MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Question about Emergency Techs

    MrsWampthang replied to tmiller027's topic in Emergency

    I don't know where your hospital is, but in our ER triage is done by RNs only, and our ER techs responsible for doing EKGs, blood draws, and one touch blood glucose tests. If there is any treatments...

  2. Triage in the ED

    MrsWampthang replied to Horton's topic in Emergency

    ( Triage in the ED Post #1 We have been discussing EMTALA and triage and the nurse practice act (Texas) and so forth. The State Board of Nursing states that an RN must make the initial assessment...

  3. Tired Of Abuse!

    MrsWampthang replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    That's the one thing I love about this forum, you can vent all you want and not get flamed about not caring, or "you need to find another job" or other BS that can be hurled at you if you have the...

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

    MrsWampthang replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    Here! Here! Well said!!!!! Pam:) :)

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

    MrsWampthang replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    There is no difference between ASN and BSN as far as bedside nursing goes, no difference in skills. I am an ASN and I do my job as well, if not better than some of the BSNs I work with, and frankly I...

  6. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    MrsWampthang replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    EEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Look out! here comes the fire truck!!!!!!! Sometimes the doctor won't decide to admit them until the last minute. You have no idea how often I sit there...

  7. "Stupid Nurse Tricks"

    MrsWampthang replied to mistersleepy's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was one of those nights where all h@#$ was breaking loose and a non-english speaking patient was brought in from and MVA on a back board. He indicated that he needed to go to the bathroom and the...

  8. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    MrsWampthang replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As an ER nurse I have to admit that I like to get my patients upstairs before I leave. (I work 12 hours) The reason I do this is that usually when I admit a patient, I have been taking care of them...

  9. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    MrsWampthang replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    That's how I met mine!!:chuckle

  10. EMS-what's their problem?

    MrsWampthang replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    As I stated, I wasn't justifying rude attitudes, but trying to explain why a normally nice person would turn into a rude, seemingly insensitive jerk. Course, there are those EMS people (at all levels)...

  11. EMS-what's their problem?

    MrsWampthang replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    1. Chicks dig the uniform. 2. Lights and sirens are kewl. 3. It's often easier to get hired by a Fire Dept. if you're a medic. 4. Big egos and EMS just go together like beer and burritos. :roll...

  12. EMS-what's their problem?

    MrsWampthang replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    You have no idea what it takes to get "good enough" to ride in the back of an ambulance so I really feel like you were totally out of line here. To be able to "ride" in the back of an ambulance, you...

  13. EMS-what's their problem?

    MrsWampthang replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    From the EMS point of view, I can tell you that EMS personel get frustrated when they are called to an LTC to pick up Grandma because she has a decline in condition, she is 98 years old, and a DNR. Or...

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

    MrsWampthang replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sick of this crap that a BSN makes you a better nurse....knock it off already. Oh, there's a shortage, so ADN's can be hired because any warm body with a license will do?? BULLS**T. I took the...

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

    MrsWampthang replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    I am an Associate Of SCIENCE degree RN and so is my boyfriend and so are several of the nurses that I work with, including our Nurse Educator, we even have one nurse who was the manager years ago who...

  16. Where are all the male nurses??

    MrsWampthang replied to BNS_Rob's topic in International Nursing

    My boyfriend is a male nurse and we graduated the same year, but from different schools. He graduated from Indiana University School of Nursing, and I graduated from IVY Tech State College. Both of us...

  17. CNA's in ER.

    MrsWampthang replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Emergency

    We don't have CNAs in our ER unless we are lucky enough to have one come down from the float pool of CNAs. Their job when they come down is to make sure the rooms get cleaned, linens emptied, patients...

  18. What do you folks think of this?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Emergency

    C:\Documents and Settings\pcook\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1CA\Hospital turning ER care on its ear1.html I hope this article came through ok. I have mixed feelings about this. I would...

  19. lpn-rn...same difference

    MrsWampthang replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    I am an Associate of Science degree RN, therefore my initials are ASN; what is meant when you say ADN? Just wondering.

  20. Question about PVS

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question about this ongoing contraversy of Terri Schiavo being in a PVS. I have seen the videos and it seems to me that she could more acuritly be classed as severely brain damaged, however...

  21. lpn-rn...same difference

    MrsWampthang replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    First off, I know I haven't read all the posts that were ever posted on this board, but I have never read any that made me think that there are nurses here with BSNs that think they are better than...

  22. Single mom needs ideas, please.

    MrsWampthang replied to Nurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I can tell you is to find a good babysitter. Depending on the ages of your children, sometimes third shift isn't so bad because you can be there when they go to school and be there when...

  23. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    MrsWampthang replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    you know you're an ER nurse when: you think there should be valium salt licks in the waiting room you believe that all bleeding stops eventually you wish you had discharge instructions labeled...

  24. lpn-rn...same difference

    MrsWampthang replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Plato, a troll is someone who basically posts inflamatory remarks on a message board just to cause trouble or cause hard feelings. (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Me I'm just an ASN who graduatued...

  25. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    MrsWampthang replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    I agree that someone needs to educate the public, but I also agree that some people can't be educated. There are still people that are frequent flyers where I work that I'm sorry to say get a cold...