX4RN replied to parks0924's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was also accepted into class

  4. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    AOX4RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well since a bolus means to give the medicine as a single dose all at once, I can say that I've given many narcan boluses and seen heroin (and other opiate) ODs magically wake up to live another day...

  5. Are ER Patients Getting More Ridiculous?

    AOX4RN replied to us2uk4u's topic in Emergency

    The ER I work in is completely ridiculous and that's why I love it. I will take the EMS run for the 22 year old who is having anxiety r/t to dropping her iphone in the toilet any day... she frees me...

  6. Quit during orientation

    AOX4RN replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Yup, I know many techs in my unit who wanted the job and thought it would be a formality of a title change when they graduated nursing school. Nope, most are in different units or at entirely...

  7. Babies on a plane!! (and also cord clamping)

    AOX4RN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Easy. Don't cut the cord. In a perfect situation, deliver the baby to mom's chest and cover with warm blankets and stimulate it to cry to clear it's airway if needed. In about five minutes the...

  8. Difference between BSN and RN

    AOX4RN replied to Katie5's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wow. From which Ivy League school did you buy your degree? They, and Vanguard in particular, cater to nurses who are working full-time and have families. Four hours per week in the classroom with...

  9. Vanguard University

    AOX4RN replied to LatanyaMay2006's topic in California Nursing

    I'll write this reply for anyone who needs accurate information about Vanguard University. I have lived in Newport Beach nearly my whole adult life and knew about it before I was a nurse. They...

  10. ER Wishlist Items!

    AOX4RN replied to HappyKYRN's topic in Emergency

    Re: ultrasound for PIVs... after getting one you'll need to train nurses to use

  11. Hoag Hospital Newport Beach

    AOX4RN replied to MonyRNcali's topic in California Nursing

    Did you take it yet? The rules of the test are you can't miss any of the lethal rhythms on the strips they give you. Tele nurses and other monitored units have to take a rhythm test every year. If...

  12. How is cardiac nursing?

    AOX4RN replied to bryan_del's topic in Cardiac

    Yeah, start there. No biggie... on my current unit we have new grads fresh out of school. You get preceptored and mentored and if it's a good unit, you have a team environment. We have different...

  13. Tele Unit to ER?

    AOX4RN replied to jtnurse13's topic in Cardiac

    I've got two years on tele and am going to the ED soon. According to the managers I interviewed with tele is a great place to get experience that will help in the ED. Our tele unit is also a step...

  14. How is cardiac nursing?

    AOX4RN replied to bryan_del's topic in Cardiac

    I've been working as a telemetry nurse since graduation two years ago. I worked one year in a hospital that was very basic tele and now I'm at another that would be considered a sub-ICU environment...

  15. Certified Nurse Midwives who do home births???

    AOX4RN replied to michellelizabeth's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Becoming a direct-entry midwife (DEM) is a waste of time for a nurse. Five minutes after earning whatever education and credentialing available as a DEM, you're maxed out in the field. It is far...

  16. RN-BSN online, without chem requirement

    AOX4RN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Looking for an RN-BSN online that has NO chemistry requirement. I don't want to take chem. Never want to take chem. Didn't need it for my ADN program. I know there must be something out there......

  17. CSUDH RN-BSN online

    AOX4RN replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What orientation are you talking about? Someone from the school called me today and said there isn't an RN to BSN orientation scheduled

  18. CSUDH RN-BSN online

    AOX4RN replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I just looked on their website and there isn't a nursing orientation posted. There is one from last Fall but the notice wasn't sent until April for an August orientation. I'd say there is still...

  19. Question about nightshift Tele preceptorship

    AOX4RN replied to germsjackson's topic in General Nursing

    Our new admits on the night shift come up from the ED with IVs in place. There are always IVs that need to be replaced at all hours of the day and

  20. Question about nightshift Tele preceptorship

    AOX4RN replied to germsjackson's topic in General Nursing

    Our tele ratio is 4:1. Brush up on your cardiac meds, rhythms, and all the usual med-surg common

  21. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

    AOX4RN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    We aren't allowed to be interrupted on our lunches and have a sign on the door reminding people before they barge in. If we get interrupted we get to start

  22. Valentine's NCLEX and the PVT

    AOX4RN posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took it today too... shut off at 75 questions. I got a boatload of SATA questions and one that made me LOL about humor as a nonpharmacologic pain relief. It made me channel a friend so I cracked...

  23. Valentine's NCLEX and the PVT

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So I'm an RN! I took the test on the 14th, the license was issued on the 16th, and posted to the CA BRN website on the 17th Yay

  24. Valentine's NCLEX and the PVT

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did the Kaplan classes and trainers as they were assigned. I worked through 65% of the Qbank questions and averaged about 60% on them... sometimes up to 68% and as low as 48% depending on my...

  25. Should I wear makeup to my psych clinicals if I'll be around sex offenders?

    AOX4RN replied to Kuniklo's topic in General Students

    i doubt your cosmetics will inspire a sex offender to go after you. it's not always about sexual