FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. position 1hr 15 mins away..should I?

    FlyingScot replied to R.NICU's topic in General Nursing

    If there is any way you can move to the city where the NICU job is I'd do that before making the commute. I've mentioned this before in previous posts like this :you cannot guarantee you will be...

  2. Scheduling flexibility

    FlyingScot replied to misha12's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Misha, the vast majority of posters who got "berated" were responded to in that manner because of the outlandish expectations they had with scheduling. The "I'm about to graduate but I don't want to...

  3. Why do nurses eat their young?

    FlyingScot replied to mindyt289's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Although it's easy to think this is the problem I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with feeling "threatened" and more likely feeling "powerless". It unfortunately seems to be human nature for those...

  4. giving your email to a patient, yes or no?

    FlyingScot replied to Sterren's topic in General Nursing

    I probably should have clarified that I work in an ambulatory oncology clinic now and because I do not have a dedicated phone number it is sometimes necessary for patients to contact me via e-mail and...

  5. giving your email to a patient, yes or no?

    FlyingScot replied to Sterren's topic in General Nursing

    My job often requires me to give my work e-mail to patients. I'd never give my personal one out. Big boundary violation. This "bonding" you speak of may not be all that healthy from her

  6. ENPC vs. PALS

    FlyingScot replied to Nurse Joey's topic in Emergency

    Two entirely different animals. Both valuable. PALS is usually required and ENPC suggested. ENPC is not a substitute for

  7. Pharm ???? grains converted to mg.

    FlyingScot replied to nursejackie2010's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, is anybody still ordering in grains? In all my years of nursing I have never once seen an order using the apothecary system. Nursing students have enough to worry about without cramming...

  8. what is a good age to be done with school?

    FlyingScot replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Students

    4 years older than when you

  9. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Someday CRNA, I've been a nurse for nigh unto 24 years and I had a whole response typed out but I erased it because there are just no words to respond to what you have

  10. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think Ruby makes a good point. If everytime a person has a negative inter-action with a coworker, be it brusque words, a crabby countenance or a mood of impatience, and they label it as "lateral...

  11. nurses with spinal fusion and current area of practice

    FlyingScot replied to happy76's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    C5-C6 fused, C3-C5 bulging, C6-C7 nearly herniated. I've done ER and Flight post operatively. Currently full time in ambulatory oncology clinic with ER prn. Trying to hold off on second fusion to...

  12. Co-worker in "trouble."

    FlyingScot replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Get her the number for a crisis pregnancy center. Help her make an appointment then run like hell. This is not something you want to be embroiled in...words of wisdom from someone who's been in your...

  13. Starting IV's in babies/kids

    FlyingScot replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    There are several threads that have great suggestions for pediatric IV starts. You might want to take a look at those first. Also, I don't like having the parents participate in the restraining...

  14. Earliest viable gestational age?

    FlyingScot replied to everthesame's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Many years ago we had a 22 weeker (confirmed) because we had a doctor who would intubate a potato if he thought he could fit the tube in. Had a 2.0 ETT that we had to suction with a 3.5fr UAC because...

  15. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    FlyingScot replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    No harm no foul. Interestingly enough I did a pretty thorough search of SC law and BON rules to find the "duty to act" part of it but did not find anything. I was also under the impression that we had...

  16. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    FlyingScot replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your thorough definition but I have been involved in volunteer rescue work longer than you have been alive an am very well versed in the ins and outs of the Good Samaritan law. There are...

  17. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    FlyingScot replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Not true. If your state has a "Good Samaritan" law in place it limits your liability but it absolutely does not keep you from being sued. Anybody can sue anybody at any time for any reason. The...

  18. How long of a commute do you drive

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

    I did it for 18 months (night shift). It was awful. I was useless at home because I was exhausted all the time. I had no social life because I was either leaving to go out of town or just coming back....

  19. why do doctors order more vitamin d tests than anything?

    FlyingScot replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    There has also been a link made between Vitamin D levels and certain kinds of Lymphomas. Patients with normal serum Vitamin D levels have been found to have a higher survival rate than those with low...

  20. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    You are definitely an exception to the rule. I want to work in your

  21. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    The same rules apply to the ER so the fire marshall will have a heyday there too. I think the article made sense because the gyst of it was to spread the patients out so as not to overburned one area....

  22. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. The patients should not have to pay for sub standard rooms and neither should the insurance companies. However, these are not overflow ER patients these are overflow admitted patents who are...

  23. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you here Leslie. It isn't okay anywhere. We all known that not everyone who is admitted is a high acuity patient and the likelihood of regularly having...

  24. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, you are so right but...administration sees that as a loss of revenue and they are so narrow minded that the bottom line is far more important than quality patient care. Also strangely enough...

  25. Patient beds in hallways

    FlyingScot replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    And that's exactly what is happening all over the country. A few hours in an ER hallway waiting for a bed is one thing but in some cases days?! You're absolutely correct, there is a complete lack of...