MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Advised not to use security to "intimidate" agitated individual.

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    You all don't know how much I appreciate being able to vent here and get support. Thank you! :kiss I do have to work tonight, but I plan on talking to just the manager first chance I get and telling...

  2. Advised not to use security to "intimidate" agitated individual.

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I had to stay home last night, I just had to regroup. I know I left them in a bind, but I was just still to upset to face another possible shift from hell. I get so frustrated sometimes. I have no...

  3. Practical jokes at work

    MrsWampthang replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: When I discharge patients from my rooms in ER I usually tell them that they are free to go. Well, I had a patient brought in in handcuffs accompanied by a sheriff's deputy. When I told him...

  4. Ivy Tech Question

    MrsWampthang replied to mycorysmom's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Late entry I know, but when I went to IVY tech ASN program, we we had our classes at Winona. Where are the classes being held now? Did they move them all to the main campus? Just wondering.

  5. Breaks in the ER

    MrsWampthang replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    In our ED, we automatically get paid for the full 8-12 hours with no docking us for any type of lunch/dinner break. I guess because it's considered that we won't get those breaks. Other floors do get...

  6. Breaks in the ER

    MrsWampthang replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    My questions for you would be: ARE you the only one that takes a break? If you are then that could be why you get the rolled eyes look. Another thing, do you help your coworkers when you aren't busy...

  7. Increase in minor complaints?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Emergency

    It seems like there has been a substantial increase in the number of patients coming to the ER for complaints that I would go to my doctor for. Complaints like N/V for a day, low grade fever, lady...

  8. Not exactly the Motel 6, but....

    MrsWampthang replied to FZ1Tom's topic in Emergency

    Our couches and chairs aren't the most comfortable seats in the world, but as already stated, we don't want people camping out in the ER. I guarantee you that if we had beds available to people...

  9. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    MrsWampthang replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    My favorite line when one of the boys came up to me crying about something "Is there blood gushing out? Is there a bone sticking out? Then you're not hurt, go back out and play." :rotfl:

  10. smoking students

    MrsWampthang replied to vickynurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    With the waiting list to get into nursing school, all they have to do is make sure that accepted students understand and agree to adhere to the policy upfront. I doubt there would be any shortage of...

  11. When One Child Is Enough

    MrsWampthang replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hugs to you Shannon! Sounds like you are a very special person and that you're son is very special angel. I never agreed with abortion at all, JMHO, but I can't imagine aborting a baby because it was...

  12. Rant: 11-7 Chg Nurse Looks for Reasons to Write Up Day Shift

    MrsWampthang replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't shifts just get along?!? This weekend was a perfect example of why there is conflict between our day and night shift. We came in at 7p Say and was told that day shift had voiced several...

  13. Ivy Tech Question

    MrsWampthang replied to mycorysmom's topic in Indiana Nursing

    What kind of nursing program did you find that you finished in a year with no prereqs? Is it an RN or LPN program? Just curious. In answer to the OP. I went through the IVY Tech ASN program 3 years...

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

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Thanks for the info!

  15. The best manager you ever had?

    MrsWampthang replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The manager we have now is the best manager I think I have ever worked under. She comes in in nursing attire everyday and has no qualms about pitching in to help when needed. She is easy to talk to...

  16. Questions for Nurses who are married to Nurses!

    MrsWampthang replied to Jen2's topic in General Nursing

    At the time we met I was a medic just starting classes for nursing school and he was an EMT student doing ride-along and also just starting classes for nursing school. We went to different schools but...

  17. Pigs

    MrsWampthang replied to bedpan's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Ya know, I did read somewhere that pigs orgasms lasts for 30 minutes! :rotfl:

  18. With an ADN can I be a ER nurse right out of the program?

    MrsWampthang replied to zlip14's topic in Emergency

    (quite a contrast from several months ago when I did my preceptorship for school on a tele floor and took care of 4-5 patients on my own and felt like I could handle anything). Now see, not trying to...

  19. Raunchy advertisement

    MrsWampthang replied to Repat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh geez, I really didn't need that visual running around in my head!

  20. Removing patients from their vehicles

    MrsWampthang replied to FiestaRed's topic in Emergency

    First rule of approaching any scene is "is the scene safe?" whether it is out on your apparatus apron or outside your ER doors. I wouldn't want to go out to help a gun shot victim and become one...

  21. Raunchy advertisement

    MrsWampthang replied to Repat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Now....CUT THAT OUT!!!!! :chuckle MEN! Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em. (unless you hide the body REALLY well! :rotfl: )

  22. With an ADN can I be a ER nurse right out of the program?

    MrsWampthang replied to zlip14's topic in Emergency

    I did, with an ASN, as well as my boyfriend and four other nurses that graduated with ASNs. Another guy came straight to the ER as a BSN. Now, they ALL worked as student nurses in the ER prior to...

  23. Indiana Information

    MrsWampthang replied to tonicareer's topic in General Nursing

    Probably most hospitals do on the job training for phlebotomy, unless you want to go to school to be an actual med tech which is a lot of school. These are the people that not only draw the blood, but...

  24. Removing patients from their vehicles

    MrsWampthang replied to FiestaRed's topic in Emergency

    so I know how to get people out of vehicles safely, both for them and for me. If they are big and/or unable to help themselves at all, get help! Never attempt to lift someone that you know you can't...

  25. Warning!!! Go Pee Before Reading

    MrsWampthang replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I LOVED this story and the way you told it! Thanks for the great laugh on this late night. :)