flightnurse216

flightnurse216 has 5 years experience.

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1. Did my friend violate hipaa?

   flightnurse216 replied to FRnursemurse's topic in HIPAA

   Ok, Ill be the one to give the real world advice and not the "by the book" BS here. Nursing can be stressful, fun and interesting. It is completely okay to say vague comments regarding pt care ect. Saying, "we have a lot of stroke patients today." is...

2. What do I need to become a Flight RN?

   flightnurse216 replied to PM2RN2016's topic in Flight

   REVA will hire you now. They are a decent fixed wing company that does a ton of international transports. I fly rotor on the east coast now but miss those fun trips. Pay is decent (90k starting) for nurses but the schedule is kick butt. One week on a...

3. What am I missing?

   flightnurse216 replied to harrird's topic in Flight

   Your issue is the 220. We fly an EC135 and our limit is 220. Being that is our limit, we wont hire someone at 220, unless they are just stellar and we cannot find better. The other thing VERY important is how we are weighed. Per CAMTS, you must weigh...

4. Career Path to Flight Nursing

   flightnurse216 replied to Kgrady's topic in Flight

   In reply to Ricky, I am not sure what service he works for but many in our area make almost double what a hospital RN makes. Many of our full time nurses make well over 110K with others making 200K being overtime hogs. I would definitely say go with...

5. NP Approval vs Accredidation

   flightnurse216 posted a topic in NP Students

   I have read numerous threads here and cannot find my answer. Before the sarcasm and insults start...please direct me to the thread if it is already there. I am looking at online NP programs and most of them say to check with your state to see if they...