Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B

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  1. How to get to scrub more as an OR nurse

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in Operating Room

    As a circulating RN at a hospital where scrubs are mostly CSTS, how do you get more experience wit scrubbing? Do you get stuck into a box as "only a circulator" if you don't do it much? How do you...

  2. Circulating vs. Scrubbing

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to NursieB's topic in Operating Room

    Major Level I trauma center teaching hospital here, and we aren't automatically taught to scrub =\ How does someone advocate for more experience in that

  3. How to get to scrub more as an OR nurse

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Operating Room

    If I ever did apply elsewhere where RNs scrub and circulate, would I be an unappealing candidate coming from a facility where scrubbing is mostly done by CSTs? I'm just nervous about being "locked...

  4. RN to CST? Unheard of?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would it be unheard of for an RN (BSN degree) to take a CST course (if, say, your organization provides tuition reimbursement), in order to be more appealing as someone to scrub? I'm a periop nurse...

  5. OR nurses: wearing scrub machine scrubs home?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a facility where we get 2 scrub credits and get scrubs from a machine. Deposit your scrubs, get your credit back. Does anyone wear their scrubs from the day home and then back to work and...

  6. OR nurses: wearing scrub machine scrubs home?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Would I get made fun of for doing

  7. OR nurses: wearing scrub machine scrubs home?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    What about wearing similar (or slightly different) color scrubs instead of street clothes to work? Work scrubs have a color-coded band on them so a plain set of Ciel blue scrubs without the band...

  8. Manager out to get me. Even shift coord. agrees.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for a year on a med-surg unit, and in that year, somehow I have managed to sick the venom of my clinical manager upon myself. I love my job. I *always* try to do the right thing and...

  9. Males asking for female patients?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Students

    In my lab yesterday, one of the instructors was talking about having a female assist if a male has to perform a procedure which a female patient might potentially be uncomfortable with. She then said...

  10. IV Push dilution methods... Is my method wrong?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in Patient Medications

    So, after perusing several methods of diluting IV push medications, I decided on the following method. In this example, I'll use promethazine (Phenergan), 25 mg/1 mL with an order of 25 mg. Here is...

  11. Extremely confused about protocols and orders sets!

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started as an RN on a med-surg floor at a major metropolitan Level I trauma center. I am so extremely confused about protocols and order sets. What can be implemented without a doctor signature...

  12. New nurse here. Questions about PRN intervals and "HIPAA spooking"

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    In your hospital, are PRN med intervals absolute, (e.g. cannot be given even a minute early), and if they are not, is it different for PRN narcotic meds? I'm a bit confused about policy vs. reality...

  13. Can nurses do more for patients coming from ECFs with stage III pressure ulcers?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    We see it time and time again. Patient is admitted from an ECF with a stage III sacral ulcer, and likely additional ulcers on the heel. What can nurses do to advocate for these patients aside from...

  14. Bad preceptors and the demotivated state of nursing.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Students

    Why do nurses who obviously have absolutely no interest in the education or development of their students bother to volunteer to be preceptors? Is it recognition? Feelings of importance? Standing...

  15. Best specialty for a new nurse interested in ED?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a 25-year-old male, and a newly-minted nurse trying to find my first RN position (I have a BSN). I'm sure this topic has been posted thousands of times, but I'd like some input based on my...

  16. Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I just passed my boards in October. I accepted a full-time position on a med-surg floor (solid organ transplant) on nights. Thing is, I was a bit leery because she manager...

  17. Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Would it be extremely bad form to break a two-year

  18. Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    I have not. Another issue is that I would like to go to the ED eventually and I'm not sure whether OR experience would be transferrable to the ER. Would reneging on accepting the job offer really...

  19. Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

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  20. ADHD Student on Rampage

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Amethya's topic in School

    You tried to restrain and force an oral suspension on a

  21. Not sure what to do... RN/BSN with no position in nursing school, but want to work in ER

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    Long story short, I didn't have a nursing position when I was in nursing school. I want to work in the ER eventually, but I have—admittedly—very limited experience. 1. Am I screwed if I...

  22. Best specialty for a new nurse interested in ED?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Emergency

    Bump.

  23. Didn't get my job I was really hoping for. Advice?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just recently passed the NCLEX-RN. I graduated with a BSN in August. I'm a mid-20s male living in the midwest. I did my Capstone clinical in the OR at a hospital I really enjoyed working at, and I...

  24. Can I pass the NCLEX without doing a bunch of practice questions?

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Long story short, it's been a while since I graduated. I've spent a while reviewing content, and have learned a lot. I haven't done many practice questions though... And I keep reading that it's...

  25. Worried about NCLEX... Been out of school 3 months

    Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Long story short, I walked in graduation in May, but I won't be able to take the NCLEX until late August/early September. I finished all my nursing courses in May but had a few hanging credits I had...