Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B

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 advocate to do more scrubbing? Would it be weird to a...

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 respect?

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 into" a circulator-only role.

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 right now (circulator) and my manager knows I would ...

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 change into a new set once you get to work, thus mak...

Would I get made fun of for doing this?

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 aren't interchangeable for our work scrubs (you would k...

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 I genuinely love and care about my patients. I hav...

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 something about males requesting females (I forget...

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 the method I like to use: 1. Use a 1- or 3-mL syring...

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 and what cannot? A good example is a heparin flus...

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 and as a new nurse, I'm in "nursing school" mode con...

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 just caring for them in the hospital and sending them...

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 within an organization? Almost all of my clinical prec...

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 individual goals. My main interests are ED and OR. I've a...

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 had more than one position on nights and she seemed...

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

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 cause the hospital to never look at my applications a...

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You tried to restrain and force an oral suspension on a child?

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 want to work in the ER eventually? Is there no path to the ...

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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 got a shadow+interview and I thought I would have ...

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 essential and now I feel like I'm going to fail. I was ...

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 to get, so I decided to take those over the summer...