ArmaniX

ArmaniX MSN, APRN

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  1. Simulation interviews?

    ArmaniX replied to MissChloe's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Never heard of this.. I have done many simulations with the mannequin after hired. Just make sure you treat the mannequin like a real patient. Make sure you knock, foam, introduce yourself and check...

  2. Your very first or worst interview experience

    ArmaniX replied to _kelly_rn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    During my first interview as an RN I was asked "What do you not like about nursing as a profession" ... I replied that I get annoyed that satisfaction is determined based on how fast I can get my...

  3. Sadly, discrmination against male nurses still rampant in job applic process

    ArmaniX replied to Ecstatic2014's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I wouldn't hire you either if this post is any reflection of your personality. Stop worrying about what other people are doing. Focus on yourself. Nothing you've posted shows gender discrimination....

  4. Contract Extension

    ArmaniX replied to NeedMoreCoffee's topic in Travel

    I know nothing.. but don't sign the

  5. Internal jugular IV

    ArmaniX replied to maloneys's topic in Critical Care

    Apparently there are peripheral IJs. I've never seen such a thing, I'll be following the post. Emergency Medicine Literature of Note: The "Peripheral"

  6. Internal jugular IV

    ArmaniX replied to maloneys's topic in Critical Care

    You keep saying IJ and peripheral, which is confusing. Was this a central line (IJ) or a peripheral IV (EJ)? With central lines I suppose you could trend them and remove according to patients...

  7. Taking care of confused patients in subacute setting

    ArmaniX replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    Tape the cannula to their nose and place them in four point restraints with a posey vest. See if you can sedate them as well. Just joking. Are they dropping their O2 sats significantly when taking it...

  8. FINALLY!

    ArmaniX replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Critical Care

    Congratulations! I know the feeling, I start very soon in my hospitals ICU after working a stepdown unit for a year and some months now. I agree with the previous poster, reading some pages of a...

  9. New RN nerves i guess

    ArmaniX replied to <3adventure's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Curious, how much did you give the patient IVP to cause their pressure to drop so significantly? She probably felt like crap because she had been living for so long with a SBP in the 200s and then her...

  10. How competitive are the FL Hospital GN program

    ArmaniX replied to jv713's topic in General Nursing

    For FH specifically they open up a GN application. In that application you select what areas interest you. Any other application you fill out is wasting your time. I believe FHs GN applications run...

  11. Which should I choose?

    ArmaniX posted a topic in Critical Care

    So this is one of those very nonspecific, only I could truly make the right choice, type of questions. Mostly looking for your opinion based on your knowledge/thoughts/experience. I've been offered a...

  12. Which should I choose?

    ArmaniX replied to ArmaniX's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for your responses. I wasnt directly told about the 3:1 ratio bythe management but by a friend who works in the icus there. Also the manager who set the interview up was not able to interview...

  13. Getting report during change of shift

    ArmaniX replied to CTnewgrad826's topic in General Nursing

    In those instances, if I am caught up with my patients I will be proactive and CALL the ED for report. The majority of the time they are happy I called and can give me a brief rundown and send the...

  14. Does this type of unit exist anywhere else?

    ArmaniX posted a topic in Travel

    The type of unit I am employed at currently is called 'intermediate critical care' and I am having issues with the definite job description of my unit. We are not PCU, our patients are a higher acuity...

  15. New Grad reflections: the pride and pain

    ArmaniX replied to scaredsilly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nice post, the trick to being a new grad is to be humble. You don't know anything, and when coworkers offer your their opinion or advice... take it. They want to see you succeed (and those who don't...

  16. Would you do this...? Thoughts....

    ArmaniX replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    Just checked out the main website, if you guys hurry its only $1499 now! What a steal! And through the images it appears to be more of a dht in size (spaghetti-like as advertised on the site) versus...

  17. Stethoscope opinions

    ArmaniX replied to ICUNurseG's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree with the above posters.. while I do love my stethoscope, it is not necessary. My floor we hold a lot of isolation patients so it doesn't matter how well I can hear with MY stethoscope, I have...

  18. Stethoscope opinions

    ArmaniX replied to ICUNurseG's topic in MICU, SICU

    I had a standard littman and as a 'one year gift' to myself I purchased the master cardiology... I must say the sound is a lot clearer and crisp. I much prefer it over my basic $60 littman I...

  19. get kicked off because of med error

    ArmaniX replied to hbahta's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm surprised so many are surprised that she was at the facility without her instructor? At my school as well, for the very last "clinical/practicum" we would go to the facility alone with an assigned...

  20. Undergrad debt prior to starting Graduate school?

    ArmaniX posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a general question of opinion, since I suppose there is real no right or wrong answer.. But do you think it is wise to pay off my undergraduate school debt before enrolling into graduate school...

  21. Night shift, days off can't get out of bed.

    ArmaniX posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I am a new nurse (8 months in) who works the night shift 7p-7a. I have been having so much difficulty on my days off being able/motivated to get out of bed. I usually schedule myself to work 3...

  22. Complex Medicine?

    ArmaniX replied to alainaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I doubt they have a single floor in this hospital where they stuff all the positions with deadly contagious diseases. Perhaps it is a form of a PCU floor? Working in a hospital, it is rare not to run...

  23. I want to quit my job

    ArmaniX replied to chicagoing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Try talking to management? Although being in the float pool you really should exercise

  24. Depressed after graduation. Is it normal?

    ArmaniX replied to baymar1967's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't let yourself become discouraged. Continue applying for any and all positions. When I got my license in June it automatically felt like every day that passed without a job was a failure and...

  25. Nursing school and a newborn?

    ArmaniX replied to NicoleLynch's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know every nursing school is different, but I personally believe that the hardest semester is the first semester. You begin to learn the new testing formats and everything you do shapes your future...