In today's era of nursing, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of work. It can be easy some days to forget the fundamental driving forces that brought us to the bedside years ago. To get back to the basics of practice, I interviewed an Air Medical flight nurse, John Rhodes, a State University Registered Nurse, Alumni 1990. After the interview, I observed him give direct care to some patients. during the flight. By completing the tasks listed, I was able to uncover the theories that a member of our nursing community lives for. The daily helicopter bedside configuration includes two flight nurses or one flight nurse and one flight paramedic to provide patient care. For this reason, I worked alongside Flight Nurse (FN) Rhodes for two years on an intimate level. Even though he thinks he is not following the ideals of nursing, he is a leading example. “I learned nursing theories over thirty years ago. I don’t think I’ll use any of them” (Mr. Rhodes, personal communication, August 13, 2011). When I asked FN Rhodes what informs him in caring for patients, he replied that "the patient, conscious or unconscious, tells us what to do for them with their assessment." I found that FN Rhodes embodies Faye G. Abdellah's theory which emphasizes “patient-centered approaches to nursing” (McEwen and Wills, 2011, p. 129). This is underscored by the most important aspect of John's nursing care, which is "doing the right or best thing for the patient, whatever that may be" (Mr. Rhodes, personal communication, August 13, 2011) . Abdellah's theory identified twenty-one nursing problems and a list of ten items that nurses should include in the middle of the document......facts and assumptions (p. 223). Thanks to this, intuition is born; a skill that can only be generated abstractly from the experience of real-life situations. It is evident that FN Rhodes used Benner's seven areas of nursing practice: helping role, teaching or coaching function, diagnostic client follow-up function, effective management of rapidly changing situations, administration and monitoring interventions and therapeutic regimens, monitoring and guaranteeing the quality of care. health care practices and organizational and professional skills. (McEwen & Wills, 2011, p. 223) These two theories represent only a small part of what has been observed and interpreted from the interviews and observations of FN John Rhodes. References McEwen, M. & Wills, E.M. (2011). Theoretical basis of nursing (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.