rjflyn

rjflyn ASN, RN

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  1. Places to live

    rjflyn replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thats the market down here. Saw one night on the news a realtor had a home listed for less than a week and had 14 yes 14 offers the owner was sorting through. The whole metro are is just exploding....

  2. availbility of overtime

    rjflyn replied to meaton1421's topic in Travel

    Thats going to be tough, most dont want the travelers to take overtime. The ones that do only want the travelers to take it if the shift is going to be extremly short staffed without you . There are...

  3. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    rjflyn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

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  4. Places to live

    rjflyn replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in Florida Nursing

    Depends on what one can afford. Housing in FLorida is just plain insane right now. Homes people bought for nothing now go for huge money. Its on the news here almost every night. One example was a...

  5. Nursing PDA

    rjflyn replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually they may have a specific operating system (OS) in mind. Palm and Windows Mobile being the 2 major ones. Also it depends on how much money one wants to spend on software for it. As an example...

  6. non revealing scrub top suggestions

    rjflyn replied to martymoose's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Beleive me its easier on you ladies. Im Sasquach ie very hairy so I have to wear a t-shirt as the v-nech scrub tops are about the only ones that are not feminine in there construction. About the...

  7. Where to work on west coast Florida???

    rjflyn replied to daiseesc's topic in Florida Nursing

    Actually the best thing to do would be to get a Florida map, go to this web site http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Florida.htm and along with using www.mapquest.com and you address of your new...

  8. How to check RN status?

    rjflyn replied to Gigglesforall's topic in General Nursing

    What information you get on line varies with the state. FOr example I have licenses in NC, MI and FL that are currently active. NC just lists license number and exp date. MI number, town and zip...

  9. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    rjflyn replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious if the NP knew you were a nurse or not? It almost sounds like you got the canned speil that all her patients get- not that is right though. Sadly depending on the patient population...

  10. Intoxicated Crisis Patients

    rjflyn replied to Foolmoon's topic in Emergency

    Could not have said it better. Sady most the drunks we deal with also have psych problems but the vast majority of them dont want any help. The police bring them to us instead of throwing them in the...

  11. Moving from Ohio to Orlando

    rjflyn replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in Florida Nursing

    Kind of far for Titusville, Daytona would be closer.

  12. Hi and need help finding a BLS course

    rjflyn replied to Sunqueen's topic in Florida Nursing

    Most hospitals education/nurse ed depts teach it as well considering almost everyone they employ has to have it.

  13. Compazine for a Migraine??

    rjflyn replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually i believe under EMTALA that practice is illegal, www.emtala.ora for more details. Why no narcotics---- Now to go further, the information I obtained from a neurologist and a couple ER...

  14. Moonlighting Nurses

    rjflyn replied to tonicareer's topic in General Nursing

    Shoot one can make $7.00 hr flipping burgers at McD's and the work isnt that hard. The only way to change the pay practices in a small community like the original posters is to one day all the nurses...

  15. Tylenol toxicity? How serious?? Please read!

    rjflyn replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Emergency

    I am going to make a comment re the ranking of these pts ( Tylenol OD) for transplant since some other posters have mentioned it. This is based on what I know from one hospital ( level 1 univeristy...

  16. Moving from Ohio to Orlando

    rjflyn replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in Florida Nursing

    DOnt know too much specific but Parish Medical Center is the hospital located in Titusville. Im working as a travel nurse in the ER down the road in Rockledge. I initally had a travel assignment in...

  17. Tylenol toxicity? How serious?? Please read!

    rjflyn replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Emergency

    As the other posters noted about there are alot of depends. The sad thing is Tylenol/its generic is a quite effective suicide drug. I can be taken cause some nausea and vomiting and then the person...

  18. Yelled at by NA for shaving pt.

    rjflyn replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Basic nursing care from way back in nursing school. If a pt is on a blood thinner they should be using an electric razor. Does that mean they all do well no but it does mean that we should however....

  19. Surgical Site Verification in the ER

    rjflyn replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Work ED as a traveler now and 16 plus years total and have never marked an LP site. As far as I know sites for surgery gets handled in the preop area of the OR. Course its generally not hard to...

  20. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    rjflyn replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Applied in August and was approved to start with the next class. My school was like Z's- if you were male you pretty much got in with out problems. My CC has/had no prereq's -- take students right...

  21. good areas to live in Orlando

    rjflyn replied to duncanRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Looks to be a rapidly growing area. Havent heard much about it but Heart of Florida Hospital looks pretty nice. A fairly new hospital build right off US 27. My stepdaughter and family live just down...

  22. good areas to live in Orlando

    rjflyn replied to duncanRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Its called dont live IN Orlando. Housing is very tight in Florida in general and the metro areas specificly. Its going to take some give and take. For example how much you want to spend is going to...

  23. I need advice with life-please help

    rjflyn replied to nicenurse911121's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree with the others since it hasnt been tried go with the counseling first. But if it doesnt work he is in fact breaking the law-... ie stealing a vehicle. Sometimes it takes drastic...

  24. Hep B Vaccination

    rjflyn replied to iahawk0578's topic in Emergency

    Personally I had a positive titer after the first 2 shots- had a needle stick about a week prior to shot number 3. The third one caused S/S as noted by the other posters. It bodes well for one...

  25. Five week ER orientation

    rjflyn replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Way to short for a new grad who has never done pt care on there own. The last level 1 was in only hired new grads in to their 6 month intern program. An exception was made for people with EDT or...