Fly Guy JB

Fly Guy JB MSN, RN, EMT-P

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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...

  16. License by endorsement HELP

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

    I can't say that I'm happy that everyone has the same problem with the New Jersey Board of nursing! They've had my information for about a month now, after calling yesterday, they said oh, your...

  17. Becoming a transport RN right out of school

    Fly Guy JB replied to jcs27516's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    If you know where you'd like to practice and can work, even per diem, you may be able to transition from critical care paramedic to RN at the same company. I was a paramedic for 10 years before going...

  18. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

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

    Geographic location Southeast PA Pay rate $33/hr In which area / specialty do you work? Emergency What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN What type of degree and/or certification do you have?...

  19. thomas edison state college RN-BSN?

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

    You do not need to be a NJ resident. TESC is one of the nations largest nursing programs and have students from all over. There are no clinicals required which was of my main main reasons for going...

  20. Some questions for nurses

    Fly Guy JB replied to boko's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    1. what is the most important problem or problems facing medicine as a profession today? lack of access to primary care (the emergency room is not your pcp) 2. what do you think is the cause of the...

  21. thomas edison state college RN-BSN?

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

    33762FL which class are you taking? This is my first class as well, I chose Informatics as my inaugrial jump into the BSN program at TESC, what did you go with?

  22. thomas edison state college RN-BSN?

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

    tesc doesn't give anything for your license but rather from your nursing education (semantics, i know). the lower division nursing credits are from your nursing school along with any general...

  23. Clinical Ladder Dream or Deception?

    Fly Guy JB replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Not my experience at all. Rather than demoting, we are encouraging promotion to Level IV with a 7.5% raise rather than the 5 % for other levels. Now we are striving for Magnet status and level IV...

  24. The Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences 2012

    Fly Guy JB replied to amg418's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Best to call (610) 741-0100 and speak to the nursing program recruiter. Their guidelines state that "Test scores are valid for two years, with the highest score used in the admission decision...

  25. Dr Oz and Aspirin

    Fly Guy JB replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Ever notice the amount of pts. that are "allergic" to aspirin, yet take it everyday? "Oh, I am allergic to the 324 mg asa!" Really, what is your allergy? Allergic = stomach