MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    MrsWampthang replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have a doc that everyone dreads seeing come in every morning. He is such a whiner. When he starts ranting about something, it is usually something that someone else has done. I just take it that he...

  2. Charge Nurse vs Nurse Manager

    MrsWampthang replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how you are able to take a full load of patients. I am a night shift charge nurse and I do take patients occasionally but it is usually just one or two, and invariably when I do take...

  3. Is there a Doctor in the house? Working a code without one in an LTAC

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a freestanding LTAC and there are times when we have no doctor present. In the case of a patient coding, we are supposed to call the doctor on call for that patient's group, and take orders...

  4. Is there a Doctor in the house? Working a code without one in an LTAC

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    To clarify, an LTAC is an long term acute care facility, which is a facility between the hospital and a ECF. We do have the equipment and medications to handle a code, and at the charge nurse is...

  5. Slow Codes

    MrsWampthang replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious, is there some sort of training you can take to learn how to talk to families about their loved ones prognosis? I.E. Can you learn to say the words that will help families to let their...

  6. Paramedic to RN transition, easy or hard?

    MrsWampthang replied to OnaTrek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Probably the hardest thing to cope with as a medic to RN nurse, was having to get a doctor's order to give drugs that I had a protocol to give in the field like nitro, or D50. Also not being able to...

  7. What holster do you use??

    MrsWampthang replied to InmyblooD's topic in Emergency

    Well, the one I had was big enough to carry both my gun and ammo .......... kidding!!!!! Seriously, I just stuff everything in my pockets, I try to buy scrub pants that have those pockets down the...

  8. New syringe every day?

    MrsWampthang replied to MNNurseCorps's topic in General Nursing

    We change our pistons every day, as well as the bags or tubing for feedings every day. I have heard of places that change them once a week. I guess that might be ok, if the syringes were rinsed out...

  9. The result: failed again, for the fourth time

    MrsWampthang replied to snoopyleader's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, it does, but it's not just the "American way of nursing", it's the "way" of nursing period. And I agree with canoehead, please stop, take a look at what you're lacking to pass the NCLEX, then try...

  10. Working when Fatigued & Assuring Patient Safety: RN's and Employers Responsibility

    MrsWampthang replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Funny, I was just discussing this with my DON the other night. We have kind of the opposite problem where I work. I have a coworker who consistently signs up for extra shifts, working everyday for two...

  11. Newborn Kidnapped from TX hospital, be on the lookout!

    MrsWampthang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hope they find this baby. I feel so badly for the parents.

  12. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    MrsWampthang replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Press Gainey is one reason why I don't miss working in the ER. The manager and her boss swear by them, and the hospital sends people to all expense paid trips to learn more about how to improve their...

  13. You know you're a male RN when......

    MrsWampthang replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yes, and that is so not fair. Male doctors don't give guys half the crap that they do the female nurses, unless the female nurses look like nurse Kratchet and know that said nurse will tear their...

  14. So....when would you just say enough is enough and leave?????

    MrsWampthang replied to mom2michael's topic in General Nursing

    Do one of two things, either call off every shift for the next three weeks or simply call and tell them that you won't be back. It's like you said, the manager may blacklist you anyway so why waste...

  15. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

    MrsWampthang replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    In all fairness to krys who said she would glady step over you etc. I kind of took it as a joke, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt that she was kidding. That being said, I agree with...

  16. slave labor

    MrsWampthang replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    One of the reasons I don't miss ER. It is always busy and becoming more so in this time of people having no insurance and no doctor to go to. My husband still works the ER and comes home telling me...

  17. vanc=CDiff?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else noticed that when a patient is on vanc for any length of time, they end up getting Cdiff? Now this patient who wasn't in isolation is, and you have to gown/glove whenever you're in the...

  18. Complain to whom? Anyone?

    MrsWampthang replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the first part of your question, you have every right to address your concerns about the condition of his room, bed, etc to the powers that be. Start with the charge nurse and keep going up...

  19. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    MrsWampthang replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live about 40 mile from work. I called off for today (wednesday) because the weather was so bad all day yesterday and I wasn't sure how bad the roads were going to be at 5am this morning. Plus my...

  20. What's your favorite type of patient?

    MrsWampthang replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly what I was thinking when I started reading this thread!!!! And I couldn't agree more! Other than that, I'm like Earle, I love the fiesty tiny old ladies that cuss a blue streak at you and have...

  21. New grad with NO CLUE about specialty

    MrsWampthang replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Start with medsurg. You will get great experience for getting your clinical skills honed as well as your time management. You will see a variety of patients with different problems and you will learn...

  22. chemical and physical restraints in vent patients

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering what policies other facilities have for restraints, both physical and chemical. For months now, our facility has been preaching that they want to go restraint free. One of the...

  23. I am at the point I can not study anymore, I take nclex tues.30th, could I be ready?

    MrsWampthang replied to trekjudy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My advice: take the next two days off and do nothing related to nursing. Go to the gym and workout, go see a good movie, read a good book, just relax!! If you don't know it by now, then two days of...

  24. should I stay or should I go now???? (warning: long and drawn out thread!)

    MrsWampthang replied to chelli73's topic in General Nursing

    I'd go with the smaller hospital, closer to home. Sometimes a long drive is worth it if you love what you do, but if you hate what you do, then you just end up resenting the drive. I wouldn't want to...

  25. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    The LTAC where I work has, lately, been getting patients that come with demanding family members attached. I.E. we have one patient that is unresponsive, and the wife insists that he gets morphine...