RotorRunner

Latest Activity

1. Why do you love being a nurse?

   RotorRunner replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

   Great coworkers, only working 3 days a week, flying in a helicopter when I do have to work...

2. Sexually harassed during clinicals by a male nurse

   RotorRunner replied to mariawong86's topic in General Students

   Thanks for mansplaining her sexual harassment story. You're also making a pretty ridiculous false equivalency by bringing up fellow nurses, I mean "girls", asking you for lifting assistance.

3. HIPAA violation?

   RotorRunner replied to sunnyskies9's topic in HIPAA

   Why were you looking in her chart? Unless you were the nurse in direct care of the patient you never should have opened it. Personally, if I had a family member admitted to a floor I worked on I would stay far, far away from it. You cannot discuss a...

4. Medical Response?

   RotorRunner replied to firedupnursing70's topic in General Nursing

   You have lots of good answers already but I'll throw my hat in. Flight nurse and medic here. The priorities are always always always A, B, C. It's nice to note that the patient is posturing and to know the proper terminology for it, but it's not part...

5. As a RN, which would you choose?

   RotorRunner replied to GenieToBe's topic in General Nursing

   I would have been shocked if you showed me this as well. CPR is lifesaving. Why would you, as a person who is assumably healthy enough to be working as a nurse, not want to be resuscitated? Now, if I have metastatic cancer, that's a different story....

6. Medical kidnap? Discuss

   RotorRunner replied to dbabz's topic in Headlines

   Well, in the Mayo case, the family sound as if they were absolutely difficult to tolerate. However, if they were treating the patient as if she were legally able to make her own healthcare decisions then there was no reason why they should not have l...

7. new nurse advice. screwed up?

   RotorRunner replied to introuble7's topic in New Nurse

   You're describing a patient with poor perfusion. Even if her BP "runs low", in this case, she is clearly symptomatic with poor perfusion. This would be a definite case where you need the physician to evaluate. I don't want to sound dramatic, but the ...

8. Suspension

   RotorRunner replied to stasiastar's topic in General Nursing

   Uh, yeah. I'm surprised this person wasn't fired on the spot. That is completely unprofessional and unacceptable.

9. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

   RotorRunner replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

   Disagree with this. You are perfectly entitled to wear gloves every time you enter a patient room, but that is not standard precautions. I only wear gloves when there is a likelihood of encountering open skin or bodily fluids. Wash your hands before...

10. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    RotorRunner replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Your idea of presenting a reputable source is a...YouTube video? Let's see some peer reviewed research that backs up what you're saying. Anecdotes and YouTube videos won't cut it. If you make inflammatory, controversial comments on a public forum wi...

11. Want to be a nurse but I am really bad academically

    RotorRunner replied to Raistlin007's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I can tell by reading your posts that you are a thoughtful, intelligent person. Don't be so hard on yourself. The advice given to you here has been really good so far, and I just echo the suggestion to go to a good local community college and get a m...

12. How confident are you with reading tele

    RotorRunner replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, quite comfortable. I've been a flight nurse/critical care transport nurse for a few years now and it is an essential skill. Would recommend a book called "Rapid Interpretation of EKGs" by Dale Durbin as a resource.

13. Was I wrong?

    RotorRunner replied to Munch's topic in General Nursing

    You were exactly right. I would've done the same thing. Your coworker doesn't have the right to say that her sickle cell patient isn't in pain. Pfft. Kudos to you for doing the right thing and advocating for your patient.

14. Need some guidance on where to start..

    RotorRunner replied to izzyjosheff's topic in General Students

    I think starting off in med surg is great. And chances would be good of landing a travel contract with a year of med surg and a year of ED experience. Some agencies may require more experience...you'll just have to do some more research.

15. Need some guidance on where to start..

    RotorRunner replied to izzyjosheff's topic in General Students

    Congrats on the new career! From my experience, you will not be able to travel to an ED without ED experience. You're going to need at LEAST a year experience in a specialty before you can travel to another unit with it. At least.