FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc

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  1. Why don't you just read the chart?

    I'd much rather give verbal report than written and I'm more than happy to give a thorough one but when the receiving nurse asks me when my acute CHF exacerbation patient last moved their bowels I get...
  2. Migraines and nursing?

    You need to work with your neurologist to figure out your triggers and to find something that is more than "somewhat helpful". Weekly migraines doesn't indicate your condition is under control....
  3. You should know better

    Severe asthmatic. Always forget to bring my inhaler with
  4. Escalate to Dean ?

    Is this the hill you want to die
  5. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    I learned that BettyUK is truly truly
  6. And just to clarify...nurses are "generalists" at first. You learn about all ages and disease processes. You can then get certifications in areas that interests you. I'm not really sure there is a...
  7. Yes, but the difference is that it meant the patron had to actually get up and go to a strip joint where he might or might not be recognized. That likely limited the number of people who would...
  8. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    I. Have. No.
  9. And calling it "modeling" doesn't change the fact of what it really
  10. Ambulance transfer service name suggestions?

    So will you have different levels of service then with different levels of crews (BLS, ALS,
  11. Ambulance transfer service name suggestions?

    You really can't be "more of a mobile ICU". You either are or you
  12. Wedding Planning & Accelerated BSN - Bad mix?

    Bad idea. Bad, bad, bad
  13. Nclex application mistake

    Why don't you call Pearson Vue and find out from
  14. Ambulance transfer service name suggestions?

    Can I just point out something as an old ED nurse. I never really paid much attention to the names of the companies that transferred in (or out for that matter). What caught my attention and made the...
  15. Self-carry MDI ideas?

    This is what I use. It fits in the back pocket of my jeans and stores the MDI inside. It's only 5 inches long. I got them without a prescription on Amazon It's an
  16. Self-carry MDI ideas?

    What spacer is he using? I have a really small one that stores the MDI inside
  17. Any PTSD from nursing?

    It wasn't the nursing it was some of my co-workers but definitely
  18. Hospitals in Atlanta r Bad for nursing

    Apparently, but at least I didn't get
  19. BMI? reliable or just a short cut?

    We have a health initiative for employees where I work. We have to undergo a biometric screening. My BFF is 5' 7" 127-130lbs. The nurse asked her if she was "satisfied with her weight" implying that...
  20. Why PVT is UNRELIABLE. Please read.

    A mature and reasonable attitude!!! Will you please come work with
  21. Hospitals in Atlanta r Bad for nursing

  22. Hospitals in Atlanta r Bad for nursing

    On a scale of one to ten, ten being the worst suckage you have ever experienced how would you rate this
  23. So if I follow your logic than a Physician's Assistant is really a doctor! Cool! Forget NP school I wanna be a doctor I'll go to PA school.
  24. Why PVT is UNRELIABLE. Please read.

    Yes there have been and no I won't do the work for you. Why do you think we tell you guys this stuff? How does it benefit us? Go ahead and do what you want. Take out a freaking billboard proclaiming...
  25. As a Christian myself let me admonish you that when, not if, when you get written up for being disrespectful to a patient by refusing to use their preferred pronouns you had better not use it as proof...