FlyingScot

FlyingScot RN

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

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  1. Youngling wanting to know about ED

    FlyingScot replied to nurz2be's topic in Emergency

    Have you shadowed an ER nurse? I'd do that first before setting your plans only on emergency nursing. If you do that and still love the idea then perhaps a student internship during your senior year...

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

    FlyingScot replied to Sweden's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm thinking the babies in Anna's unit are probably nasally intubated (pretty common in Europe) and may even use cuffed tubes which would explain how giving them PO fluids would work. In our unit oral...

  3. Why dont YOU wear a helmet??

    FlyingScot replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    For those who believe that the government has no right to mandate helmets may I assume that you are prepared to pay for the medical treatment and long term care associated with the TBI for which you...

  4. How far do you commute to work?

    FlyingScot replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    Used to be 2 miles now its 116 ONE

  5. Why dont YOU wear a helmet??

    FlyingScot replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    I meant that to be a provacative question. After seven years in the ER I've come to the point where I resent my tax dollars being spent in HUGE numbers to support other people who will not take...

  6. Why dont YOU wear a helmet??

    FlyingScot replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

  7. How many cases of tetanus have you seen in peds??

    FlyingScot replied to marilynmom's topic in Pediatric

    Two! Both Amish. Both running barefoot in barn. Very, very sick children but both made

  8. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    FlyingScot replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    Don't get comfortable on that. I recently got an offer from them that beat my current credit card hands down until I looked at the extremely, microscopically fine print on the back. It clearly stated...

  9. Do pediatric nurses get paid less??

    FlyingScot replied to melc2009's topic in General Nursing

    I took a $1000 dollar per month pay cut when I moved from an adult hospital to a children's hospital recently. It has been quite painful but my sanity was worth

  10. classical guitarists?

    FlyingScot replied to mcubed45's topic in General Nursing

    Short on the left, long on the right. Classical guitarist for 33

  11. Neonatal Flight Nursing

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

    I am a neo/peds CCT nurse. We do ground, rotor and fixed wing transports. With the exception of out west where the cities are very widespread or there is only one children's hospital per state and DC...

  12. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    FlyingScot replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    Sorry. That's what I meant. I had been up all night and sometimes I get a brain/hand disconnect. Also to the person who didn't think spending 10K to save 3K was smart. As someone pointed out my house...

  13. Insomnia: Who suffers from it and what do you do for it?

    FlyingScot replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    Your doctor is FOS! Find one that will listen to you. Most of us on the night shift on my unit take some sort of prescription for insomnia (Lunesta, Ambien, Trazadone, etc). Other people swear by...

  14. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    FlyingScot replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    The reason people don't pay off their mortgages is because they are TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!!!!!!! Credit cards and other loans are not. Your employer is doing what many others do. There is an opinion that...

  15. MD orders Viagra for pulmonary hypertension?!

    FlyingScot replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    We use Sildenafil all the time for our PH kids. We never call it Viagra when discussing it with the parents because they would probably be horrified and because technically the brand name Viagra...

  16. Share Your Saying

    FlyingScot replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    air goes in and out, blood goes round and round:any deviation from this and you have problems. i'm here to save your a$$ not kiss it- er t-shirt we weren't allowed to wear kill me! kill me now!...

  17. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    FlyingScot replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    Yep...Viagra it is and for the hypotension reason. Good to know since ED and MI are more prevalent in a certain age group. No takers on the "Horny Bull"? Okay. A "Horny Bull" is Viagra with a Red...

  18. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    FlyingScot replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I'll bite. What drug should you assess your male chest pain for BEFORE giving Nitro? and What is a "Horny Bull" and why is it a

  19. Chest Tube Question

    FlyingScot replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    That terrible sucking noise was air being sucked into her chest cavity when she took a breath. I'm not sure where you are in your nursing career so if you know the following info all ready please...

  20. forgot to flush iv

    FlyingScot replied to big apple's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure that's not exactly correct. Although checking line patency is always important, flushing prior to administering a medication is also done to clear the line of whatever IV fluid is...

  21. Love those Nursing Caps..

    FlyingScot replied to NIghtshift LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OK, here goes. Take one large safety pin and pin it to the inside front edge of your cap in the middle. To this you will attach a large bobby pin (like the kind we used to use to hold rollers). Next...

  22. Pressors and Sepsis

    FlyingScot replied to CraigB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Craig I know there was a recent sudy done regarding patient outcomes with early monitoring of CVP (ie in the ER specifically) but darn if I can remember the author. I'll try to find it for you. It...

  23. Gotta off the wall question

    FlyingScot replied to bakpakr's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all for patients learning about their bodies but I don't think the internet is necessarily the best place to do it unless you go to very reputable websites. I don't mind if a person says "I think...

  24. Throwing in the towel

    FlyingScot replied to sister--*'s topic in Nursing Career

    Sister, I agree with the post that simply states RUN"! Do it and do it now. My experience is that bad situations only get worse. If the hospital was doing things right things wouldn't have gotten to...

  25. PenPal wanted:Scottish nurse, peds-neo flight/transport

    FlyingScot replied to FlyingScot's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks Danissa. I've PM'd