FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. "Do you miss the ER?"

    FlyingScot replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I left a busy (240 patients a day) ER 6 months and 17 days ago. I am doing peds/neo transport (ground and air). Whenever I go to a referral ER for a patient I practically break into hives. I...

  2. Can your license be revoked over assault?

    FlyingScot replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Here's what I'm thinking. IF you get charged and found guilty of assault which in this case may even be assault with a deadly weapon (chain) your license is probably toast. When we renew every two...

  3. Is it weird not to wear a scrub top?

    FlyingScot replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    You want storage...try a flightsuit!!!!! I have two huge zippered pockets on each leg plus a scissor pocket on my inner left thigh, pen and flashlight pockets (4) with straps on the outside of one of...

  4. cardiac case senario(not a real patient)

    FlyingScot replied to xochi33rn's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy. Lido first because it's easy to administer quickly followed by Amio bolus which technically should go over 15 minutes and is a pain to mix (all that foam) followed by Amio drip. NREMT-P/RN...

  5. Did becoming a nurse change you????

    FlyingScot replied to TruDivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think for those of us who've been at this for some time it's hard to tell if nursing changed us or simply getting older. I like to say that when I turned forty my "inner bi&&&" came out...

  6. Not very Nurse based but need opinions.

    FlyingScot replied to CRNA2011-2b's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

  7. Alternatives to bedside nursing??

    FlyingScot replied to dap7699's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about what you've "heard". If NICU nursing appeals to you by all means bite the bullet and put in your application. Don't let rumors impede your progress because, believe me, nursing...

  8. Is it weird not to wear a scrub top?

    FlyingScot replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in a hospital I always wore a t-shirt instead of a scrub top because I too felt confined. In fact, I almost never wear shirts made out of woven material even when I'm at home. To the...

  9. Flight Nurse vs Flight Paramedic

    FlyingScot replied to FlyMurse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I absolutely agree with you which is why I was so shocked to see the inflammatory comment made by the earlier (not OP) poster and the ignorant statement made by the coordinator. I can't imagine a...

  10. wearing veils/head cover

    FlyingScot replied to ikan's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of nurses who wear a head cover where I work but I HIGHLY doubt you will be able to wear a face veil much less the full head covering. As someone stated before, security reasons would...

  11. It's moon flower season!!!!!

    FlyingScot posted a topic in Emergency

    Hurray! First moon flower ingestion of the season yesterday. 17 year old kid who tried to bite us the entire way to the ER as well as pull his foley out (maybe should have let him) despite leathers,...

  12. It's moon flower season!!!!!

    FlyingScot replied to FlyingScot's topic in Emergency

    Leathers, Ativan and TIme. A little extra, no, make that a lot of extra patience as well as these lovely people will ask you to do some really gross things usually of a sexual nature. The really crazy...

  13. triage------pls explain

    FlyingScot replied to lilygood's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just looked at my post and realized the little chart I made did not come out right and makes no sense whatsoever. I will try to fix it. Also, I just figured out what the OP meant when she referred...

  14. triage------pls explain

    FlyingScot replied to lilygood's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Guys, you can't compare emergency room triage to disaster triage. They are two entirely different things and that's what is hanging you up. Disaster triage is done in a mass casualty event where the...

  15. It's moon flower season!!!!!

    FlyingScot replied to FlyingScot's topic in Emergency

    Not the same as Jimson weed but similar results. Toxic hallucinogenic that takes forever to clear the system (12-24 hours). The reason we call it Moonflower season is that the moon flower vines have...

  16. Flight Nurse vs Flight Paramedic

    FlyingScot replied to FlyMurse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Idh thanks for the nice words but I was not the author of that particular post I was responding to it. If you'll notice in the above quote the coordinator did indeed mention a power struggle regarding...

  17. Flight Nurse vs Flight Paramedic

    FlyingScot replied to FlyMurse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    You've got to be kidding me! What a slap in the face to the medics who work in that system. Not to mention an extremely unprofessional remark. Having a medic as part of the team brings in the field...

  18. Share Your Saying

    FlyingScot replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oops, that's what I meant. They ain't dead 'til thy're warm and dead! Sorry...it's my "sometimer's disease"

  19. triage------pls explain

    FlyingScot replied to lilygood's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm not sure what you are asking. ABC's (airway, breathing, circulation) are definitely a part of triaging a patient regardless of the situation. I'm not sure what you mean by Maslow. Also I think you...

  20. Flight Nurse vs Flight Paramedic

    FlyingScot replied to FlyMurse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I'm really hoping you're kidding because if not that's pretty damn ignorant of you to say. As a flight nurse I depend on my medic and absolutely believe they are underpaid which is why we, the nurses,...

  21. triage------pls explain

    FlyingScot replied to lilygood's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Disaster triage and emergency room triage are actually opposites of each other. In disaster triage you generally have 4 categories. What they are called depends on the system your facility uses. Our...

  22. Great NICU's/transport teams

    FlyingScot replied to rosem1's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are actually several top notch teams in Ohio (Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati). All of these hospitals are Level IV, all do neonatal ECMO and most do Peds ECMO as well. Most teams do...

  23. Do you give breastmilk/formula/glucose to vented patients?

    FlyingScot replied to Sweden's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm confused now. How do you nipple a baby who is orally intubated or do you just syringe it into their mouths? I'm thinking the tube would get in the way. Also, there is the beginning of a paradigm...

  24. Youngling wanting to know about ED

    FlyingScot replied to nurz2be's topic in Emergency

    Yep. You'll have to wait until you are actually in nursing school (patient privacy and all that) and I would wait until you've finished your basic nursing courses so you have a better understanding of...

  25. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    FlyingScot replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    After reading this, I'm going to have to try the boyshorts style, although I'm a little frightened of what my 42-year-old a$$ and thighs are going to look like in them. At my job, we actually have...