FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. UVC catheter infiltration

    FlyingScot replied to breaanne81's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clearing that up. Sorry if I sounded suspicious but we get a lot of non-nursing folks on here pimping us for info they can use against their doctor/nurse. Do you have access to a NICU where...

  2. UVC catheter infiltration

    FlyingScot replied to breaanne81's topic in General Nursing

    Breaanne are you a nurse or the parent of this child? It sounds a little like you are fishing for ammunition for a lawsuit. At any rate. None of us were there. None of us saw the x-ray confirming...

  3. Can we say...sour grapes?

    FlyingScot replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I dunno...sometimes when I get upset I pop off and even embarrass myself with my behavior. It happens rarely, usually when I'm stressed about something else and have reached the end of my coping...

  4. What are the main things you can get written up for ?

    FlyingScot replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Breathing.

  5. 5th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    FlyingScot replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Wife: "Look Honey...Fomites!" Husband: "Well, I hope they aren't going out in public those

  6. Is it worth travelling 4 hrs to work?

    FlyingScot replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    I commuted an hour and 45 minutes for 18 months. I am single with my own home. I did the stay for 6 day thing with my parents who treated me like a queen. My schedule was rarely 6 straight back to...

  7. ACLS first time, on line or in person?

    FlyingScot replied to annacat's topic in Nursing Career

    On-line ACLS, even the hybrid version, is not the way to go as a first-timer. There is nobody to answer questions or clear up confusion. You will have no practice time doing a mega-code and will be...

  8. Is it worth travelling 4 hrs to work?

    FlyingScot replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    No...no...and NO! Oh, did I

  9. Excited, and Angry

    FlyingScot replied to veroniicaxoxo's topic in Nursing Career

    I hope you have a pair of asbestos undies in your drawer because this is a hot-button topic. The long and the short of it is no this is not a job in the nursing career but it IS a job in healthcare...

  10. When to start CPAP vs. blow by 02 vs. PPV?

    FlyingScot replied to LRC_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Are you just off orientation? If so maybe you need to have a talk with the unit educator about getting you more supervised experience feeding preemies. I'm not sure you grasp how serious an error you...

  11. RN Who Wants To Become A Paramedic???

    FlyingScot replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Nursing Career

  12. 10 ml Saline Flush- Metallic Taste??

    FlyingScot replied to ittybittynurse's topic in Oncology

    Jolly

  13. ICU Nurses I Didn't Know You Could Do This???

    FlyingScot replied to All4NursingRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is called a "manifold" and you can stack as many stopcocks as you want as long as the drugs are

  14. Hating weekends and holidays!

    FlyingScot replied to hlrudolph's topic in Nursing Career

    This is pretty much what you signed up for when choosing nursing as your career. There isn't really any advice any of us can give you. Hundreds of thousands of nurses before you have made the same...

  15. Single Mom Nurses,,teens and NOC shift?

    FlyingScot replied to bratmobile's topic in General Nursing

    I am in no way judging you as a mom but I would check with your municipality on the laws regarding leaving unattended children overnight. God forbid should something happen while you're gone but can...

  16. Chicago "Nurses Night Out" nurses having fun

    FlyingScot replied to chicagomalenurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Not a great idea to post your email addresses on an open forum. Better to PM the OP. Also, in light of a previous thread, don't wear your scrubs to the

  17. Taking post-mortem pictures

    FlyingScot replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    There is a non-profit organization called "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" that has provided pictures (both post and pre-mortem). If you read the stories you will find that the families that have used the...

  18. What do u do when there are no mothers/babies in unit?

    FlyingScot replied to nursingstudent3109's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good

  19. Love or hate your IV pumps?

    FlyingScot replied to steffimarty's topic in General Nursing

    The pump is made by Carefusion. Cardinal is a distributor of health/medical supplies and

  20. Emergency Nursing Equipment

    FlyingScot replied to LiveHigh2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    absolutely can't do this in the us! no medications can be carried routinely and especially no

  21. Emergency Nursing Equipment

    FlyingScot replied to LiveHigh2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yep! They are considered a "medication". Ridiculous, I know but what's

  22. Emergency Nursing Equipment

    FlyingScot replied to LiveHigh2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Paramedic shears (I used to shove mine in the back waistband of my scrub pants. The patients found it hilarious). Also, just an FYI...carrying saline syringes in your pocket is a big JCAOH no-no. Not...

  23. What is it about turning 50 that makes you obsessed with your bowels?

    FlyingScot replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Boston, Have you hit your mid-forties yet? If not...just you wait. Oh, and buy stock in Colace. I'm not

  24. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    FlyingScot replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You'd better be darn sure that the "someone you know" really CAN get you a job at his hospital. Also, keep in mind that if you leave so soon after orientation from your hospital they will likely never...

  25. 0.9 is not full time?!

    FlyingScot replied to simvee's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I love my