MrsWampthang BSN, RN

MrsWampthang is a BSN, RN and specializes in Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR.

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1. Well, I was spared being laid off but I'm still down

   MrsWampthang replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

   Good for you. It must have been sad for you to see all the people whose accounts you had to deactivate. Where I work, 600 people were laid off and another 900 open positions will go unfilled....

2. Working at Home as an RN?

   MrsWampthang replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

   You might want to look at Career Builder's.com for work at home opportunities that you can get into now while your baby is little. Just a suggestion.

3. Working at Home as an RN?

   MrsWampthang replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

   RNs and LPNs can work from home for insurance companies in prior authorization, continued stay review and case management. I don't know how long you've been an LPN, but depending on that and what kind...

4. Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

   MrsWampthang replied to zoeyzoe's topic in General Nursing

   That's the one thing I don't miss about bedside NURSING, the grunt work. I did it with care and compassion, but it wasn't my most favorite thing to do, so I can empathize with some of what you said....

5. Inactive nurse with one yr med/surge wanting to do ER now???

   MrsWampthang replied to RN28MD's topic in Emergency

   I would suggest shadowing a couple of times. Real life ER isn't anything the TV shows. And the Trauma life in ER doesn't do justice to what goes on for a full 12 hours. I doubt that you would get 6...

6. Do Real Nurses Work From Home? You Betcha!!

   MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

   You might want to look on Monster.com or Careerbuilders.com. With 38 years experience in nursing and with case management on your resume, I would think you would be an asset to any company. Just a...

7. Do Real Nurses Work From Home? You Betcha!!

   MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks all for the congratulations! I'm really happy about this opportunity. I'm working for a national insurance company so I'm not self-employed. I found this opportunity through Monster.com. First...

8. Do Real Nurses Work From Home? You Betcha!!

   MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

   i finally got the job i have alway dreamed of! for a year i have been working as a contract employee for the prior authorization department of a well known insurance company. i got hired as a full...

9. My boss is/was the devil!

   MrsWampthang replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

   You must have worked for the same boss I worked for at one time. She was a fruitcake! She finally got put on leave because her behavior had become to erratic then she was told that she was not...

10. Co Worker and snide comments

    MrsWampthang replied to Jaybird310's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :monkeydance::yelclap::w00t::balloons: Can't say enough good things about your situation, both at work and in your personal life! Sooooooo, how're ya gonna ask her? Romantic dinner, down on one knee?...

11. Worst doctors orders ever received

    MrsWampthang replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    ok, i'll show my stupidity. i also think, why are these bad orders? they may be silly orders, but not bad orders. as i said in my previous post, i have seen them. elevating scrotum because it was...

12. Worst doctors orders ever received

    MrsWampthang replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Actually I've seen orders like that in the long term care where I worked before. The scrotum was elevated because it was swollen. As for cutting the nails, I think the attending doc wanted to make...

13. Should I continue this??

    MrsWampthang replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    How True!!!!!!

14. Should I continue this??

    MrsWampthang replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like a good candidate for case management or maybe a degree in psychology or social work. Something to think about anyway. Good luck with whatever you decide! Those would be career fields...

15. Co Worker and snide comments

    MrsWampthang replied to Jaybird310's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm surprised that they didn't fire her on the spot. She's in her probationary period and she gets away with this type of behavior?! Definitely keep track of anything and everything that has to do...