ScottMedicRN

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1. How I became a Flight RN

   ScottMedicRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I did for two semesters then dropped out. I just wasn't happy doing the coursework honestly. I am happy doing the flight thing and I don't think I would get that out of

2. How I became a Flight RN

   ScottMedicRN posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I figured I would come back here to post about how I became a flight RN to maybe guide some of you who want to do the same. You don't have to follow this career path exactly, but it's how I did it,...

3. Which study material for CFRN?

   ScottMedicRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   thanks. I do have scene experience as a paramedic. I’m definitely taking CFRN in case I decide to do flight one day. I love my ground program to much to leave there, but one day I might so I would...

4. Which study material for CFRN?

   ScottMedicRN posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I’ve gotta take the exam soon. I’m a paramedic, ICU RN, currently ground transport RN at a very high level hospital, lots of critical patients. I was also a pilot for a little while, so I know...

5. Flight gear and tips

   ScottMedicRN replied to jjphoenix's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I absolutely hate boots, that’s one reason I don’t want to go from ground to flight LOL Also, the more experience you get, the less crap you

6. Flight Nurse

   ScottMedicRN replied to Aswanb's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   Get ICU experience. I worked at a hospital that let me take any course for free, so I collected relevant cards like NRP STABLE PALS etc while working at an adult ICU. They like EMS experience, so the...

7. Filling IV tubing drip chamber for flight tips?

   ScottMedicRN replied to Stephanie Marsh's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I just hold the back upside down and squeeze prime it. Some like to hang drips and say you don’t need to do this, but I disagree for a few reasons. For one, I’ve found that hanging the drips can...

8. Not your usual questions

   ScottMedicRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   An update: I’ve since been working ground critical care transport for a very large hospital. We routinely have critical patients. I have even done a flight or two with our flight team in an...

9. Critical care RN to PMHNP, am I crazy? Looking for advice

   ScottMedicRN posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   All of my experience is as a paramedic, ICU RN, Transport RN at a large university with very sick patients, and soon to be Flight RN. I'm used to directing care by myself, knowing medication doses,...

10. Vaping Devices Accepted During National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

    ScottMedicRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    I would never throw away good prescriptions. Maybe opioids to make sure they dont get stolen. Expiration dates are a myth and you never know when the zombie apocalypse is

11. What are the types of people that should and should not become flight nurses?

    ScottMedicRN replied to anjoku13's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I'm not a Flight RN right now, just ground CCT. I don't think fear of flying is a deal breaker though. Heck, I was afraid of flying as a passenger but now I'm working on my pilots license. Exposure...

12. Afraid I gave someone a bloodborne disease

    ScottMedicRN replied to RN8903's topic in General Nursing

    ah, this is how us OCD people constantly think. Just remember to stick to logic. It is not likely to be

13. Not your usual questions

    ScottMedicRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Since this post I've been collecting certs. By the end of this year I'll have everything I can think of. BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, PHTLS, STABLE, Paramedic, CCRN, ICS & NIMS courses. I have a job...

14. Not your usual questions

    ScottMedicRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    How does rotating bases work? Do they just tell you that you have to drive far to work and you have to just suck it up and do it? I'd imagine rural actually gets MORE unwarranted transports due to...

15. Not your usual questions

    ScottMedicRN posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I'm not here to ask how to become a flight nurse. I've read into that a lot already. Just a few specific questions that pertain to my future goals. 1) Is it possible to get a job in a rural area...