FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Please Help! Which job would you choose?!

    FlyingScot replied to **All Heart RN**'s topic in General Nursing

    If hospital A is in the same town as hospital B than I can tell you that the "prestige" is just BS marketing. You also didn't mention that hospital B will get you state benefits which are very, very,...

  2. "Fired for NO Reason"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've never had a new job that didn't require homework. In fact I've never had a job period that didn't require me to work, on my own time, to learn new things and better myself as a

  3. Much Older People Going Into Nursing

    FlyingScot replied to MissMaryMack12's topic in General Students

    I didn't know my "twilight years" are going to start in 6 months. Wow...I have a lot of planning to do. Has anybody seen my

  4. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    FlyingScot replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    $25 dollar gift card to local grocery chain from the hospital. Boss gave us each a bottle of wine 'cause he knows us VERY well. He's a good

  5. How do you know if you are ER material?

    FlyingScot replied to RN <><'s topic in General Nursing

    Can you go for a minimum of 13 hours without peeing (and not get a UTI), is food really all that important to you, are you grossed out by people drinking Mountain Dew out of urine graduates or cake...

  6. Future Flight Nurse in 2025!!

    FlyingScot replied to tripp3horn's topic in General Nursing

    You'd better start her on EKG strip flashcards NOW! It might give her a leg up on the

  7. Flight Nursing

    FlyingScot replied to medicrn13's topic in General Nursing

    Please look in the flight nurse forum on this site. This question is frequently asked and answered and there is nothing new to add. You can also look at http://www.flightweb.com where you will find...

  8. Nicely undermining you.

    FlyingScot replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not this a management technique they call a "sandwich". You sandwich a criticism between two compliments so that the person you are calling out doesn't even know they've been criticized....

  9. when/how to/whom to use Glasgow coma scale

    FlyingScot replied to iannivlem's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that the Glasgow Coma Score should not be used to monitor neurological function of a sedated patent. There are various sedation scales available that give you much more information...

  10. Nurse who needs an EMT-B cert. questions

    FlyingScot replied to StudyinginCT's topic in Emergency

    I'm a little confused too regarding your plans. I'm NSP, about to get my 30 year pin and have been a nurse for well over 20 years. I'm not sure training for patrol and orienting as a new grad is such...

  11. Air Tight Cliques-Level One Trauma ER Nurses/ Hospitals

    FlyingScot replied to webmansx's topic in General Nursing

    When I started in the ER I figured who the biggest,meanest,most newbie-eatingest nurse in the unit was...walked my happy butt up to her and said "I can't make you like me but please God stop me before...

  12. Typical day in the ER?

    FlyingScot replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    "That's not a seizure that's a dance move" LMAO!!!!!!!

  13. A question for all you ER nurses....

    FlyingScot replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    You needn't worry. No prudent nurse would have a student document during a code situation. You might get to do compressions but otherwise your job will be to look, listen, learn and stay out of the...

  14. repositioning oscillator pts question

    FlyingScot replied to Zookeeper3's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's what I was thinking. As soon as you lose your MAP you lose your recruitment and there's no way to know how much you will get back. When I worked PICU we turned but it was a huge process...

  15. repositioning oscillator pts question

    FlyingScot replied to Zookeeper3's topic in MICU, SICU

    Are you talking about disconnecting them from the ventilator when turning or just tilting their

  16. How do you administer Mucomyst orally?

    FlyingScot replied to IlovenursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not...chocolate

  17. Terrified of vomit! HELP!!

    FlyingScot replied to sophie<3's topic in General Nursing

    23 years experience and I still can't handle puke, well, at least not the chunky kind. What doesn't bother me is GI bleeder poop. So what I do is trade off with someone who can't stand the GI bleed...

  18. Don't like making nurses mad!!

    FlyingScot replied to majrpn's topic in General Students

    You say nothing. You are only shadowing. When you get on the floor in clinicals you do it the way you were taught. If someone questions you you tell them "this is the way I was taught to do it" and...

  19. Power Ports

    FlyingScot replied to IlovenursingRN's topic in Emergency

    Another company has now marketed a CT compatible port (aka Power Port) but it actually IS round and has no identifiers like the three palpable bumps that we are used to. The only way we know these can...

  20. Nursing student needs help with needle definitions:)

    FlyingScot replied to cahcinderella's topic in General Nursing

    These are different types of safety shields for needles. Try looking up safety devices for needles on the net.

  21. Nursing prioritys... who would you be your first priority

    FlyingScot replied to Holly.G's topic in General Students

    Definitely the 8 year

  22. Curious-MRI side effect?

    FlyingScot replied to RanieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Never and one of my scans lasted an hour and 45

  23. Gagging a Drunk

    FlyingScot replied to Jerry 75's topic in Emergency

    Where the **** did you work? Medics rolling bums in the street then dropping them off in the ER just to **** off the staff, patient beatings, gagging drunks. I'm not calling ******** yet but your...

  24. Using BSN credentials(not a BSN)

    FlyingScot replied to funfunfun550's topic in General Nursing

    Stay out of it. This is going to bite you in the butt if you

  25. Diploma RN programs VS. ADN or BSN

    FlyingScot replied to starmickey03's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Ohio is kind of tight too, especially for out of state students. Good luck to