FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

Member

  • Content

    2,016

  • Visitors

    24,214

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    87

All Content by FlyingScot

  1. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    FlyingScot replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    So maybe I'll try to bring things back on topic. Things I'd like the ICU to understand... Sometimes patients DO poop in the elevator on the way

  2. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    FlyingScot replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    Again you are attempting to place the blame of poor medical care on the nurses. We give nursing care! If the ER doc has to come up immediately to reassess a person he has been taking care of prior to...

  3. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    FlyingScot replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    I'm sorry your ER is such a mess but the vast majority of what you've requested is a physician issue...not nursing. Sure we can ask for a CVL but we can't MAKE the doc do it and yes I have been...

  4. Is it Easier to Get a Job As an ADN or a BSN?

    FlyingScot replied to jagsterr's topic in General Nursing

    Not that I've

  5. "Fired for NO Reason"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ask for help! As a seasoned (and apparently fat and ugly ) nurse I have a great deal more respect for those younger nurses who care for their patients by not overestimating their abilities but instead...

  6. "Fired for NO Reason"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Now Pepper you know the REAL reason the nurses were upset with her was because she was so beautiful and had a great body. Those smelly, old, fat nurses just couldn't stand having her around making...

  7. "Fired for NO Reason"

    FlyingScot replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Whoa there Faerie...I work in a clinic. Does that make me a dingbat? Check my profile! Just saying... At any rate a person who is unteachable is going to be unteachable no matter what setting they are...

  8. OK ED nurses, fill me in on the real story.

    FlyingScot replied to eriksoln's topic in Emergency

    You are one smart cookie for figuring this out. ER nurses are so grateful when somebody actually takes report on the first call that they will go out of their way to make the admission as smooth and...

  9. OK ED nurses, fill me in on the real story.

    FlyingScot replied to eriksoln's topic in Emergency

    At my ER we had a computerized bed tracking program. It relied on the floor charge nurses inputting what beds were empty. Oddly enough there were never any empty beds. So the nursing supervisor...

  10. Need help with ABG Analysis

    FlyingScot replied to lheadRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in certain situations you might let this patient ride without a tube. Although this ABG puts them in what most ER nurses know as the "50-50 Club" if the patient is a chronic lunger or an...

  11. PICU Transport Training Programs

    FlyingScot replied to Redneckmedic63's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for not getting totally cheesed off at my questions. I think the difference may lie in that, with the exception of one job 22 years ago, I have always worked on dedicated transport teams. We...

  12. PICU Transport Training Programs

    FlyingScot replied to Redneckmedic63's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm curious to know on average how many weeks it takes for the transport trainee to get 10 missions in. Do they have any didactic education during that time? I've had many, many years of transport...

  13. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Patient's boyfriend found sticking the light source from our fiberoptic lady partsl speculums up his nose because he thought it was funny. "Hey do you know where that's been. Well the last time it was...

  14. ? for ER nurses

    FlyingScot replied to kermitlady's topic in Emergency

    Truthfully, because we weren't there it would be extremely unprofessional for any of us to make a comment regarding this nurses actions. I hope your son is

  15. fellow nurse, small error...what to do?

    FlyingScot replied to BigMar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How about pulling her aside, explaining your concerns, confirm whether it was administered the wrong way and let HER take the high road in filling out an incident report/med error report on herself....

  16. Paramedics and nurses in the ER?

    FlyingScot replied to C. Howe's topic in General Nursing

    Where I worked we used medics in our ED and loved them. There was one assigned to each Zone. They did just about everything. From IVs and EKGs to foley caths, OCL splints, crutch instruction,...

  17. How long do you drive to work?

    FlyingScot replied to LovePurple's topic in General Nursing

    I think I described what you are in for pretty clearly here: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/130-miles-2-a-338627-page2.html#post3155808 If you are truly only going to have to do it...

  18. Explain the different trauma level designations to me please.

    FlyingScot replied to Pepperlady's topic in Emergency

    Personally I think any hospital advertising themselves as a Level 3 is just using it as a marketing tool because basically all it's saying is "Hey! We have an ER". That being said just because a...

  19. Need Night Shift Tips

    FlyingScot replied to amb123456's topic in Emergency

    Ambien and a good

  20. Diprivan: push or not to push

    FlyingScot replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your point is well taken EastTexas and permit me to take it a step further. Any drug given by an untrained or uneducated RN can be dangerous. We seem to be putting so much emphasis on Propofol here...

  21. Pediatrics Question

    FlyingScot replied to Lily C.'s topic in Pediatric

    I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one (see my previous post). Yes they cry but I have had great success with even some three year olds holding their arms still with a little explanation and...

  22. Diprivan: push or not to push

    FlyingScot replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I need to clarify my previous post. According to the OBON an RN may administer and anesthesia agent for a moderate sedation only. Deep sedation can only be done by an appropriately trained anesthesia...

  23. What about my pain!?

    FlyingScot replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    ruby, i think i love

  24. Diprivan: push or not to push

    FlyingScot replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    It took me about 5 seconds to find the answer on the web-site. In the ER, procedural conscious sedation is considered moderate sedation. According to the BON an RN may administer an anesthetic agent...

  25. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    FlyingScot replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve is the almost constant butchering,by health care workers, of the term Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It is not pronounced "gill-ee-ann bar" it is "gee-ann bar-ay". If the general public wants...