FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Adoption

    FlyingScot replied to KcDawn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, I certainly hope that in the future you don't require any help with a legitimate problem because I can guarantee that you have effectively and permanently tanked your reputation

  2. Every other weekend & holidays??

    FlyingScot replied to LuciaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    This^^^^^ a thousand times over. Why on earth would it be a good thing to lead a nursing student to believe that her desires for a job are even reasonable in this day and age? Better she knows now...

  3. Every other weekend & holidays??

    FlyingScot replied to LuciaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    The likelihood of a new grad getting a position like this is extremely low and should be. Triaging emergency calls requires a level of critical thinking and experience that most new grads have not yet...

  4. Cleaning up lines

    FlyingScot replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Critical Care

    When I had kids with multpile drips I would walk the line from the bag to the pump, label the line, make sure the pump label was correct then walk the line from the pump to the patient and label...

  5. Wilderness first responder vs. wilderness EMT

    FlyingScot replied to lux libertas's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the NSP (National Ski Patrol) has their own course called Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) and it's slightly more advanced than the WFR course. It'd actually quite similar to the EMT course I...

  6. SHORTAGE OF NURSES

    FlyingScot replied to shermainenevels's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're going on projections proceed cautiously. You'd be best served to talk to nurses who actually work in Colorado to get a more accurate picture of job prospects there. There ARE jobs for...

  7. "Bless Your Heart"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Bless your heart" and "Aren't you precious" mean anything but that in my southern family. I've never heard anybody say "Have a blessed day" with any amount of believable sincerity. My sense is it's a...

  8. SHORTAGE OF NURSES

    FlyingScot replied to shermainenevels's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Touche, but I was really speaking to the current decade and the perceived "shortage" that really didn't

  9. SHORTAGE OF NURSES

    FlyingScot replied to shermainenevels's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've said it before and I'll say it again...there never was a nursing shortage to begin with. There were thousands of licensed nurses. What was short was enough of them willing to work in crappy...

  10. Doctors Orders

    FlyingScot replied to NGYSUN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Until one of them does and totally throws you under the bus. Of all the sketchy/questionable practices and situations described here on AN that people question losing their licenses over this is the...

  11. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    FlyingScot replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

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  12. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    FlyingScot replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry his licks...my

  13. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    FlyingScot replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    Before anyone else piles on, the OP has had a complete change of heart. Not only that but she has taken her licks with grace and come back to the thread thanking us for our thoughts. This seems to be...

  14. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    FlyingScot replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    Can I just say this is one of the most mature responses I have seen on AN in a very long time. This kind of open-minded thinking and willingness to listen and learn speaks very well of your character....

  15. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    FlyingScot replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I really, really hope the tone we all are reading in your post was not what you

  16. Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    FlyingScot replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LCWS is absolutely correct for Salem sump tubes whose sump lumens are patent. You followed a correct

  17. RN and EMT recertification

    FlyingScot replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. It doesn't. Grumble, grumble,

  18. I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    FlyingScot replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    Don't feed him/her Elk. Not worth

  19. Shift Work vs Monday to Friday - Which would you prefer?

    FlyingScot replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

    I worked shift work for more than two decades. I've been M-F for two years and I'll never go back. Most of my life is lived in the evenings and I could never do something regularly (like race my...

  20. I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    FlyingScot replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    I do not believe her ADHD had anything to do with her inflammatory statement regarding ADN nurses. It sounds exactly like what a professor might be telling these kids and they are buying it hook line...

  21. impaired elimination

    FlyingScot replied to xstarzi3x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ummmm, isn't the bolded part actually

  22. Search, What's New, Mark Read, and Get Daily Moved

    FlyingScot replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I hate having to log in to get to the "What's New". I much preferred it on the generic main

  23. AWD vehicle for nurses

    FlyingScot replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, my bad, it was an honest mistake, but was the snark

  24. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    FlyingScot replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I find that telling people that they aren't the sharpest crayon in the box is a fine way to make

  25. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    FlyingScot replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I think people choose to take things the wrong way because it suits their