MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Axillary temps; how accurate/inaccurate are they?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    The reason I ask that is that this morning I had a gentleman present that was C/O SOA and stated he had been coughing for 2 weeks. His oral temp was 98.8 but he felt hot to touch so I took an axillary...

  2. Axillary temps; how accurate/inaccurate are they?

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I had the probe pushed tightly into the arm pit so I feel that the temp was pretty accurate. And in regards to children, we have one doc that blows a gasket if we don't do rectal temps on all babies,...

  3. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there are a couple of threads regarding end of life and letting the patient go. I'm on the other side of that coin at this time. Tomorrow we are turning off the vent that supports my mom's...

  4. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    We had my mother's funeral Tuesday and then she is being cremated(sic?). It was a very emotionally draining time for me. I came home last night and everything hit me again and I really let loose. I...

  5. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    My mother passed quietly away this morning. My dad had been staying with her all night every night and had just fallen asleep when her nurse woke him up and told him that she had passed away. She had...

  6. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    MrsWampthang replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately for the patient, the family has no one to give them a reality check and make them truly understand what those labs, medications etc. mean to her overall condition. Not that I don't think...

  7. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    (((((((((((((((((((((((Big hugs to you too Jay

  8. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    One of my cousins who is studying to be a minister, is there in town so dad will have comfort from

  9. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    We took mom off the vent Friday and Dcd the feeding and do you know that as of this post she is still hanging in there?!?! She is pretty comatose, opens her eyes but doesn't focus and her BP is in the...

  10. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I really appreciate the words of support. Her BUN is something like 4 times what it is supposed to be and her creatinine is extremely high too, so I hope that means she is blessedly mentally clouded....

  11. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    MrsWampthang replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

  12. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    MrsWampthang replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    My mom is in an advanced care hospital right now. She has a perferated ulcer and wasn't expected to survive the surgery. She did, that was about three weeks ago. She has an NJ tube feeding, is on...

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

    MrsWampthang replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Man came in with his child's pet turtle clamped on his tongue! :rotfl: Claims he was sticking his tongue out at it and it clamped on and wouldn't let go! i forget how they finally made it let go, but...

  14. Rude and crude RN

    MrsWampthang replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Especially after watching the Montel show on Monday. For those of you who didn't see it, one segment was about a woman that went to the ER and while there was groped and inappropriately talked about...

  15. Scheduling lunch breaks in the ED

    MrsWampthang replied to Elle2's topic in Emergency

    My thoughts exactly!

  16. Letting my medic cert go, is there a transport RN cert I can get?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    My medic certification is going to lapse this year, I just don't have the energy to go to the audit reviews to get my hours. I have all and more of my education hours; I'm just lacking in my A and R...

  17. Ivy Tech State College Closing?

    MrsWampthang replied to tonicareer's topic in Indiana Nursing

    What?!?!?!?! I hope not. My son is attending there to get his associates degree in fire science! Keep us posted!

  18. Drug Seeker Stories

    MrsWampthang replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    It is historically these drug seekers that don't get what they want that will get and respond to a survey. Our ER swears by Press Gainey and now the new Studer Group. It seems like if you take the...

  19. The nightmare returns---Hunter Group is coming!!!

    MrsWampthang replied to prmenrs's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Are they anything like the Studer Group? That is our hospital's big thing right now, that and Press Ganey :angryfire

  20. A knock on St. Peter's Door

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    There's a knock on Saint Peter's door. He looks out and sees a man standing there. Saint Peter is about to begin his interview when the man suddenly disappears. A short time later there's another...

  21. Holding patients in ER

    MrsWampthang replied to Nursinist's topic in Emergency

    WOW! I can feel the heat! Sorry you have had a bad experience with ER, but remember when you say ER, that the nurses don't make the decision where the patient goes, the admitting doc does, I don't...

  22. Holding patients in ER

    MrsWampthang replied to Nursinist's topic in Emergency

    Putting in my two cents. I know it stinks on both ends, I work in the ER, and I hate it when the doc doesn't give me orders to admit the patient until almost time to go home. I try to get everything...

  23. Nurse Quality Manager of the ED

    MrsWampthang replied to Driven Persistence's topic in Emergency

    so going into ER nursing seemed like the natural progression. As for patient satisfaction, one of the things we have focused on is keeping patients and families informed about what is going on. One...

  24. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    MrsWampthang replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!!! Those were the most useless wastes of time I ever had to spend time doing. And all the instructors had different ways they wanted the careplans and data bases done. Some were fine with two...

  25. Coool...We may be doing face transplants in the near future

    MrsWampthang replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to remember John Travolta and Nicholas Cage in a movie called "Face Off" I believe. It was an interesting movie, but a little vulgar in places. Anyway, I think this procedure would be great for...