MrsWampthang

MrsWampthang BSN, RN

Emergency room, med/surg, UR/CSR

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  1. Hateful ER Docs

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    I wish I had as much backbone as you and a couple of others do. You handle that doc great! :) hey right back

  2. Hateful ER Docs

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Our ED nurse practice counsel is starting up again next month and I think I will bring this doctor up as an issue to deal with because it does effect the way we practice in the ER. You're right, I...

  3. Help! LVN's giving IVP medications in Texas. Whats the problem?

    MrsWampthang replied to sma's topic in Texas Nursing

    Fax them copies of your certificates of training, also you might see if you can find the job descriptions from where you worked and were allowed to push drugs, along with your job experience and fax...

  4. Do you have to deal with these?

    MrsWampthang replied to nursestudentx's topic in Emergency

    Things like that happen only rarely?! NOT!!!!!!! I notice from your profile that you are just 19 going on twenty. Oh honey, you certainly have your whole life ahead of you to decide "what you want to...

  5. Dr. Phil today 4/14/05

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in General Nursing

    The show was about people that have survived tragedies in their lives, and one of them was his sis-in-law. What made me post this here is the comments he kept making about nurses being the backbone of...

  6. If there was one piece of advice...

    MrsWampthang replied to ImaERtraumaRN's topic in Emergency

    Develop a tough hide to protect you against the patients, family members, friends of patients, and most of all, the ER docs that will yell at you like it's your fault something didn't get done fast...

  7. How can you say you're not paid well?

    MrsWampthang replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    Oh, now come on....you're just makin that up! Or is it one of them there urban rumors?! :rotfl: No one I know gets to work princess shift like that where they get to eat and pee! :rotfl:

  8. How can you say you're not paid well?

    MrsWampthang replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    HMMMM. You must work at my hospital. Our ER doesn't even encourage CEN, let alone pay extra for it. They let a couple of people go to TNCC every once in awhile, but again, there is no extra pay for...

  9. What did someone do that you knew to get fired or kicked out of school?

    MrsWampthang replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    One guy in my class got kicked out for coming to a clinical site drunk. It was pretty embarrassing for the rest of us and the clinical instructor. I saw one of the best nurses our hospital had, let...

  10. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    MrsWampthang replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    But what about shows like Law and Order? I watch SVU regularly and am always touched at how all the characters are portrayed as tough but with soft edges, if that makes any sense. I think their...

  11. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    MrsWampthang replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't they make a serious show about nursing? In fact, it wouldn't need to be all serious as we all know how often moments of hilarity occur during a nomal shift. So, my question would be, what...

  12. Rectal temps in peds

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in Emergency

    In our ER our docs insist on us taking rectal temps on babies. I don't mind doing this if they aren't squirming all over the place, (makes me nervous) but I'm just curious how anyone else takes temps...

  13. Why can't we just be nurses anymore?!?!?

    MrsWampthang replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    It just makes me so aggravated because if we don't follow their scripts or speak out about this all being crap, we could be fired for not being a team player. Forget that we are already short staffed...

  14. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    MrsWampthang replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree with government interference in this case, and I know I definitely would not want to live like Terri is living, but I don't understand why Michael keeps fighting Terri's mom and dad. Why...

  15. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

    MrsWampthang replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    35 year old man came into ER C/O CP radiating down his left arm. Seasoned ER nurse checked him in and felt that it was related to the hx of coughs he had been having. Got an EKG just for the heck of...

  16. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    MrsWampthang replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Aaaahhhhh ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth!!!!!!! :rotfl:

  17. Death Test

    MrsWampthang replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh cute. I am going to live to be 80 and die of cancer! What I want to know is will I be married, will be rich? QUE SERA! SERA!!!!

  18. Magnet hospital

    MrsWampthang replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it means anything. I know a nurse that was fired from a "Magnet" hospital because they thought she opened her mouth too much. She had many years in this "Magnet" hospital. I think if a...

  19. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    MrsWampthang replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    The better question would be: what amount of time will I NOT be on my feet? :chuckle Any type of nursing you do, you will be on your feet constantly, starting in clinicals during nursing school. Think...

  20. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

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

    If i were seeking any service (ie. nursing, medical,taxes, etc) I would want the most educated professional providing that service to help me. So, yes having a BSN does command more respect than an...

  21. How do you cope with a baby with multiple problems?

    MrsWampthang posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    More specifically, how do you cope with the feelings of frustration? I took care of a 10 month old that was brought from home to our ER, for being "unresponsive", although his ability to respond in a...

  22. Humor...are things different dependant?

    MrsWampthang replied to Antikigirl's topic in Emergency

    I've always said that if regular people heard us talking during a code, they would be appalled. I think it does have to do with letting of stress. If you don't laugh, you would cry every time and how...

  23. Save a Life, Lose your License

    MrsWampthang replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and to answer your original question, I would do what was in my scope of practice, it isn't worth losing my license, nor is it worth losing everything I have worked for to do more than that. I...

  24. Save a Life, Lose your License

    MrsWampthang replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just kiddin! :chuckle Seriously, traching someone isn't as easy as it has been made to look on that infamous episode of ER. If you don't know exactly what you are doing, you could kill someone doing...

  25. EMT-P Question

    MrsWampthang replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    I totally agree there! Our ED just implemented paramedics in our department. The ED coordinator is still trying to tweek the total job description, i.e. what they can do, what they can't do. I also...