MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the support. I thought it was just our facility. What really burns me is when they are standing at the nurses station right at shift change!!! If their family member has been in the...

  2. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    MrsWampthang replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not talking about someone in obvious, nauseating pain. I'm talking about someone who had had 10 mg of oxycodone an hour before, and was sitting on the bed in no visible distress. I know pain...

  3. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    MrsWampthang replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I agree that pain is what the patient says it is. I have to admit that I was ashamed of my reaction yesterday to a patient. But let me explain. This young patient wants morphine every two hours...

  4. Nurses just want everyone to have a foley!

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the LTAC that I work at, it has become the trend to DC foleys on everyone, including those patients that should always have foleys. Their reasoning for this is that it has something to do with...

  5. Nurses just want everyone to have a foley!

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. If patients are getting proper foley/peri care, then they shouldn't be getting horrific, chronic UTIs. I advocate for foleys, not for my own convenience, but...

  6. Nurses just want everyone to have a foley!

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's kind of what I thought when I heard that someone had actually made this statement.

  7. Nurses just want everyone to have a foley!

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Now that's a good post. I totally agree with you there. I don't mind in the least cleaning up a patient of poo or urine or changing bed linens, however, if I have 6-7 patients myself, the aid has...

  8. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    MrsWampthang replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I'd definitely feel a baaaaad cold coming on and hour after I got home on Christmas morning and call in. Then I'd start the day after Christmas looking for another job. Good luck with Christmas dinner...

  9. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    MrsWampthang replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, thought of another one. Also when I was working ER. Whenever I precepted new nurses, and we would go into a room to draw blood or start an IV, I would say "Now so and so, this isn't like the...

  10. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    MrsWampthang replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh another one I thought of: When I worked the ER I had a habit of telling patients they were free to go. Once I made this statement to a prisoner in handcuffs being led out by a sheriff's deputy. I...

  11. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    MrsWampthang replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked the ER and parents would bring in thier teenagers with complaints of being dizzy, I would ask "what's abnormal about them though? They're teenagers and their supposed to be dizzy!"...

  12. I know it's not professional, but I just can't go back.

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently employed at an LTAC that is over 60 miles from where I live. I thought when I took the job that the drive would be worth it. They offered me more money than the place where I was...

  13. I know it's not professional, but I just can't go back.

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I wish I could gather the courage to call and tell them I won't be back. I have picked up the phone a couple of times, but just couldn't go through with the call. I have my...

  14. sick of ADN vs BSN! like most of us have a choice anyway!

    MrsWampthang replied to okie2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    At this last place I worked, I was told by the Education Coordinator of this facility that they should do away with all LPNs and ADNs. Why? Well, because as a nurse you should try to attain the...

  15. I didn't know this actually happened

    MrsWampthang replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

  16. I didn't know this actually happened

    MrsWampthang replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, you're a normal person. For some people, this is social hour. They come in just to have something to do. You know it's bad when it seems like there is the Moron High School Reunion night in the...

  17. I didn't know this actually happened

    MrsWampthang replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are so right. I used to work in the ER, and my husband still does. Historically the worst patients come in through the front door while the ambulance entrance seems to be reserved for those who...

  18. Is it me or am I just burned out?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in long term acute care for about a year now. In August I went to work for an LTAC that I thought would be better than the one I was working in. I went from having an average of...

  19. Is Nursing School Hard?

    MrsWampthang replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    bwahahahahahahah! Laughing hysterically....from the memory of the stress, long hours, stupid clinical instructors that wanted us to write databases that had to be at least 20 pages long and then only...

  20. Is it me or am I just burned out?

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. The last two days I worked were a little better and were my first official days on my own. I had three fairly simple patients so it wasn't too bad. Even though I will only have...

  21. What would you do?

    MrsWampthang replied to mabebu's topic in General Nursing

    They probably didn't give you his license number because of the possibility that someone could make up fake prescription pads with that name and number on it. Just a thought. I know it is on the...

  22. Do you know how to do CPR well?

    MrsWampthang replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I can imagine it, I used to do it all the time when worked in the ER and on the ambulance as a medic. If the line is wide open, (as it is should be during a code) then it is going to run the...

  23. The College Network?

    MrsWampthang replied to trustar's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes it is very expensive. I bought into the contract and recieved a bunch of study guides, all of which are collecting dust on the shelf in my room. They quoted me one price and then sent me a letter...

  24. Do you know how to do CPR well?

    MrsWampthang replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what you mean by micky mouse type of certifications, but if you have to have it to work, then you better be sure to keep the certification up to date. Do you have to know it very well to...

  25. Lice at camp

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Camp

    Just have a question. I had to go get my son from the very expensive camp he went to a day and a half early because the found lice in his hair. Supposedly they kept him up until three in the morning...