FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. How far is your commute and how offten do you work?

    FlyingScot replied to pnkgirl25's topic in General Nursing

    Something to think about. If you are unable to "float" the days you have her to accommodate your work schedule you very likely will have difficulty arranging your work schedule to accommodate your...

  2. How far is your commute and how offten do you work?

    FlyingScot replied to pnkgirl25's topic in General Nursing

    Is being away from home 3 days (or nights) a week going to have a negative affect on your custody issues? I can see this possibly turning ugly and being used against

  3. How to deal with the old/experienced nurses?!

    FlyingScot replied to Anna-s's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh for Pete's sake. Come on people. Nursing does not have the corner market for being mean to new people. Neither do old or experienced nurses. Humans eat other humans in all walks of life and at all...

  4. Pregnant Nurse!

    FlyingScot replied to Robin, RN's topic in General Nursing

    The one your doctor recommended. Universal

  5. who intubates?

    FlyingScot replied to nocturnalnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your anesthesia department needs to step up. Intubation is not a benign procedure and should not be done by people who only do it a few times a year. When I was transporting we needed 40 intubations...

  6. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    FlyingScot replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very, very true. Funny story. After my friend's last surgery the nurses were giving/getting report "at the bedside" they were outside the door and speaking quietly. This was their conversation....

  7. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    FlyingScot replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is a rather harsh stand to take. I have a friend whose bones are literally rotting. She is in constant severe pain that is barely controlled by massive amounts of pain medicine on a daily basis....

  8. Older nurse lacking computer skills

    FlyingScot replied to Nrsasrus's topic in General Nursing

    Harsh much?! For the record, I work in a huge, world renown, university-based health system and you know when we went to EMR? 2009! So although computers in the medical field have been around for a...

  9. Older nurse lacking computer skills

    FlyingScot replied to Nrsasrus's topic in General Nursing

    Epic is a PITA and I say that as a Superuser! I find the biggest obstacle for older users who are not tech savvy is the fear that they are going to break something if they click wrong. Tell her that...

  10. Do you like your long commute?

    FlyingScot replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Try 7pm to 7am which meant leaving at 5pm and getting home at 9am. Totally sucked! I stayed with my parents some days but my schedule was often work one off one work one. If I stayed over at my folks...

  11. Do you like your long commute?

    FlyingScot replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    When I was exhausted after a long shift I found it extremely difficult to be "productive" on the drive home short of trying to stay awake and not get myself or someone else killed. Your mileage may...

  12. Do you like your long commute?

    FlyingScot replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I commuted an hour and 45 minutes one way for a flight job (12 hours night shift). It very negatively impacted my quality of life and my physical/mental health. I lasted 18 months before I gave up....

  13. Nurses stopping for an accident scene - topic revisit

    FlyingScot replied to Nascar nurse's topic in General Nursing

    And where, pray tell, in my post did I indicate

  14. My first pediatric code...still shaken

    FlyingScot replied to rnparker's topic in Emergency

    I haven't any words of encouragement for you that peds codes will get easier because they just don't no matter how many of them you do and this is coming from a pediatric flight nurse. My suggestion...

  15. Nurses stopping for an accident scene - topic revisit

    FlyingScot replied to Nascar nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's a pretty unfair over-generalization. In most of those threads the consensus was that beyond the ABC's there is little an RN without additional training can do from a medical treatment...

  16. BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    FlyingScot replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh yeah because the Advanced Birdwatching class my friend's kid is taking in her BSN program is really going to increase her critical thinking skills. I'm not

  17. Transport

    FlyingScot replied to babyRN0404's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's kind of what I'm thinking. I might have to use two hands but only because I've been a nurse for so long. Although I no longer transport, of the three teams I was on 2 were "nurse-lead" which...

  18. Transport

    FlyingScot replied to babyRN0404's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    50% of your transports are CODING?!!!!! What the he@# is wrong with your referral hospitals? I've been doing this a very, very long time (for Level 3 and 4 NICUs with ECMO and open hearts) and our...

  19. Transport

    FlyingScot replied to babyRN0404's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's a lawsuit waiting for a place to land. I feel for you

  20. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    FlyingScot replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    KK, I never said you did but you did imply that we "lack knowledge" and that simply is not

  21. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    FlyingScot replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Smug much? This is what grinds my gears. This attitude that those of us who choose to get vaccinated are either too stupid to make an educated decision or so blind that we follow wherever anyone tells...

  22. On a need to know basis? How would you approach such situation?

    FlyingScot replied to rksgray13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But the patients DO play a role in their care. I think each situation and each patient is different. If I have an awake, alert patient who is cared for at home or in an ECF and they have a PICC line I...

  23. water pitcher mix ups in the hospital, how to avoid?

    FlyingScot replied to Tholi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Big Sharpie

  24. Disable and uses Supplemental Oxygen

    FlyingScot replied to feather724's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have to respectfully disagree. Clinic nursing is most certainly NOT an area for a nurse with this sort of disability unless all they do is telephonic triage. There seems to be this unfortunate...

  25. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    FlyingScot replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That's true Esme but they don't legally mean the same thing and people really should know the difference. Otherwise any discussion about unions gets a little