Fly Guy JB MSN, RN, EMT-P

Fly Guy JB has 16 years experience as a MSN, RN, EMT-P and specializes in Emergency, Critical Care, Pre-Hospital,.

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1. Bombshell Article by Bloomberg Businessweek

   Fly Guy JB replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Well, they aren't completely off base. I get frustrated with the never ending litany of "what is the fastest BSN program with the least amount of work required" posts that show up in every feed. These...

2. New Nursing Ladder Assistance

   Fly Guy JB posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Good afternoon, I serve on a system wide (1 L1 trauma ctr /6 community hospitals) committee to re-imagine our Nursing Career Ladder that has been in its current form for ~20 years. All the...

3. Anyone get their Booster yet?

   Fly Guy JB replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   Got it a week ago (Pfizer #3). No previous Covid infection. The reaction was pretty much like shot #2. Fever, aches, headache x 24 hrs and then I was

4. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Fly Guy JB replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Do we want nursing to be less female-centric? It doesn’t feel like it. Few men teaching in nursing schools. Despite the experience of nurses above, there is a certain amount of discrimination in...

5. The Stigma of Men in Nursing

   Fly Guy JB replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   It’s interesting that you pose the question this way in the same month the Washington Post provides this headline:...

6. Career Path to Flight Nursing

   Fly Guy JB replied to Kgrady's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I give this recommendation to most of the people who ask... I work for a hospital based program that uses Air Methods as our vendor (they provide helicopter, pilot, and mechanic) our Hospital...

7. Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

   Fly Guy JB replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

   Darn skippy! Keeping up with flight certifications, especially if you work strattling state lines, can feel like a full time job in

8. Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

   Fly Guy JB replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

   Darn

9. New BSN getting started on the path to become a Flight Nurse

   Fly Guy JB replied to kruse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   Even if the ads say ED or ICU, unless the service you are looking at has mostly scene work, go ICU. After 20 years as a paramedic and 8 years as an ED nurse, it was a steep learning curve to...

10. Older nurses

    Fly Guy JB replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    Love it! I didn't start nursing school till I was over 40 (darn near dead according to the OP) at 50 and change I work the ED and now flight nursing. I worked (and work) more than the younger Nurses...

11. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Fly Guy JB replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Yup, I didn't, knowingly, take a vow of poverty. This is a business proposition. I provide you with a service and you pay me a acceptable wage. If either of us fail that contract, we are free to...

12. 2017 Nurse Salary

    Fly Guy JB replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Location: Metro Philadelphia Experience: 8 years as RN, MSN ©, multiple certifications Specialty: CCT Facility: Urban, Academic, Level 1 Trauma Center Pay: NON-UNION Tier 2 RN - $40/hr + 10 % diff....

13. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Fly Guy JB replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are looking for $100k anywhere but CA you want to give some thought to APRN. CRNAs starts way above this level and NPs are close w/o OT. Other than that, go to a metro area union hospital. Cost...

14. RN to BSN without statistics/chemistry

    Fly Guy JB replied to hospnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Excelsior College doesn't have a chemistry requirement but does have a prerequisite or co-requirement for statistics during the research class. Hope that's

15. License by endorsement HELP

    Fly Guy JB replied to nursenh1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    OMG! Despite the unfortunate actions of a single nurse, this system is draconian! If NJ, et al would participate in the compact this system would be far more streamlined. They were just fine taking my...