MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. "Work short" Love, mgmt

    MrsWampthang replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a statement. The LTAC I recently started working for is all about money too. Their nurse to patient ratios is ridiculous at times. Corporate has no idea what constitutes good patient care. The...

  2. Innapropriate comment at CODE?

    MrsWampthang replied to Dinith88's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've always said that the general public would be appalled at the things that are said by medical, fire, and police personel during a code. It is our way of dealing with the stress of the situation....

  3. DH dying-need prayers

    MrsWampthang replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Adding my thoughts and prayers to everyone else's. God is truly mighty and He will always be there for you and your little girl. God bless you and your DH, as well as your sweet little girl. You don't...

  4. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    MrsWampthang replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have kids and I have never had the good fortune of having any kind of tradition with my kids for the holidays. First I was married to a firefighter for 12 years and always had to work Christmas...

  5. Allnurses Quoted in Topics in Emergancy Medicine

    MrsWampthang replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    This also might be the thread; not sure though, cause I didn't see the article.

  6. Colt's fans anyone?

    MrsWampthang replied to phn92's topic in Indiana Nursing

    NUMBER 11 FOR THE COLTS!!! Superbowl here we come!!!!!!!!! GO

  7. Great day for Indiana!!!!!

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    Well, Sunday saw it all didn't it? The Colts won their 10th straight game and bad boy Tony Stewart, who isn't so bad anymore, won his second Nextel Cup. How cool is that? And to top it off, Purdue...

  8. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    MrsWampthang replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It sucked. And no, I don't love my

  9. New ER Tech

    MrsWampthang replied to FirefighterDoug's topic in Emergency

    Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty. If your willing to empty trash, linens and change a dirty bed when you see it needs done, without being told you will be the nurses best friend. They, in turn,...

  10. House, MD last night.....AAAGH!

    MrsWampthang replied to SteveNNP's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!!!!!! I do love House though, he's gruff, but he gets to the bottom of the diagnosis. I still wish someone would write a show about nurses with a Nurse Ratchet. You know, the one that doesn't...

  11. Working in the ER pregnant

    MrsWampthang replied to county162's topic in Emergency

    Leahjet, where ya been girl? Whatcha up to?

  12. In memory of Clif Blake BSN

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just got back from the memorial service of Clif Blake who was an RN and dayshift PCC in our ER. He was on a medical mission to Haiti and passed away on October 5th, the day the team was leaving...

  13. In memory of Clif Blake BSN

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Clif collapsed on the hike back down the mountain. The hike evidently was long and strenuous as well as extremely hot. The doc that was on the trip said that it was a lot harder on them than they...

  14. Happy ER Nurses Week!!!

    MrsWampthang replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    The manager of our ER not only didn't recognize the staff by giving anything in appreciation to her staff, but took the week off for "rest and relaxation." The ER docs gave all the nurses a small...

  15. What do you think of airborne?

    MrsWampthang replied to noclpn's topic in Infectious Disease

    I have taken it during cold and flu season in the ER and it seemed to really help me not to catch those. Or if I seemed to be coming down with either, I took it as directed on the bottle and the...

  16. Ill prepared managers...

    MrsWampthang replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    Did you work on the same unit that I just left?!? You described the manager of the ED I came from to a "T" in spades. That unit has lost so many good nurses in the last few months due to this manager...

  17. Am I being a baby?????

    MrsWampthang replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    The last two responses were actually talking about another thread, not this one. As for the manager from the OP, I have to hang onto the belief that what goes around, comes around. If I was the...

  18. Am I being a baby?????

    MrsWampthang replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    She doesn't. She has no people skills at

  19. Am I being a baby?????

    MrsWampthang replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    What does KWIM mean? And as for the reviewer, she's been told more than once that she needs to hold her charge nurses responsible for taking care of a problem when it happens and not bring it to her...

  20. Am I being a baby?????

    MrsWampthang replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    Exactly why I left Jen. Believe me, you're not the only one that thinks there are problems with that particular charge nurse or at least one other. As for the one that gave you the review, well, she...

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

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Emergency

    I am so upset. I need to vent. I had an incident this past week while we were having one of those nightmare evenings in triage. Had parent bring a child in with a high fever so I triaged the child,...

  22. Real life in the ER vs. what we're taught in nursing school

    MrsWampthang replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    The only one that I know of that I didn't do when I worked in the ER is count drops. I guess I am from one of those other planets because I always do the other things the way I was taught in school...

  23. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    MrsWampthang replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    How awful it must be in the south; like every disaster movie you ever went to see. What really touched me is that once it's all said and done, these people are not going to have anything, no home, no...

  24. Now I am really questioning nursing

    MrsWampthang replied to socalirn's topic in General Nursing

    When I see something so outrageously wrong, I have a tendency to lose my focus and go off down the wrong path. Without going into details, that happened to me last week. It caused no harm to the...

  25. Anyone hate the ER at first?

    MrsWampthang replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I agree with Dixie. There's no shame in wanting to go somewhere else and learn at a slower pace. There are many units out there who need good nurses too. Talk to your manager. I can't imagine making...