gary130

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1. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

   gary130 replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

   My former first officer (copilot) just sent me an email regarding a flight that she flew from NY to Paris; she's fairly young but in her spare time she flies fighters (F16/F15) in the reserves as well as most commercial airliners, so she's a very wel...

2. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

   gary130 replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked as an international airline captain (whoohoo) for the past 30 years. If you are a nurse on one of my flights, feel free (or not) to identify yourself as a nurse. Space permitting, I will have my crew upgrade you and yours to first cl...

3. Can a patient refuse sedation?

   gary130 replied to Web-G.I.nurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   I hope that it's not too late to ask another question on this thread......I general terms for colonoscopy drugs, if a person wants to avoid sedation (for valid reasons, is there any reason that they just couldn't get painkiller instead? The colon i...

4. Can a patient refuse sedation?

   gary130 replied to Web-G.I.nurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   I "refused" actually declined sedation for my colonoscopy last week. It didn;t hurt at all