MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Why can't people just be sick at home!? (RANT!)

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    You're absolutely right. The people with minor compliants do come from all income brackets. The scales may tip though for the uninsured or those on welfare, because these folks have no where else to...

  2. Why can't people just be sick at home!? (RANT!)

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Where ER nurses are coming from. I have no problem with patients coming in no matter what their ability to pay is. What I and other ER nurses have a problem with is people coming in with problems that...

  3. Why can't people just be sick at home!? (RANT!)

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    That is another one of my pet peeves. I hate doing pelvics! I just don't think ER should even do them unless the patients are hemorraging. Like you said, we're not the health department! I'm glad we...

  4. Survey: Do you think hospitals should require a uniform code for nurses?

    MrsWampthang replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse I used to work with who is now in education told an interesting story about dressing for work. She worked in the ER on nights years ago and decided, along with the gal she always worked with...

  5. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Emergency

    Frustrating reasons why people go to the ER (mild rant): My doctor's office sent me out because they close at 5pm and it is now 3:45, so they don't have any more openings. (Funny how when our ER doc...

  6. Men in Nursing

    MrsWampthang replied to BNS_Rob's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of the ER docs came through one day with his daughter's school class. My boyfriend happened to walk by about that time (male RN) and the doc asked him if he had any body parts he could pull out to...

  7. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I have abd pain, and have had numerous tests to determine the cause without success by my family doc. Now I want relief from my pain, oh and can the doc here do a CAT scan while I'm here, my family...

  8. mandatory annual inservice

    MrsWampthang replied to ackrn's topic in General Nursing

    How about inservicing the staff over use of monitors, defibrillators, or code carts? You could also inservice them on crisis intervention. Maybe for the floor staff, inservice them as to what to do...

  9. nursing question

    MrsWampthang replied to RRH's topic in General Nursing

    As far as doctor's office versus hospitals. The hours are more regular, but the pay isn't nearly as good, I don't think. I know at our hospital, new grads are on orientation on days for quite awhile...

  10. TV in the ED

    MrsWampthang replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    We sometimes have to put minor stuff in our trauma rooms, and we also use the big rooms for family members that all check in for something. (the old twofer or threefer) So it does help to have a TV in...

  11. Will RN's, LPN's be affected by the new OT rules?

    MrsWampthang replied to Mr_D's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The profession I can really see this affecting badly is firefighting. Those folks are on salary and right now get paid OT; I'm not sure how it works but I do know they get OT. I can see Fire...

  12. TV in the ED

    MrsWampthang replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    We have TVs in our exam rooms and it does seem to help the patient pass the time waiting for test results. It is especially helpful with the kids who would be bored if they had nothing to do while...

  13. My doctor's office staff sent me out....

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Oh my ER would never let us do that, they are too into "customer satisfaction." I get so sick of hearing "our scores are low, we need to improve our customer satisfaction scores" Makes me puke! I wish...

  14. Per Dium Employees

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does your unit have per dium (weekend option) people that get paid almost twice as much as everyone else because they signed a contract agreeing to work every weekend? If yes, how does your unit use...

  15. I'm not a people person....

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you think that a person that will say this should be in any type of leadership role? The reason I ask is that where I work one of our charge nurses admitted one day that she wasn't a people person...

  16. office politics feel like wearing combat gear to work

    MrsWampthang replied to maineiac's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    It sounds like you're working in a kindergarten instead of a doctor's office.:chuckle

  17. How Much Experience for Charge Nurse

    MrsWampthang replied to CarVsTree's topic in Cardiac

    I graduated in May 2001 and have on occasion filled in as charge for the ER. A couple of times it was because I was the most senior staff member available, which in of itself is kind of scary to think...

  18. Paramedic Nurses?

    MrsWampthang replied to MarcusKspn's topic in Emergency

    I went from being a medic for 11 years to being an RN in the ER. I think being a medic made things come easier to me when I started working in the ER fresh out of nursing school. I have a worked a...

  19. What's your craziest story of the ER

    MrsWampthang replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    I was assisting a doctor in the ER once with a pelvic exam on this lady and she decided she had an itch "down there." Anyway, she asked the doc if he could scratch it while he as down there! He and I...

  20. What's your craziest story of the ER

    MrsWampthang replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    Something I've heard from a lot of patients that makes me laugh everytime: When I am done in a patient's room, before leaving I always ask if there is anything else I can get for them. I don't know...

  21. Survey: Do you think hospitals should require a uniform code for nurses?

    MrsWampthang replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, all the nurses wear either white over blue, blue over white or all white. They went to this so the patients could easily identify who the nurse was. I don't think CNAs have a dress...

  22. Do you think it will come to this?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Patient presents to ER with minor symptoms, i.e. cough for several days, rash, excessive ear wax. Patient is asked if they have insurance, and if the answer is no or they are on medicaid, patient is...

  23. Do you think it will come to this?

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So many medicaid pts come into our ER that have no family doc yet, or whose doc is too far away to get to easily. That's one of many reasons they come in for minor complaints. Our hospital is so...

  24. patient lingo...

    MrsWampthang replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    when they say they have taken tinol for the fever? or when the come in complaining of nausee? The list goes on and on....

  25. Why there is a debate re: ADN/BSN

    MrsWampthang replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing