FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Best Nursing School for ED?

    FlyingScot replied to lalida's topic in Emergency

    Not hating just responding to the suggestion that I am incapable of looking something up on the internet. As I stated I was looking for info that wasn't three years old. Moving

  2. Best Nursing School for ED?

    FlyingScot replied to lalida's topic in Emergency

    Um, that ranking is from 2007. I also know how to google but I was looking for up to date

  3. Best Nursing School for ED?

    FlyingScot replied to lalida's topic in Emergency

    Okay, I'm SERIOUSLY not trying to be snarky but by whom is UW ranked as the best in the country. Also, all ERs, with the exception of private institutions who do not accept Medicare, are "free" to all...

  4. Best Nursing School for ED?

    FlyingScot replied to lalida's topic in Emergency

    There is no particular nursing school that will train you specifically for the ED. Nursing school will train you to be a generalist. If you specialize it will be on the job training and experience...

  5. Bizarre Case- Any guesses?

    FlyingScot replied to flygirls2's topic in General Nursing

    Can't get you anything that doesn't cost $$. Pity I'm not at work where I could get you a dozen articles in less than 5 minutes (huge academic setting) but alas I won't be back there until

  6. Bizarre Case- Any guesses?

    FlyingScot replied to flygirls2's topic in General Nursing

    Try antibiotic induced bacterial cell lysis. Oh, and try PubMed. I'll check out what I fondly refer to as "Dr. Uptodatee" and see if there is anything

  7. Bizarre Case- Any guesses?

    FlyingScot replied to flygirls2's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like bacterial cell lysis syndrome. It is a catastrophic response to the admnistration of IV antibiotics where the bacterial cell wall basically ruptures dumping endotoxins into the blood...

  8. Pediatric Chest Tubes

    FlyingScot replied to obliviousRN's topic in Emergency

    Argyle is the brand I've seen most often. We carry #10-22. Always straight. You might want to consider the Argyle "Turkel" kits. They are, essentially, an over-the-needle device that are very easy to...

  9. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    FlyingScot replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    No not just honey but also Karo syrup as well. Neither of these should be given to infants under one year of age. The Karo syrup given to this child was tested and popped positive for the

  10. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    FlyingScot replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    Botulism! I used to work in a tertiary pediatric center so I've seen almost everything that has been listed here and more but I never expected botulism! We had an old-timey pediatrician who thought...

  11. Is it hypernutremia or hypernatremia

    FlyingScot replied to satyadhi's topic in General Students

    I'm not fat I have

  12. Tonight's Boston Med: nurses featured!

    FlyingScot replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    They interviewed Amanda on one of the morning news show today. She came off as bright, articulate and warm. As far as I'm concerned she represented nurses very well. In my experience she is no...

  13. Holiday Pay Policy

    FlyingScot replied to theatredork's topic in General Nursing

    At my old job I got regularly screwed. The holiday was paid starting on the night shift of the actual holiday (7pm) so, for example, holiday pay would start at 7pm this Saturday and continue until 7pm...

  14. Oxygenation vs Ventilation

    FlyingScot replied to ARobertson79's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That actually is a different thing. Your daughter was treated with what is sometimes called a "Nitrogen Washout" which is a common practice in treating neonates with small pneumos. Her oxygenation was...

  15. Oxygenation vs Ventilation

    FlyingScot replied to ARobertson79's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I thought it was a strange viewpoint at first until I thought about it a bit. If you look at it from the standpoint of simple ABGs it kind of makes sense. A person with a ventilation problem will have...

  16. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    FlyingScot replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You really jack your retirement when you do that unless you completely fund it with independent IRA's. Most employers (hospitals) have a matching system and will match up to a certain percent anything...

  17. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    FlyingScot replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Moved from Social Security into a state job. Either way my retirement age to get my full benefit is 67 years for both. And since I switched I'm going to lose part of my SS benefit because I didn't...

  18. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    FlyingScot replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Jeez...calm down. I never said I wasn't okay with what I make I was just pointing out that, unlike the private sector, I have very little hope for upward movement. In 20 years I'll still be making...

  19. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    FlyingScot replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another thing to consider when comparing nursing pay to private sector pay. I make a bit over $40/hr BUT...I have been a nurse for 24 years and I am capped. I won't get any more raises other than the...

  20. Lost job over HIPAA violation, what is employment potential?

    FlyingScot replied to RockyMountainHigh's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    She quit....she wasn't fired. She can tell them anything she wants as to why she decided to voluntarily leave her job. There isn't anything she can do to "fight" this because she chose to leave....

  21. What happens when EMS forced to bring drunks to ER

    FlyingScot replied to Hawaiian's topic in General Nursing

    Really? Seems to me the blogger is passing judgement on our current healthcare system not on the patient and I agree with him. There is something very wrong with a system that forces people with...

  22. Needle Stick Injury on HIV+ pt

    FlyingScot replied to holdencaufield's topic in General Nursing

    I'm taking this journey with you at the very same time. Only mine is with a Hep C patient. She popped negative on her HIV but I have to wait 6 weeks for my first blood test and there is absolutely...

  23. pediatric crash carts

    FlyingScot replied to musherdeb's topic in Emergency

    Found it! Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children -

  24. pediatric crash carts

    FlyingScot replied to musherdeb's topic in Emergency

    I knew someone was going to ask that. It was a med dose but I'll need to investigate further as we threw the old BT out years ago and I purged the info from my

  25. pediatric crash carts

    FlyingScot replied to musherdeb's topic in Emergency

    I put together our peds cart. Although it wasn't the official Broselow cart it followed the general principle. It had two doors that swung open to reveal drawers that were marked by color and weight...