FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Is it made of acid? Fire? Cactus stickers?

    FlyingScot replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I actually got written up once for the way a 3 year old acted when I took an axillary temp with a "temp-a dot". The mother was having a heenie and I was trying to lighten the mood and said "It's a...

  2. Can a registered nurse live comfortably with their salary?

    FlyingScot replied to Heath9672's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I sure as heck hope that your budget includes 10% of every paycheck going into savings or a retirement

  3. Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

    FlyingScot replied to jdsp87's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Where do phlebotomists access Medi-Ports? I've never know a phlebo who was allowed to touch

  4. Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

    FlyingScot replied to jdsp87's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would have killed the first nurse that didn't follow best practice!!!!! I totally drill into my patient's heads the proper way to do things and they are like pitbull's with the info. They've stopped...

  5. Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

    FlyingScot replied to jdsp87's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm sorry for the loss of your son Applewhite and the difficulties he had to endure. I need to respectfully disagree with the idea of the skin breaking down. I have several patients who have had their...

  6. Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

    FlyingScot replied to jdsp87's topic in Medical-Surgical

    All I need is an order for the labs. If a patient has a VAD I am free to use it with the exception of a dialysis catheter that does not have the middle port. I imagine it varies from facility to...

  7. Is dating or flirting with an another nurse or patient is acceptable?

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

    This is the part that concerns me the most. Do you really want to know how far you can push it and not get in trouble? It makes me worry that you will do the same in your nursing career and that will...

  8. Fired on Friday the 13th.

    FlyingScot replied to SuzieeQ's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Just a point of clarification. The phrase "right to work" relates to those employers with unions. It is the law that allows people to not join the union but still work a union job. The term you are...

  9. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    FlyingScot replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's not fair. You took her statement completely out of context. She was remarking on the people who implied that those who have kids and are willing to go into work in an emergency are not quite...

  10. Paramedics rank higher than LPNs?

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

    Okay folks. The OP is an 18 year old BOY who has been a CNA in a nursing home for all of 8 weeks. On another thread he suggested that LPN's are unlicensed personnel. On the first page of this thread I...

  11. Paramedics rank higher than LPNs?

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

    OP, if you read the previous threads on this subject and saw how contentious they are why would you even want to start it all up again? This thread is absolutely pointless. Unless your purpose is to...

  12. 3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

    FlyingScot replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's better to know what you don't know. Keeps you out of trouble. Human Resources is not your

  13. Too much insulin, almost killed my pt

    FlyingScot replied to ohclem3nt's topic in Patient Medications

    OP...please have the mods remove your post. It's never a good idea to admit on a public forum that you "almost killed" a patient (whether you did or didn't isn't the point). In our litigious society...

  14. Treat for staff on my first night of work? Opinions please?!

    FlyingScot replied to insnurse's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, if you bring cupcakes maybe they won't eat you!!!!!! Kidding, totally

  15. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    FlyingScot replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ummm...that wasn't me. In my previous life I regularly risked my life for

  16. Common nicknames for hospital items.

    FlyingScot replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    We called triage "b#$ch in a box" because after a few hours it was hard to be

  17. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    FlyingScot replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    the truth is if this is a policy she can't live with then her only option is to find another place to work. the hospital is not going to change its policy based on her complaints so this is actually...

  18. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    FlyingScot replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  19. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    FlyingScot replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When you chose to be a nurse you pretty much signed up for taking care of patients. Every region has its severe weather issues and yes the expectation is that nurses will need to stay to take care of...

  20. Common nicknames for hospital items.

    FlyingScot replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Propofol= milk of

  21. Common nicknames for hospital items.

    FlyingScot replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Blue sucky thing" for a bulb

  22. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    FlyingScot replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I think I get where the OP is coming from. Nothing worse than working with a student who has absolutely no interest in what you are taking time out of your day to teach him/her (as evidenced by the...

  23. Not so nice registered nurses

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

    Healthcare? Welcome to the world. Humans are just mean and it's getting worse. I don't think nursing has a monopoly on nastiness, it's

  24. Fired on Friday the 13th.

    FlyingScot replied to SuzieeQ's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'd tell them there was a leadership restructuring and some operational changes on which they did not

  25. Will EMT experience help?

    FlyingScot replied to Mrs.Hyder's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    NREMT-P (as in paramedic) with actual street time likely will be of help. EMT-B probably not at all. A PCA job in the ICU would be an