FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. question regarding nursing pay

    FlyingScot replied to srleslie's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but it still beats working at

  2. Color Coded IV Needle Gauges

    FlyingScot replied to donein2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Unfortunately 27 gauges are also gray but I seriously doubt anybody would confuse one with a

  3. Experienced nurse moving to Cleveland - what is average pay?

    FlyingScot replied to LDBRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm in Columbus too. I think that quote is off...by a lot. 84K ,straight time, would be very near if not the top of the pay scale not the average. I'm at another hospital, 23 years experience,...

  4. Scheduled to work called out due to snow--can I be fired?

    FlyingScot replied to Wsmith16's topic in General Nursing

    If you work in an "at will" state they can pretty much fire you for anything. It might be worthwhile for you to check out the numerous thread regarding inclement weather and calling off. There are...

  5. ED Float Assignment

    FlyingScot replied to acallie007's topic in Emergency

    We often have one float assigned to the entire department. There are no specific competencies required other than it's always an RN so they can assist with meds if necessary. Pretty much the same...

  6. Student nurses do the darndest things

    FlyingScot replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    First tube feeding (old school style with a syringe). Pulled the plunger out but forgot to hook the syringe to the g-tube and proceeded to fill it. Tube feeding ran out all over my new, pristine WHITE...

  7. RN to patient ratios in the ED

    FlyingScot replied to biker momma's topic in Emergency

    47 bed, suburban (but really on edge of very large city), not a designated trauma center (but get plenty of them), patient load of 4 sometimes 5, one medic and one tech on each zone (3 zones total),...

  8. Old IV tubing from HIV patient hooked up to a new patient!

    FlyingScot replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    No I don't think she should be fired. I think she should be buried up to her neck in sand and then stoned to death. She made a MISTAKE for God's sake! I bet she feels terrible about it. Was it...

  9. Old IV tubing from HIV patient hooked up to a new patient!

    FlyingScot replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. But the person who cleaned the room after the previous patient was discharged should be talked to. BTW your use of quotation marks around the word accidentally seems to imply that you think they...

  10. Fired but asked to resign!

    FlyingScot replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    DID you violate the attendance

  11. 'Code Blue' documentation, requesting suggestions

    FlyingScot replied to nerdicus's topic in General Nursing

    Although some might disagree with me IMHO the "scribe" is a core member of the code team and should be positioned as such. I have found that a rolling cart with a flat top rolled right up to the foot...

  12. Paramedic or Pre-Hospital RN?

    FlyingScot replied to djd7101986's topic in Men in Nursing

    Agree with all of the above but wanted to point out that there are just a few states that have PHRN classifications so you will be limited in your ability to relocate. That being said get your RN and...

  13. What do we talk about when we talk about dying?

    FlyingScot replied to VTRN774's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. It breaks my

  14. What do we talk about when we talk about dying?

    FlyingScot replied to VTRN774's topic in General Nursing

    My experience has been opposite. The traumas are usually intubated and such. The ones, I've seen, who seem to have the least peace are often from nursing homes. These are folks who were DNR but when...

  15. What do we talk about when we talk about dying?

    FlyingScot replied to VTRN774's topic in General Nursing

    The other thing we often fail to do is to tell people what actual dying is like. Especially those people charged with making the difficult decision to make a loved one a DNR. Just as the American...

  16. Small Community Hospitals

    FlyingScot replied to MNTH's topic in General Nursing

    I feel ya. I've worked in all types of facilities from nationally known level one trauma centers to small community hospitals. While some of the smaller ones earn the reputations of being bandaid...

  17. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    FlyingScot replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    A hundred years ago my class started with 170 and graduated 23!!!!!!!!!!!! So things really haven't changed have they?! BTW we failed at a

  18. Please Help! Best way to get a sticky pox on an infant?

    FlyingScot replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    The sensors do need to line up or you will get constant alarms because the light has to hit the sensor (the unlit part) and works better in a straight line. Also, per the manufacturer, the wire should...

  19. thug got shot and crying

    FlyingScot replied to C-DIFF PHIL RN's topic in Emergency

    I seriously doubt that there is a nurse here with any time under their belt that has not at one time harbored a negative thought about one of their patients including thinking "they got what they...

  20. flexing for major holidays

    FlyingScot replied to matrjety's topic in General Nursing

    Names on slips of paper put in a box. Non-interested third party draws the winner(s). Names of winners not eligible for one full calendar year from day after the holiday they didn't have to work. So...

  21. Do ICU nurses really have more autonomy?

    FlyingScot replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    You're absolutely right IMHO. I believe that the examples of "autonomy" given in this thread are really examples of nursing judgement and critical thinking rather than true autonomy. I say this...

  22. Do ICU nurses really have more autonomy?

    FlyingScot replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    No not really. As Elkpark stated we really don't work autonomously anywhere. If you are working by protocol, standing orders, etc. you are still working under a physician's order. That decision to...

  23. Civilian Volunteer aboard Hospital Ships

    FlyingScot replied to Jams95's topic in Government, Military

    This is a complete hoax. It was some rumor spread on

  24. Special tubing and stopcock for diprivan??????

    FlyingScot replied to criticalHP's topic in MICU, SICU

    The stopcocks may look the same but they are made of a different material than standard ones. Lipids crack stopcocks made of polycarbonate (of which virtually all regular stopcocks are made). This has...

  25. Would Love to Hear Worst Student Nurse Fumbles

    FlyingScot replied to sonnyluv's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Had a student hook an NG to a Foley...not a foley bag but to the actual catheter. Poor little patient looked like a pretzel. Every time he tried to lay flat he'd yell "hey my ---- hurts". He had...