FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Let's be kind to other nurses even if they are not as hi-tech

    FlyingScot replied to unsaint77's topic in General Nursing

    Please do these old eyes a favor and type in plain English. Your post is difficult to read much less translate. Thanks a

  2. Let's be kind to other nurses even if they are not as hi-tech

    FlyingScot replied to unsaint77's topic in General Nursing

    The only ECF nurse I ever dissed was the one who let a patient with an obviously broken femur lay suffering for 12 hours until the next nurse came on shift, threw a fit and immediately sent the...

  3. Chemotherapy Handling Concerns!

    FlyingScot replied to Daisy212's topic in Oncology

    You mix your own chemo?!!! Egads, that's what pharmacists are

  4. Bored in the ER?

    FlyingScot replied to sapphire18's topic in Emergency

    Believe me, you won't get bored. You will be running your orifice off taking care of all those non-urgent patients while trying to also care for the ones who are actually sick while being told that...

  5. is it possible for a new grad to get a part time job?

    FlyingScot replied to genwrites's topic in Nursing Career

    Is it possible...well, anything's possible but it's not likely. The hospitals don't want someone on board who has no experience and will take twice as long to bring up to speed as a full-timer...

  6. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

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

    "However, generalizing an entire category of people based on prior negative experiences that happen more than is common flies against what nursing philosophy. That is discrimination." Do these...

  7. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

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

    No, it actually

  8. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

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

    You do realize that you have just

  9. What is keeping New Grads/less experienced Nurses from being hired and solutions?

    FlyingScot replied to ceebeeRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here is what I think: 1. There NEVER was a nursing shortage. There was a shortage of nurses willing to work at the bedside. Well, the tanking economy took care of that. 2. Hospitals are notorious...

  10. HELP!!! Juggling career and family...will it get better???!

    FlyingScot replied to xoNurseRNxo's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You slept while on duty?!!!! Is that even

  11. Multiple drip administration

    FlyingScot replied to Sugarcoma's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Jan, try clamping more than one of them to an isolette! The old Medfusion pumps had a nice flat clamp. These beasts have this enormous thing that is nearly impossible to use and are fragile as all get...

  12. Honest Opinion: Flunked out due to illness, I appealed, what are my chances?

    FlyingScot replied to Felicia327's topic in General Students

    I'm confused. You're on "permanent disability" yet you are planning on pursuing a nursing career? Are you sure this is in your best

  13. BSN Salary/Hourly Pay?

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

    No, what you heard is not

  14. Floor nurse, please forgive me....

    FlyingScot replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I'm disappointed too. Your original intent was terrific and would have gone a long way toward building bridges. It's too bad some people can't just take something at face value and must insert...

  15. Floor nurse, please forgive me....

    FlyingScot replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    My post was obviously misunderstood AEB the person/people who "liked" it. I don't think the OP was trying to turn this into an us vs. them thing. Bringing up an anecdotal negative experience does...

  16. Floor nurse, please forgive me....

    FlyingScot replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Nice. Take a thread that was meant to unite and empathize and turn it into a b---ch session. There are plenty of those here on AN. This didn't need to become

  17. How many people did you lose?

    FlyingScot replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    It's called hyperbole Sarah. No it wasn't 100 years ago it was 25 but it feels like a

  18. How many people did you lose?

    FlyingScot replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    A hundred years ago we started with 175...we graduated 27!!!!! A "C" was a failing grade and they kicked a girl out 3 weeks before

  19. Getting ACLS, PALS as a Nursing student?

    FlyingScot replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

    Just as long as you remember that when you are working as anything but a licensed RN in the ER you can do nothing more than BLS regardless of your certification. This means compressions and BVM only....

  20. Question about TNCC

    FlyingScot replied to seemerun's topic in Emergency

    Yes it will be a tough sell. TNCC deals primarily with emergency care immediately after the trauma and the course isn't

  21. Liability of RN who accompanies a patient during a transport to another facility

    FlyingScot replied to shsteer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is true until the feces hit the fan. If the patient starts going sour and you administer that calcium gluconate without an order and have a bad outcome you most definitely will be charged with...

  22. Liability of RN who accompanies a patient during a transport to another facility

    FlyingScot replied to shsteer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not if the patient has MgSO4 running. Depending on the state it could be in a paramedic's scope of practice. Also, if you are transporting a patient to a higher level of care there are laws governing...

  23. Anyone else feel like a robot reciting customer service scripts all the time?

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

    Hate them, hate them, hate them! We got laminated cards we were supposed to use. I think the original intent was for us to memorize them. I chose the evil employee route. I would take them out and...

  24. advanced airway use

    FlyingScot replied to jedi88's topic in Emergency

    It's a good question and the answer is generally "no". You must act within your scope of practice. That might not stop someone from trying to sue you but would severely limit their chance of being...

  25. Super nervous about being a GN in ICU

    FlyingScot replied to iupgrad2011's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would rather have a new grad shaking in their shoes then one who thinks they know everything. You don't really know anything, they don't expect you too and your preceptor will keep you from killing...